A two-day symposium exploring the process by which scholars came to see "Byzantium" as distinct from its Roman predecessor and medieval contemporaries, the scholarly practices and contemporary concerns that shaped how early modern scholars studied the "Byzantine" past, and how the historical context of Byzantium’s emergence continues to shape the discipline of Byzantine studies today.

Keynote address on Thursday, 26 October (5:00 pm) by Anthony Grafton (Princeton University), followed by a public reception. Sessions all day Friday, featuring presentations by Shane Bobrycki (...

A two-day international symposium highlighting new research on the interpretation of the sacred in ancient and medieval art, with a keynote address by François Lissarague (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris) and presentations by Milette Gaifman (Yale University), Jeffrey Hamburger (Harvard University), John Hamilton (Harvard University), Henriette Hofmann (University of Basel), Pierre-Alain Mariaux (University of Neuchâtel), Ioannis Mylonopoulos (Columbia University), Laura Nasrallah (Harvard University), Felipe Pereda (Harvard University) Verity Platt (Cornell University...

Maribel Fierro (Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Madrid; Senior Research Fellow, ILSP: SHARIAsource), The Trial of a Heretic: (Muslim Toledo, 11th-Century) Judicial Procedure and Political Context. Co-sponsored with the ILSP and the Department of History.

The Spring 2017 seating of the Medieval Studies secondary field Latin exam. Use of one dictionary is allowed. To register for the exam, please contact Sean Gilsdorf. For more information, including sample exam texts, please visit the "Graduate Program" page of the Medieval Studies website.

Charlemagne’s Ghost: Legacies, Leftovers, and Legends of the Carolingian Empire, the 44th annual New England Medieval Conference, with keynote address by Simon Maclean (University of St. Andrews). For more information, including program and registration information, please visit the New England Medieval Consortium website. Co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lesley University, and the Harvard University...

Julian Weiss (King's College London), Creating Vernacular 'Literature' in Renaissance Spain and Portugal. A workshop exploring how paratexts (prologues, glosses, commentaries) and the layout of manuscripts and early printed books helped to construct ideas of authorship and canonicity, and to create the conditions for the emergence of the idea of a national 'literature' before the term 'literature' itself was coined. Space in the workshop is limited; to reserve a place, please email Monique Duhaime (duhaime@fas.harvard.edu) with "afternoon workshop registration" in the subject line...

Julian Weiss (King's College London), Creating Vernacular 'Literature' in Renaissance Spain and Portugal. A workshop exploring how paratexts (prologues, glosses, commentaries) and the layout of manuscripts and early printed books helped to construct ideas of authorship and canonicity, and to create the conditions for the emergence of the idea of a national 'literature' before the term 'literature' itself was coined. Space in the workshop is limited; to reserve a place, please email Monique Duhaime (duhaime@fas.harvard.edu) with "morning workshop registration" in the subject line,...

A workshop introducing participants to the diverse forms, uses, and meanings of medieval metalwork, led by Ittai Weinryb (Assistant Professor of Art History, Bard Graduate Center) and Francesca Bewer (Research Curator for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums). This workshop is part of the 2017 Harvard Medieval Material Cultures program Breaking the Mold: Metal as Material, Medium and Message in the Middle Ages. Space in the workshop is limited; to reserve a place, please email medieval@fas.harvard.edu with "morning workshop" in the...

A workshop on the techniques and technology of medieval metalworking, led by Francesca Bewer (Research Curator for Conservation and Technical Studies, Harvard Art Museums), Ittai Weinryb (Assistant Professor of Art History, Bard Graduate Center), and Katherine Eremin (Patricia Cornwell Senior Conservation Scientist, Harvard Art Museums). This workshop is part of the 2017 Harvard Medieval Material Cultures program Breaking the Mold: Metal as Material, Medium and Message in the Middle Ages. Space in the workshop is limited; to reserve a place, please email...

Ittai Weinryb (Bard Graduate Center), Casting Monuments: Bronze, Ecology, and Colonialism. This lecture is part of the 2017 Harvard Medieval Material Culture Lecture and Workshop program Breaking the Mold: Metal as Material, Medium and Message in the Middle Ages.

A one-day symposium exploring how distinct global “early modernities” emerged across time, space, and place in the period from 1300-1800, and re-contextualizing the contingent rise of Western Europe among other hegemonic areas in the eighteenth century. Co-sponsored by the Harvard Asia Center, Colloquium for Intellectual History, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Center for African Studies, History Department, Early Modern History Workshop, Center for History and Economics, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, and the Mellon Rare Book School. A complete program may be found...

A roundtable discussion with renowned viol player and early music scholar and impresario Jordi Savall; with contributions by Kate van Orden (Music), Virginie Greene (RLL and Medieval Studies), Sylvaine Guyot (RLL), and Maria Dasca (RLL). Co-sponsored by the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, the Department of Music, and the Boston Early Music Festival.

Alex Mueller (Visiting Scholar), Waking the Wordsmith: Alliterative Verse and Letter Writing in Late Medieval Oxford.