Roundtable: Julius Kirshner, David Nirenberg, Richard Strier, Feb. 14

Please join the Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern Workshops for a roundtable featuring: … Julius Kirshner (History; University of Chicago, Emeritus) “Jews as Citizens in Renaissance Italy” … David Nirenberg (Committee on Social Thought and History, University of Chicago) “Massacre or Miracle? Sovereign Indecision and the Forced Conversion of the Jews in 1391″ … Respondent: Richard […]

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CFP: Eighteenth Annual Princeton Graduate Conference in Medieval Studies

Graduate Conference in Medieval Studies at Princeton University Illness, Healing and the Body in the Middle Ages Saturday, April 16, 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS The Program in Medieval Studies at Princeton University invites submissions for its eighteenth annual graduate conference in Princeton, New Jersey. We are also pleased to announce that this year’s keynote speaker […]

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Lumen Christi: Willemien Otten, Feb. 8

The Lumen Christi Institute presents Eriugena: 
The Medieval Irish Genius Between Augustine and Aquinas Willemien Otten University of Chicago Tuesday, February 8, 7:00pm
Swift Hall, Common Room
1025 E. 58th St. Formerly the face of the Irish five pound note, the forgotten court theologian to Charlemagne, Johannes Scottus Eriugena (810-877AD), stands as the outstanding systematic thinker between Augustine and […]

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