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612-626-0805
The Academy Vivarium Novum is offering ten full tuition scholarships for high school students of the European Union (16-18 years old) and ten full tuition scholarships for University students (18-24 years old) of any part of the world. The scholarships will cover all of the costs of room, board, teaching and didactic materials for courses to be held from October 7, 2013 until June 14, 2014 on the grounds of the Academy's campus at Rome.
Application letters must be sent to info@vivariumnovum.net by July 15th in order to receive consideration.
A good knowledge of the fundamentals of Latin and Greek is required.
The courses will be as follows:
1. Latin language (fundamental and advanced)
2. Greek language (fundamental and advanced)
3. Latin composition
4. Roman History
5. Ancient Latin literature
6. History of ancient Philosophy
7. Renaissance and Neo-Latin literature
8. Latin and Greek music and poetry
9. Classics reading seminars
The goal is to achieve a perfect command of both Latin and Greek through a total immersion in the two languages in order to master without any hindrances the texts and concepts which have been handed down from the ancient times, middle ages, the Renaissance period and modern era, and to cultivate the humanities in a manner similar to the Renaissance humanists.
All the classes will be conducted in Latin, except for Greek classes which will be conducted in ancient Greek.
In the letter the prospective student should indicate the following:
1. Full name;
2. Date and location of birth;
3. What school you currently attend;
4. How long you have studied Latin and/or Greek;
5. Which authors and works you have read;
6. Other studies and primary interests outside of school.
In addition, please attach a recent passport/ID photograph.
(For more information about the Academy, you may visit the website www.vivariumnovum.net.)
05/23/13January
Tuesday, January 29
Gabriel Hill, History, University of Minnesota
"Marginalizing Mary: Fifteenth-Century Revisions to John Mirk's Festial"
4:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
February
Tuesday, February 5
Karen Marsalek, English, St. Olaf College
"Spirit/Body and Ghost/Corpse Pairings in Early English Drama"
Co-sponsored with the Center for Early Modern History
4:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
Wednesday, February 6
Vivian Ramalingam, Independent Scholar
"Lancelot and the Rabbis"
Vivian has prepared a handout for the workshop, including suggestions for how participants can prepare. Handout for Lancelot-2_6_13.doc
N.B. This event is a lunchtime workshop.
11:30 a.m., 1210 Heller Hall
Tuesday, February 19
Heather Flowers, Anthropology, University of Minnesota
"Entangled Bodies, Ambiguous Beasts: Ideologies of Transformation in Early Medieval England"
4:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
Tuesday, February 26
Claire Sponsler, English, University of Iowa
"Media Archaeology and Medieval Drama"
4:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
March
Tuesday, March 12
Peter Wells, Anthropology, University of Minnesota
"Ornaments, Burials, and Change in Migration Period Europe"
4:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
April
Tuesday, April 2
Reuven Amitai, History, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
"250 Years of 'Foreign' Control: The Impact of Mamluk Rule on the History of Palestine and Its Environs"
4:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
Tuesday, April 9
Riccardo Pizzinato, Art History, University of Minnesota Morris
"Diptych Vision and Ruler Theology in the Codex Aureus of Saint Emmeram"
4:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
Friday, April 12
IAS Mediterranean Collaborative Workshop on the Mediterranean South
Shamil Jeppie, Director of the Timbouctou Manuscripts Project, University of Cape Town
"A Timbuktu Book Collector between the Mediterranean and the Sahel"
5:30 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
Saturday, April 13
IAS Mediterranean Collaborative Workshop on the Mediterranean South
Getatchew Haile, Ethiopian Study Center, Hill Museum and Manuscript Library
"The Case of Ethiopian Manuscripts"
Part of a larger panel titled "African Manuscripts and Their Influence on the Mediterranean World"
9:00 a.m., 1210 Heller Hall
Tuesday, April 16
Ramzi Rouighi, History, University of Southern California
"The Role of Islam in the Medieval Mediterranean"
4:00 p.m., 1210 Heller Hall
May
Thursday, May 2
The Inaugural Rutherford Aris Memorial Lecture
Elaine Treharne, English, Stanford University
"'True Vision': Modelling the Medieval Future of Digital Technology"
7:00 p.m., 120 Andersen Library
Tuesday, May 7
Kieran O'Conor, National University of Ireland - Galway
"Medieval Rural Settlement in Anglo-Norman Ireland"
3:30 p.m., Blegen 415
Name one plant used to produce a pigment which, mixed with egg yolk, was often substituted for gold in medieval painting.
Please send trivia responses by email to emsdgs@umn.edu with "Trivia" in the subject line. Local trivia winners can arrange to pick up a CMS mug by sending us an email or visiting our office in 1030 Heller Hall. Also feel free to send ideas for future trivia questions.
March 6th, 2013The Academy Vivarium Novum is offering ten full tuition scholarships for high school students of the European Union (16-18 years old) and ten full tuition scholarships for University students (18-24 years old) of any part of the world. The scholarships will cover all of the costs of room, board, teaching and didactic materials for courses to be held from October 7, 2013 until June 14, 2014 on the grounds of the Academy's campus at Rome.
Application letters must be sent to info@vivariumnovum.net by July 15th in order to receive consideration.
A good knowledge of the fundamentals of Latin and Greek is required.
The courses will be as follows:
1. Latin language (fundamental and advanced)
2. Greek language (fundamental and advanced)
3. Latin composition
4. Roman History
5. Ancient Latin literature
6. History of ancient Philosophy
7. Renaissance and Neo-Latin literature
8. Latin and Greek music and poetry
9. Classics reading seminars
The goal is to achieve a perfect command of both Latin and Greek through a total immersion in the two languages in order to master without any hindrances the texts and concepts which have been handed down from the ancient times, middle ages, the Renaissance period and modern era, and to cultivate the humanities in a manner similar to the Renaissance humanists.
All the classes will be conducted in Latin, except for Greek classes which will be conducted in ancient Greek.
In the letter the prospective student should indicate the following:
1. Full name;
2. Date and location of birth;
3. What school you currently attend;
4. How long you have studied Latin and/or Greek;
5. Which authors and works you have read;
6. Other studies and primary interests outside of school.
In addition, please attach a recent passport/ID photograph.
(For more information about the Academy, you may visit the website www.vivariumnovum.net.)
May 23rd, 2013
