Medieval Women Workshop VI: Power and Piety
Friday, February 2
3:30 pm: Tea and Coffee
4:00 pm: Introduction
4:10 pm: Jacqueline Murray, “Margery Kempe: ‘Reading the Dirty Bits’”
4:45–5:00 pm: Break
5:00–5:45 pm: Undergraduates Roundtable:
USMC
Sofia Barbieri
Paige Madill-Shmyr
Annika Rempel
Haily Rocha
History
Ella Barrett
Gianmarco Tagliola
6:00 pm: Reception
Saturday, February 3
9:30 am: Tea, Coffee, and Danishes
10:00 am: Introduction
10:10–11:30 am:
Maureen Boulton, “Christine de Pizan’s Two Paths”
Elizabeth Davison, “Representations of Elderly Women in Christine de Pizan and Jehan Le Fèvre”
Chair and Respondent: Lori Walters
11:30–11:45 am: Break
11:45 am–12:45 pm
Eleonora Cappuccilli, “A prophetic encounter between Italy and Spain: Lucia da Narni (1476–1544) and Maria de Santo Domingo (1485–c.1524).”
Julia Henderson, “In the Instant of Divine Union: Reading Marguerite Porete with Jean-François Lyotard”
12:45–2:00 pm: Lunch
2:00–3:00 pm
Paul Vinhage, “Honoring Empresses: Hrabanus Maurus’ Commentaries on Judith and Esther”
Rachel Al Rubai, “Evidence of Female Church Patronage in the ‘Lost’ Byzantine Settlement of Hippola”
3:00–3:15 pm: Break
3:15–4:15 pm
Daniel Armstrong, “Pope Gregory VII’s Communications with Female Rulers: Some Initial Thoughts”
Lisa Cruikshank, “Masculine Behaviour in Kings and Queens: The Importance of Balance and Complementarity in the Gendered Performance of Monarchy”
4:15–4:30 pm: Break
4:30–5:30 pm: “The Other Sister” Roundtable:
Isabelle Cochelin
Julia Cole
Emma Gabe
Laura Moncion
Alison More
Devon Sherwood
5:45 pm: Closing Reception
To register and for more information, please contact the PIMS Secretary at pims.secretary@utoronto.ca.
Images: Portrait of Empress Mathilda, from "History of England" by St Albans monks (15th century), British Library, Cotton Nero D. VII, f. 7; Birgitta from British Library, Harley 2850, f. 47v.