Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Lorenzo Bondioli (Department of History), The Case for a Medieval Islamic Commercial Revolution . Co-sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies. Lunch will be served; please RSVP here by Friday, 16 October.

Giorgio Basciu (University of Stockholm; Visiting Scholar in Medieval Studies), Poetic Pairings across the North Sea . Co-sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies. Lunch will be served; please RSVP here by Friday, 6 November.

Dan Smail (Department of History), A Life Beyond Mediterranean Slavery . Co-sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies. Lunch will be served; please RSVP here by Friday, 18 September.

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...