Rocco Rante (Department of Islamic Art, Musée de Louvre), Evolution of Settlements and Socio-Economic Features in the Bukhara Oasis between Antiquity and the Medieval Period. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture.... Read more about Medieval Studies-Aga Khan Program Lecture in Medieval Islamic Architecture

The Fall seating of the Medieval Studies graduate Latin translation exam. Successful completion of this exam will satisfy the language proficiency requirement of the graduate secondary field in Medieval Studies. More information about the exam, including sample texts, can be found on the Medieval Studies website. If you plan to take the Fall exam, please RSVP to Sean Gilsdorf by Friday, 24 November. Read more about Medieval Studies Graduate Latin Exam

Anna Kelner (English), Forms of Life: The Discernment of Spirits in Late-Medieval England.

Panagiotis Roilos (Classics and Comparative Literature), The Cultural Politics of Phantasia: Late Antique and Byzantine Developments. Please RSVP by 4 December to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu) Read more about MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

Elena Iourtaeva (HAA), When Pages Weep: Boston Manuscript Fragments and the Digital Humanities 'Fragmentarium' Platform.

Vasileios Marinis (Yale University), Death and the Fate of the Soul in Byzantium: Theologies, Liturgies, Images. Co-sponsored by the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture of Hellenic College Holy Cross.

Stijn Praet (Medieval Studies and Stockholm University): On the Narrative Logic of an Asinine Medieval Fairy Tale. Please RSVP by 30 October to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu). Read more about MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

Eva Schlotheuber (University of Düsseldorf), How to Read Letters from a Nun: Paleography and Female Religious Life. Co-sponsored by the Medieval History Graduate Workshop. Read more about Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop

Eva Schlotheuber (University of Düsseldorf), Letters from the Convent: The Late Medieval Benedictine Nuns of Lüne Writing on Daily Life, Amor Dei, and Politics. Read more about Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Sarah Axelrod (Romance Languages and Literatures), The 'Right' Lessons from Literature, as Taught by Giovanni Boccaccio. Please RSVP to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu) by 13 November. Read more about MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

Sarah Kay (New York University), Singing with the Stars. Co-sponsored with the English Department Medieval Colloquium.

Adam Afterman (Tel Aviv University), The Rise of the ‘Holy Spirit’ in Thirteenth- to Sixteenth-Century Kabbalah. Professor Afterman's visit is co-sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the MHC Jewish Cultures and Societies Seminar, and the... Read more about Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

A two-day symposium exploring the long, rich, and complex history of Christian beliefs, institutions, and communities in Africa between Late Antiquity and the seventeenth century CE, bringing together an international group of researchers in medieval studies, African studies, Byzantine studies, archeology, book history, and the history of religion.

Keynote address on Thursday, 2 November (5:00 pm) in CGIS S020 by Stephen Davis, Professor of Religious Studies and History at Yale University and director of the Yale Monastic Archeology Project. Reception to follow. On Friday, 3...

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Jeffrey Hamburger (Harvard University), Mindmapping: Diagrams in the Middle Ages—and Beyond.

Daniel Donoghue (English): Two Questions: Could Medieval Readers Shut Up? Did Ambrose Astonish Augustine? Please RSVP to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu). Read more about MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations