Leftovers: reflections on a theme, featuring Scott Bruce (Fordham University), Robin Fleming (Boston College),... Read more about Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Joseph Shack (Celtic Languages and Literatures), Ways of "Being" in Medieval Welsh and English Gnomic Poetry

Samantha Kelly (Rutgers University), Connected Histories: Ethiopia and the Global Middle Ages. This event is part of the 2018-2019 lecture series "Africa in the Medieval World", co-sponsored by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the Department of African and African American Studies, and the Center for African Studies. Read more about Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series

Stephanie Wynne-Jones (University of York), Objects and Encounters on the Medieval East African Coast. This event is part of the 2018-2019 lecture series "Africa in the Medieval World", co-sponsored by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies, the Committee... Read more about Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series

Sam Nixon (British Museum), The Gold Route to Timbuktu: Tracing Medieval Camel Caravan Networks from Morocco to Mali. This event is part of the 2018-2019 lecture series "Africa in the... Read more about Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series

Sari Nusseibeh (Al-Quds University), Are Possible Facts Real? An Avicennian Vignette. Co-sponsored by the Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program, the Harvard Colloquium for Intellectual History, the Department of Philosophy, and the Center for Jewish Studies. Read more about Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Dorothy Africa (Harvard University), How Do You Solve a Problem Like St. Ite? Please RSVP by 15 November to Joseph Shack (josephshack@g.harvard.edu). Read more about MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

Annette Volfing (University of Oxford), The Medieval Daughter Zion: Re-Writing Allegories of Anger and Desire.

Christina Maranci (Tufts University), Armenia? Explorations into its Art and Architecture Read more about Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop

Brian Catlos (University of Colorado Boulder), Kingdoms of Faith: Writing a New History of Islamic Spain. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies.

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The Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop presents a hands-on medieval book-binding workshop, led by Kate Rich, Katherine Gray, and Terri Messina of the Harvard Library Preservation Services. Participants will learn how to produce a fifteenth-century link-stitch binding. Using original materials of parchment, wood and bone, you will make a book in a simple, elegant style popular among late medieval students and scholars. Soon, you may be cutting quills and writing your dissertation by candlelight! All tools and materials will be provided. Space in the workshop is limited, and priority... Read more about Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop

Daphne Gallagher (University of Oregon), Reflecting on Medieval West Africa: Archaeological Perspectives from Burkina Faso, Mali, and Senegal. This event is part of the 2018-2019 lecture series "Africa in the Medieval World", co-sponsored by the Hutchins Center for African & African American Studies, the Committee on Medieval Studies, the... Read more about Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series

Almut Suerbaum (Somerville College, Oxford University), Voices from the Past: The Poetic Presence of Medieval Heroes in Contemporary German Literature. Co-sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center German Studies: New Perspectives Seminar. Read more about Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Luca Politi (Romance Languages and Literatures), Translation’s Boundaries: A Sonnet by Cino da Pistoia.

Giovanni Ruffini (Fairfield University), Nubia and the Question of 'Medieval Africa'. Reception to follow. This event is part of the 2018-2019 lecture series "Africa in the Medieval World",... Read more about Africa in the Medieval World Lecture Series