Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

Author Rowan Dorin, Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University, discusses his new book No Return: Jews, Christian Usurers, and the Spread of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe (Princeton University Press, 2022) with Daniel Lord Smail, Frank B...

Ioanna Rapti (École Pratique des Hautes Études-PSL Université), Looking for the Byzantine Painter: Evidence from Armenian Illuminated Manuscripts. Co-sponsored by the Department of the History of Art & Architecture and the Byzantine Studies Ph.D. Program...

Author Michelle Warren, Professor of Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College, discusses her new book Holy Digital Grail: A Medieval Book on the Internet (Stanford University Press, 2022) with Ann Blair, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at...

Author Kisha Tracy, Associate Professor of English Studies at Fitchburg State University, discusses her new book Why Study the Middle Ages? (ARC Humanities Press, 2022) with Sean Gilsdorf, Administrative Director and Lecturer on Medieval Studies. This...

Christina Maranci (NELC and HAA), A Burning Issue? The Enigmatic 'Fire Temple' of Ani. Co-sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar and the Committee on Medieval Studies. Lunch will be served; please RSVP by 2 February to Lydia...

Veerle Fraeters (University of Antwerp/Visiting Scholar in Medieval Studies), Like A Prayer: Liturgical Echoes in Visionary Texts. 4:00-5:00 pm, Barker 133. Please RSVP to Lydia Shahan by Friday, 28 October.

Tarren Andrews (Yale University), Medieval Treaties and Modern Nations. This event will take place in a hybrid format; to attend virtually, please register here. Co-sponsored with the Mahindra Humanities Center Native Cultures of the Americas Seminar....

The Re-Writing the Middle Ages talk with author Kisha Tracy on her new book Why Study the Middle Ages? has been postponed; we hope to welcome Prof. Tracy to campus sometime next semester.

Author Alfred Thomas, Professor of English at the University of Illinois Chicago, discusses his new book Writing Plague: Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19 with Hannah Marcus , John and Ruth Hazel Associate Professor of the Social...

Author Rita Copeland , Sheli Z. and Burton X. Rosenberg Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Classical Studies, English, and Comparative Literature at the University of Pennsylvania, discusses her new book Emotion and the History of Rhetoric in...