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All Colloquia, unless otherwise specified, are now held in 140 Nolte Center (previously the chapel on the main floor of the building) at 4:00 p.m. and will be followed by a reception. All Workshops are held in 235 Nolte Center at 12:30 p.m. A light lunch is provided.
| January 31 |
Colloquium: Benjamin M. Liu (University of Connecticut,
Visiting Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies,
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities 07-08) “Interfaith Taxation, the Cid, and the Cash-in-Advance Constraint” |
| February 14 |
Colloquium: Gabriela Ilnitchi (Department of Music, University of
Minnesota, Twin Cities) “The Poetics of Sound in Nicole Oresme's ‘De configurationibus qualitatuum’” |
| 27 | Workshop: Riyaz M Latif (Department of Art History, University of
Minnesota, Twin Cities) “Ornate Visions of Knowledge and Power: the 14th-century Bou-Inania Madrasa at Fez, Morocco” |
| 28 | Colloquium: Mary F. Brown (Department of French and Italian,University
of Minnesota, Twin Cities) "The Obscure Figures of the Encyclopedia: Allegory at the Crossroads" |
| March 12 |
Workshop: Harold Mytum (University of York) “Monasterboice: More Than a Monastery?” |
| 27 | Open House: Center for Medieval Studies (Third floor of Nolte Hall,
Rooms 302 and 303) Visit our office and peruse our library holdings during our open house between 3:00 and 6:00. Refreshments will be served! |
| April 10 |
Colloquium: Frank Rexroth (University of Göttingen) "Top-Class Scapegoats: Late Medieval Europe and the Birth of the Expert" |
| 11 | Colloquium: Katherine Zieman (University of Notre Dame) “The Study of Late Medieval Poetics After Theory” Note: This special colloquium, which is a graduate student initiative of the Medieval and Early Modern Research Group of the Department of English, will take place on Friday at a time and place to be announced. |
| 17 | Colloquium: Daniel Bornstein (Washington University in St. Louis) "Relics, Ascetics, and Living Saints: Holy Bodies, Sacred Flesh" |
| 24 | Colloquium: Zrinka Stahuljak (University of California, Los Angeles) “Shameless Beginnings: Sexuality in Twelfth-Century Old French Romance” |
| May 15 |
End of Semester Picnic: (Nolte courtyard, 4:30-6:00 p.m.) Families are welcome! In case of rain, this event will be held in Nolte 140. |
Event Calendar Fall 2007
If you didn't receive your copy of the calendar, follow this
link for a printable (pdf) version.
All Colloquia, unless otherwise specified, are now held in 140 Nolte
Center (previously the chapel on the main floor of the building) at 4:00
p.m. and will be followed by a reception.
All Workshops are held in 235 Nolte Center at 12:30 p.m. A light lunch
is provided.
| September 6 | Welcome Picnic 5:00 p.m. -6:30 in the Nolte Courtyard |
| —19 | Workshop: Clifford Davidson (Western Michigan University) "The York Mysteries: Carnivalesque?" |
| —20 | Colloquium: Anatoly Liberman (University of Minnesota) "Where Did Trolls Come From?" |
| —27 | Colloquium: Didier Lett (University of Paris 1 - Sorbonne) "Gender and the Historian's Gaze: The Example of a Transvestite in the XIIIth Century" |
| October 3 |
Workshop: Jerold Frakes (State University of New York at Buffalo) "Judeo-Romance Textual Culture among Ashkenazic Jews in the Pre-Modern Period" |
| — 4 | Colloquium: Jerold Frakes (State University of New York at Buffalo) "The Problem of Warrior Women in Medieval Islamic Romance" |
| —18 | Colloquium: Malcolm Barber (University of Reading) "Why Were the Templars Arrested in 1307?" |
| November 8 | Colloquium: Ayhan Aytes (University of California at San Diego) "Simulations of Time and Life in Medieval Automata: Islamic Symbolism, Teleological Mechanisms, and Ontological Difference” |
| —14 | Workshop: Thomas P. Gallanis (University of Minnesota Law School) “Why Not Defense Counsel?” |
| —29 | Colloquium: Shahzad Bashir (Stanford Univerity) "Corpses in Morticians' Hands: The Social Logic of Master-Disciple Relationships in Persian Hagiographical Narratives” |
| December 13 | End of Semester Celebration 4:30-6:00 p.m. in Nolte 140 |
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Colloquium: **Co-sponsored with the Institute for Advanced Study** |
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| 4 Wednesday 12:30 P.M. Nolte 235 |
