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AKPIA-Medieval Studies Joint Lecture

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Christiane Gruber (University of Michigan), A Safavid Multi-Text Compendium: The Codex as a Communal Gathering of Riddles . Co-sponsored by the Harvard Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture and the Committee on Medieval Studies. A Safavid multi-text...

Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

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Yossi Chajes (Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought, University of Haifa), Reading the Tree: A Hands-On Workshop in Ilanot Manuscripts. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library. Space in this hands-on workshop is...

Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

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Yossi Chajes (Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought, University of Haifa), Reading the Tree: A Hands-On Workshop in Ilanot Manuscripts. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library. Space in this hands-on workshop is...

Houghton-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History

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DUE TO THE CONTINUED CLOSURE OF THE HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, 25 FEBRUARY Yossi Chajes (Sir Isaac Wolfson Professor of Jewish Thought, University of Haifa), Philosophy, Pedagogy, Prophecy, and the Enigmatic...

Deck the Halls!

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The Committee on Medieval Studies invites you to a celebration of the holiday season, replete with food, libations, and festive conversation! Gaudeamus igitur!

Making and Unmaking Value I: Transformations through Time

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The first in a series of symposia presented by the "Metals, Minerals, and the Life Cycle" project of the Department of the History of Art & Architecture and the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, this two-day event will explore how the value...

Rewriting Medieval History with Ancient DNA

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Zuzana Hofmanová and Joscha Gretzinger (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology), Ancient DNA Illuminates the Origins and Early Migrations of the Slavs. Comments by Serhii Plokhi (Harvard University) and Jakub Kabala (Davidson College)...

Rewriting Medieval History with Ancient DNA

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Joscha Gretzinger (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology), African Connections with Anglo-Saxon England? New Light from Ancient DNA. Comments by John Hines (Cardiff University), Emmanuel Akyempong (Harvard University), and Orlando Patterson...

Occulto Bibendum

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The Bibendum Coven calls all medievalist (and medieval-adjacent) graduate students to join them in practicing the Dark Arts. There will be snacks. There will be drinks. There will be visions of your past, present, and future. Costumes are strongly...