Medieval Studies at Penn

Fall 2006

Below is a list of Penn-sponsored (and affiliated) events of interest to medievalists.

Date/Time	Speaker	Event Info	Location
Sept. 14 Thursday 10 am	Lynn Ransom Project Curator of Medieval Manuscripts, Free Library of Philadelphia	“Reading the Middle Ages: An Introduction to Medieval Manuscripts at the Free Library of Philadelphia” Rare Book Department, Free Library	Rare Book Department, 4th Floor, Free Library
Sept. 20 Wednesday 4:30 pm	Jonathan Hsy Doctoral Candidate, Department of English	“Fluid Exchange: Merchants, Multilingualism, and the Poetics of Sea Travel” [Medieval/Renaissance Seminar]*	Grad Lounge, 3rd Floor, Fisher-Bennett Hall
Sept. 21 Thursday 5 pm	Rita Copeland Departments of English and Classical Studies	“Medieval Intellectual Biography: The Case of Guido Faba” [English Department Collation]	Rosenwald Gallery, 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library
Sept. 28 Thursday 3 pm	Don Duclow Gwynedd-Mercy College	“Dying Well: From the Fifteenth Century to Tomorrow” [Religious Studies Colloquium]	Logan Hall 204
Oct. 11 Wednesday 4:30 pm	Martha Rust Department of English, New York University	“Pulp Fictions and Paper Personae in Middle English Verse Love Epistles” [Medieval/Renaissance Seminar]*	Grad Lounge, 3rd Floor, Fisher-Bennett Hall
Oct. 12 Thursday 3 pm	Inigo Bocken Center for Ethics, Radboud University (Nijmegen, Netherlands)	“Tolerance and Monotheism in Nicolas of Cusa's The Vision of God” [Religious Studies Colloquium]	Logan Hall 204
Oct. 26 - Oct. 27 Thursday and Friday 9 am - 7 pm	Art History Symposium Index of Christian Art, Princeton University	“Romanesque: Art and Thought in the Twelfth Century” Held in conjunction with Penn conference (directly below) - see program for speakers and details	Princeton University (Location TBA)
Oct. 28 - Oct. 29 Saturday and Sunday 9:30 am - 4 pm	Interdisciplinary Conference Multiple Departments, University of Pennslvania	“Representing History, 1000-1300: Art, Music, History” Held in conjunction with Princeton symposium (directly above) - see program for speakers and details	Stiteler Hall B6
Nov. 1 Wednesday 4 pm	Jennifer Saltzstein Doctoral Candidate, Department of Music	“Refrains in the Jeu de Robin et Marion: History of a Citation” [Poetry, Knowledge, and Community in Late Medieval France - see program for details]	Princeton University (Location TBA)
Nov. 11 Saturday 9 am - 5 pm	Interdisciplinary Conference Multiple Departments, University of Pennsylvania	“Medieval/Renaissance: Rethinking Periodization” Held jointly by the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University - see program for deatils	Fisher-Bennett Hall, Room 401
Nov. 15 Wednesday 5 pm	Alison Stones Department of Art History and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh	“Travel and the Santiago Pilgrimage” [Penn Humanities Forum - open to the public but registration required]	Rainey Auditorium, Penn Museum, 3260 South Street

* Medieval/Renaissance Seminar – Pre-circulated papers are available from Rosemary O'Neill (one week prior to the scheduled event).

For corrections or additions to this calendar, contact Jonathan Hsy.