All lectures are held in the Hagstrum Room (University Hall 201)
at 5:00 p.m., with a reception to follow, unless otherwise indicated.

Oct. 18

Matthew Johnson
Professor of Anthropology, Northwestern
“How Castles Work”

Nov. 29

Caroline Walker Bynum
Professor Emerita, Institute for Advanced Study
Roundtable discussion on pre-circulated article
“Why Paradox? The Contradictions of My Life as a Scholar”

     

Jan. 24

Conrad Rudolph

Professor of Art History, UC Riverside
'In It, You Will Look for Nothing That You Will Not Find': An Overview of Hugh of Saint Victor's Mystic Ark

Feb. 21

Andrew Galloway

Professor of English, Cornell University

"Chaucer's Fame"

 

W Feb. 27

5:00 p.m.

Pick-Laudati Auditorium,

Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art

Annemarie Carr
Professor Emerita Art History, Southern Methodist University

Hosted by the Department of Art History
"St. Luke and the Kykkotissa: An Icon in the Age of Enlightenment"

 

Apr. 25

Peggy McCracken

Professor of French and Women ’s Studies, University of Michigan

"The Humanity of the Medieval Wild Man"

May 23

Emily Steiner

Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania

“Lords, Servants, and the Ethics of Medieval Literature”

 




Portrait of Chaucer as a Canterbury pilgrim, Ellesmere MS, England,14th c.; Birth and Baptism of St. Jerome, France, c. 1495-1515.; Book of Hours, Paris, c. 1460-1465.; Gustave Doré, The Company of Souls upon the Cliff - Dante’s Purgatorio, 1861.; Nobles feasting, Bayeux Tapestry, France, 11th c.; The Worcester Fragments, MS Lat. liturg. d. 20, England, late 13th-early 14th c.