Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Jack Tannous (Princeton University), From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language . Co-sponsored with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of...

Jack Tannous (Princeton University), The End of Prophecy and the Seal of the Prophets . Co-sponsored with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of World Religions.

Wonder(s): a roundtable discussion chaired by Nicholas Watson (Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English, Harvard University) and featuring Larisa Grollemond (Associate Curator of Manuscripts, The Getty Museum), Michelle Karnes (Professor of English...

Cristina Maria Cervone (University of Memphis; Visiting Scholar in Medieval Studies), Lily Crucifixes in England and Wales . Lunch will be served; please RSVP by Monday, 20 April here .

Paul Russell (Celtic Languages and Literatures), Reading Greek (Out Loud) in Medieval Wales (and/or Maybe Ireland) . Co-sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar and the Committee on Medieval Studies. Lunch will be served...

Matthew Gabriele (Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech; Medieval Studies Associate in Research), Apocalyptic Certitude after the First Crusade . Co-sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar and the Committee on...

Matilda Bruckner (Boston College) discusses her new book Jewish-Christian Dialogue in Medieval French Literature: Inscribing Biblical Encounters in the Vernacular (Boydell & Brewer, 2025) with Irit Kleiman (Boston University). Reception to follow. Just as...

Translating the Middle Ages: The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library at Fifteen . A roundtable chaired by DOML General Editor Daniel Donoghue (Harvard University), featuring Nicole Eddy (Managing Editor, Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library ), Emily Francomano...

Elizabeth Dospěl Williams (Boston Museum of Fine Arts; Medieval Studies Associate in Research), From Gandhara to Egypt: Rethinking a Late Antique Lapis Lazuli Pendant . Lunch will be served; please RSVP here before Friday, 17 October 2025.

Aaron Macks (Harvard Business School), Squeeze Play: A Condensed Bible in the Twelfth Century . Lunch will be served; please RSVP here by Friday, 14 November.