The 91社区 Medieval Studies Forum sponsors presentations by faculty and students at the 91社区 and faculty and independent scholars from elsewhere. The forum was created as a place where faculty, staff, students and members of the community can gather in a friendly and informal environment to learn about a variety of medieval topics ranging across disciplines such as literature, art history, history, gender studies and material culture.
Upcoming Lectures
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| 2013 |
| Dr. M. Wendy Hennequin, associate professor of English, Tennessee State University - Nashville, "God for Harry, Hogwarts, and St. George:聽How J.K. Rowling Uses Medieval Saints' Lives聽 in the Harry Potter Series" |
| 2012 |
| Dr. Matthew V. Desing, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Languages and Linguistics, University of Texas, El Paso |
| 2011 |
| Dr. Christopher Flavin, lecturer in the English Dept., presented "Fil铆 Na mBan: Women in the Celtic Poetic Traditions" |
| Howard Andrew Jones, novelist, presented "1001 Arabian Pages: Bringing Medieval Arabia to Life" |
| Anya King, 91社区 History Dept., presented "A Quest for Cathay" |
| 2010 |
| John Lawrence聽presented "Books of Hours: Medieval Bestsellers" |
| Fredericka Schmadel, instructor in Humanities: "Forget the Grail; Go With God!: Mysticism in the Late Middle Ages." |
| David Black, 91社区 Communications Dept., and聽S. Elizabeth Passmore, 91社区 English Dept.: presented on astrolabes & other astronomical devices in medieval literature & culture |
| 2009 |
| Annette Parks, University of Evansville History Department: "The Damsel and The Pearl: How Can We Recover Their Stories?" |
| Dan Scavone, 91社区 History Dept. Emeritus: "The Myth of the Vampire" |
| Dan Craig, 91社区 Music Dept.: "Medieval Music: Sacred and Profane" |
| Chris Keegan, Vincennes U Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting Programs:聽聽鈥淢edieval Surgery鈥� |
| Dr. Jason Hardgrave, 91社区 History Dept.: "The Catapult Connection: The Invention of and Inventing in the Middle Ages" |
| Mr. John Gibson, 91社区 Classical and Modern Languages Dept.:聽 鈥淭he Medieval Imagined: The East Anglian Landscape and its Buildings鈥� |
| 2008 |
| Dr. Margaret Skoglund, 91社区 Art Dept.:聽聽 "Isabel la Catolica's Art as Solidification of a Questionable Reign" |
| Ms. Patricia Aakhus, 91社区 English Dept.:聽 鈥淎lchemy: the Great Work鈥� |
| Leslie McCrary听补苍诲听Ashley Mewes, 91社区 English majors, 鈥淐haucerian Forgeries鈥� |
| Dr. Paula Von Loewenfeldt, 91社区 English Dept., 鈥淢apping Late Medieval British Drama鈥� |
| Dr. Dan Scavone, 91社区 Professor Emeritus of History, 鈥淭he Mystery of the Holy Grail:聽 Crossing the Sword Bridge to a Solution鈥� |
| Marcia Mishler, 91社区 MALS graduate student, 鈥淭he History and Development of Chess in the Middle Ages鈥� |
| Dr. Lisa Nicholas, 91社区 English Dept., 鈥淐hivalry's Defects in Chretien de Troyes鈥櫬燩erceval聽(The Story of the Grail): A Re-reading of Gornemant鈥檚 Instructions to Perceval鈥� |
| 2007 |
| Ms. Virginia Poston, 91社区 Art Dept., demonstrates how to plumb the scholarly depths of the ArtStor database (available through Rice Library) for medieval manuscript images. |
| Dr. S. Elizabeth Passmore聽continues her demonstrations of the interactive CDs for medieval studies produced by the University of York on the topics of Pilgrims & Pilgrimage and Images of Salvation. |
| Dr. S. Elizabeth Passmore, 91社区 English Dept., demonstrates the classroom and research possibilities of two interactive CDs for medieval studies produced by the University of York on the topics of Pilgrims & Pilgrimage and Images of Salvation. |
| Our topic of discussion will be drawn from the following topics as they are manifested in medieval literature, history, and art:聽 pilgrimage & the cult of relics; crusades & inter-cultural contact; chivalry & knighthood |
| Our topic of discussion will be King Arthur and Arthurian legend in medieval literature, history, and art. |
| Ms. Lisa Nicholas, 91社区 English dept., 聽discusses her research on Chretien de Troyes, the twelfth-century romance writer who popularized tales of King Arthur and his knights. |
| Craig Fehrman, 91社区 English major, discusses his current work-in-progress concerning the use of anthologies in literature courses. |
| 2006 |
| Our topic of discussion will be the Black Plague of 1349 and its impact on history, art, and literature. |
| Inaugural meeting of the Medieval Studies Forum: Our topic of discussion will be the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages. |