Rowan Dorin (Harvard Society of Fellows), The Epidemiology of Expulsion in Late Medieval Europe. Please RSVP to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu).

Francisco Prado-Vilar (Real Colegio Complutense), Factum est silentium: Cosmic Silence as an Image in Medieval Manuscript Illumination. Please RSVP by 29 February to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu).

Christopher Loveluck (Department of History), Game Theory, Archaeology and the Urban Worlds of Western Europe, c. AD 1000-1150. Please RSVP by 15 February to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu).

Racha Kirakosian (Germanic Languages and Literatures), Mystical Books and Material Text(ure). Please RSVP by 1 February to Hannah Weaver (hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu).

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.

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.

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.

Sean Gilsdorf (History and Literature and Medieval Studies), Doing Words (and Pictures, and Curriculum) with Things: The Medieval Object Lessons Initiative. Please RSVP to hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu.

Charles Donahue (Harvard Law School), Why Would Anyone Want to Look at an English Manuscript Statute Book? Please RSVP to hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu.

Sarah Spence (Medieval Academy of America), Sicily and the Poetic Negotiation of Empire. Please RSVP to hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu.

Virginie Greene (Romance Languages and Literatures), Performing Old French Poetry. Please RSVP to hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu.

Julian Yolles (Classics), Reading the Desert Fathers in Frankish Sidon. Please RSVP to hannahweaver@g.harvard.edu.