Christine Smith (Graduate School of Design), 'What to Remember about St.Peter’s’: A Humanist’s Account of a Medieval Marvel. Please RSVP by 28 March to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu).

Carlos Fraenkel (McGill University), Universalism, Pluralism, Exclusivism: Maimonides in the Context of Medieval Arabic Philosophy. Co-sponsored by the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations.

Sea Stories: Towards a Pelagic Middle Ages. A panel discussion chaired by Stephen Mitchell (Harvard University), featuring Josiah Blackmore (Harvard University), Maryanne Kowaleski (Fordham University/Radcliffe Institute), and Christopher Loveluck (Nottingham University). Preceded at 4:00 p.m. by the Winter Welcome Reception of the Committee on Medieval Studies. Both events are free and open to the public.

The Fall 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.

William Caferro (Vanderbilt University), The HBS Medici Collection: Florentine Business and Accounting Practices. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies, Harvard Business School, Houghton Library, and the Department of History. For more information, please visit the Medici events website.

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William Caffero (Vanderbilt University), The HBS Medici Collection: Reading Account Books as Texts and Historical Sources. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies, Harvard Business School, Houghton Library, and the Department of History. For more information, please visit the Medici events website.

Space in the workshop is limited...

William Caferro (Vanderbilt University), The HBS Medici Collection: Florence and International Trade, 1400-1600. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies, Harvard Business School, Houghton Library, and the Department of History. For more information, please visit the Medici events website.

Ahmed Ragab (HDS), The Islamic Hospital. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Department of History of Science Early Science Working Group, and the Harvard Divinity School Science, Religion, and Culture Program.

Burcht Pranger (University of Amsterdam), Inside Augustine. Co-sponsored by the Department of Classics, the Committee on the Study of Religion, and Harvard Divinity School.

Food, Drink, and Merriment galore, featuring very short stories of guaranteed veracity on the wonders of olden times, and the profit to be gained from knowledge thereof, including "How the Middle Ages nearly ended my honeymoon", "Brother John’s guide to sublime learning (no tuition required)", "How being a medievalist opens doors (to Worcester Cathedral, anyway)", "With medieval poetry, who needs tinder?", "Why I REALLY dig the Vikings", and much more. Brought to you by your friends in Medieval Studies and History and Literature.

Björn Kühnicke (Harvard University), Tracking the Unicorn: Meistersang and the Motet Principle.

Elena Iourtaeva (Harvard University), Design, Purpose and Patronage of Peter of Poitiers’ Compendium historiae in genealogia Christi

Richard Cole (Harvard University), Philology and Desire.

Ahmed Ragab (Harvard Divinity School), That Weight in Your Loins: Patienthood and Case Histories in Medieval Islamicate Medicine. Please RSVP to hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu.

Artes and Liberal Arts: From Medieval Learning to the Modern University: a panel discussion featuring Jan Ziolkowski (Classics, Harvard), Eileen Sweeney (Philosophy, Boston College), Nicholas Watson (English, Harvard), and Ahmed Ragab (Harvard Divinity School). Preceded by the Fall welcoming reception of the Committee on Medieval Studies.