Medieval Studies at Penn

Spring 2006

Below is a list of Penn-sponsored events of interest to medievalists.

Date/Time	Speaker	Event Info	Location
Jan. 13 Friday 5:15 pm	Slobodan Curcic Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University	“The Belfry in Byzantine Architecture and in Modern Historiography” Reception to follow	Carolyn Hoff-Lynch Room, 1st Floor, Cret Wing, Chemistry Building (231 S. 34th)
Jan. 25 Wednesday 4:30 pm	Kathleen Davis Department of English, Princeton University	“The Sense of an Epoch: Sovereign Futures and the 'Middle Ages' ” [Medieval/Renaissance Literature Seminar]*	Grad Lounge, 3rd Floor, Fisher-Bennett Hall (3340 Walnut)
Jan. 27 Friday 3:30 pm	Lynn Ransom Free Library of Philadelphia and Penn Humanities Forum	“Christ and the Samaritan Woman: The Emergence of a New Subject in Late Medieval Art and Why that Matters”	Jaffe 201
Feb. 1 Wednesday 5:00 pm	Emma Dillon Department of Music	“The Look of the Voice: Seeing Medieval Song” [Penn Humanities Forum (Word & Image) - free to the public; more info]	Penn Humanities Forum, 3619 Locust Walk
Feb. 7 Tuesday 6:00 pm	Larry Scanlon Department of English, Rutgers University	“From Faust to Antigone: Freud's Primal Horde and the Butler/Zizek Debate” [Theorizing: Lectures in Literary Theory]	Kelly Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk
Feb. 16 Thursday - Feb. 17 Friday	Graduate Penn Humanities Forum Conference University of Pennsylvania	“Word and Image: Visual Dialogues” [See the conference schedule for panel descriptions]	Penn Humanities Forum, 3619 Locust Walk
Feb. 16 Thursday 4:30 pm	Richard Helmholz Professor of History, University of Chicago	“Scandal and the Medieval Canon Law” [Annenberg Distinguished Speakers Series: precirculated paper]	College Hall 209
Feb. 17 Friday 2:30 pm	Stephennie Mulder Doctoral Candidate, History of Art	“The Architecture of Co-existence: Shi'i Shrines and Sunni Patronage in the Medieval Levant”	Jaffe 201
Mar. 22 Wednesday 4:30 pm	Edward Peters Department of History	“The History of Jews in the Middle Ages from the North Sea to the Southern Alps: A Description and User's Guide” Introduction to the Lea Library, followed by Lecture	Lea Library, 6th Floor, Van Pelt
Mar. 28 Tuesday 4:30 pm	José Burucúa Professor of History, Universidad Nacional del General San Martín-Argentine	“Pierre Bayle and his Approach to Ancient and Modern Art” [Annenberg Colloquium in European History: precirculated paper]	College Hall 209
Mar. 29 Wednesday 4 - 6:30 pm	Emma Dillon Department of Music C. Stephen Jaeger Germanic Languages, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Beth Williamson Senior Lecturer in Art, University of Bristol	A Medieval Symposium: “Feeling Medieval: The Effect of the Arts” Open Discussion Followed by Reception Note: An informal reading group to discuss 3 short readings recommended by the speakers will meet on Wed., Mar. 22, 5-6:30 pm, in the Music Dept. Lounge (201 S. 34th St). [For copies of the readings or more information, contact Emma Dillon]	Penn Humanities Forum, 3619 Locust Walk
Apr. 6 Thursday 4:30 pm	David Ruderman Center for Advanced Judaic Studies	“Mingled Identities: Jews, Christians, and the Changing Notions of the Other in Early Modern Europe” [Annenberg Colloquium in European History: precirculated paper]	College Hall 209
April 7 Friday - April 8 Saturday	Faculty & Grad Symposium Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory	“Disciplines: History and Anxiety” [See the symposium website for events, sessions and plenary speakers]	Fisher-Bennett Hall 401
April 22 Saturday 9:30 - 5 pm	Medieval Manuscript Symposium Rare Books Department, Free Library, Philadelphia	“Turning Over a New Leaf: Current Research related to the Medieval Collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia” [Free and open to the public, but register by April 17 - send an email for more info and complete program]	Rare Books Dept (4th Floor), Free Library, 1901 Vine
May 1 Monday - May 3 Wednesday	Gruss Colloquium in Judaic Studies Center for Advanced Judaic Studies	“The Jewish Book: Material Texts and Comparative Contexts” [See the colloquium website for panel descriptions]	Terrace Room, Logan Hall

* Medieval/Renaissance Literature Seminar:
Pre-circulated papers are available from Cyrus Mulready (one week prior to the scheduled event).

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