Workshop: Julia M. H. Smith (University of Glasgow) "The Wife, the Bishop and the Devil: a Ninth-Century Dilemma" |
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5 Thursday 4:00 P.M. Nolte 229 |
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| 3-8 | Manuscript Workshop at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library (Saint John's University) Brochure and application now available in pdf format. | |
Archive of Past Events:
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1 Wednesday 12:30 P.M. Nolte 235 |
Workshop: David Benson (University of Connecticut) “Using Piers Plowman” |
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2 Thursday 4:00 P.M. Nolte 229 |
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29 Wednesday 12:30 P.M. Nolte 235 |
Workshop: Linda Seidel (University of Chicago) “The Ghent Altarpiece: A New Look at an Old Masterpiece?” |
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December 9 Saturday 120 Anderson Library |
Lecture (free): 12:30-1:30 p.m. Workshops ($10 per person: choose one session):
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Event Calendar Spring 2006
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3 Friday 4:15 P.M. Nicholson 155 |
Minnesota Manuscript Research Laboratory Colloquium: Richard Janko (University of Michigan) “From the Santorini Eruption to Mopsus in Cilicia: Greek Memories of the Bronze Age” **Co-sponsored with the Dept of Classical and Near Eastern Studies** |
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4 Saturday 9 A.M. - 12 P.M. Nicholson 135 |
Minnesota Manuscript Research Laboratory Workshop: Richard Janko (University of Michigan) “The New Poem by Sappho” **Co-sponsored with the Dept of Classical and Near Eastern Studies** |
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10 Friday 7 P.M. Nolte 125 |
"Medieval Inventions: The Hospital?" Symposium Series lecture: Vivian Nutton (University College London) “Beyond the Jordan: Evidence for Early Hospitals among the Eastern Christians” |
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17 Friday 7 P.M. Nolte 125 |
"Medieval Inventions: The Hospital?" Symposium Series lecture: Melanie Holcomb (Metropolitan Museum of Art) “Vital Signs: Images of Healing in the Middle Ages” |
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18 Saturday Nolte 120/125 |
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23 Thursday 4 P.M. Nolte 229 |
Colloquium: Steven J. McMichael (University of St. Thomas) “Prayer in Medieval Jewish, Muslim and Christian Polemical Literature” |
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Preview "Wergild for Otr" from The Saga of the Volsungs (pdf) |
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30 Thursday 5 P.M. Nicholson 155 |
**Co-sponsored with the Dept of Classical and Near Eastern
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Workshop: Glenn Davis (St. Cloud State University) |
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Special Event: Medieval Dinner at the University Campus Club (view a flyer for details) |
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29 Saturday Nolte 120/125 |
"Medieval Inventions: The Hospital?" Symposium (view a schedule of speakers) |
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End of Semester Picnic: To be held in the Nolte Courtyard from 4:30 - 6 PM. Families are welcome! In case of rain, this event will be held in Nolte 229. |
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Event Calendar Fall 2005
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Event Calendar Spring 2005
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Colloquium: Melanie Holcomb (Metropolitan Museum of Art): "Looking Learned: The Scholar's Portrait in Carolingian Art" |
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End of Semester Celebration! (Formerly known as CMS Spring Picnic) To be held in the Nolte Courtyard from 4:30 - 6 PM. Families are welcome! In case of rain, this event will be held in Nolte 229. |
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6:00 PM Nolte 229 |
Medieval Movie Night: "Brother Sun, Sister Moon" hosted by Susan Noakes |
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Revised on: February 12, 2008
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