Workshop Meeting: Jessica Andruss, April 15

Please join the Medieval Studies Workshop for our next graduate student presentation. … Jessica Andruss (Divinity School) “Interpreting the Soul: Exegesis of Ecclesiastes 3:18-21 in the Judaeo-Arabic Tradition” Respondent: David Cantor-Echols … 12:00-1:30pm on Friday April 15 in Wieboldt 207. … The pre-circulated paper is available here: Interpreting the Soul … Coffee and tea will be provided, and […]

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Workshop Lecture: Stefan Weber, April 8

Please join the Medieval Studies Workshop for a special presentation by a visiting scholar. … Stefan Weber (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen- Nürnberg) “Igniting their hands and turning wine to water : The Irish abroad in the 11th and 12th century” Respondent: Torsten Edstam … 12:00-1:30pm on Friday April 8 in CWAC 156. … Coffee and tea will be […]

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Workshop Meeting: Emanuela Carney, April 1

Please join the Medieval Studies Workshop for our first graduate student presentation of spring quarter. … Emanuela Carney (Italian) “Voices of despair and gestures of grief in Marian laments and rituals of mourning” Respondent: Mary Caldwell … 12:00-1:30pm on Friday April 1 in Wieboldt 207. … The pre-circulated paper is available here: Voices of despair and gestures […]

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Lecture: Giacomo Todeschini, Feb. 21

THE DEPARTMENT OF ROMANCE LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES, THE CHICAGO CENTER FOR JEWISH STUDIES, THE COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL THOUGHT, AND THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN CULTURE AND MEDIEVAL STUDIES WORKSHOPS … Present … GIACOMO TODESCHINI Professor of Medieval History, University of Trieste “Judas and the Christian common people: infidelity and economic inaptitude in the Middle Ages” … Monday, […]

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