Calendar of Events: Upcoming Events
This calendar lists all Institute events, including meetings of the Interdisciplinary Research Seminar, and lectures of interest to fellows, staff, and visitors at the Institute. It includes, where possible, events sponsored by the Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS), the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies (CRRS), and St Michael’s College (USMC). All dates and times are accurate at time of posting. For further information on Institute events, please contact Semira Abdella, Institute secretary (phone 416 926 7142).
The University of Toronto maintains a comprehensive listing of local events. Visitors to the Institute may also wish to consult the calendars posted on the Faculty of Music, the Department of Fine Art, and Hart House websites. To locate venues and individual buildings use the map of the St George Campus.
Lecture: “The Second Established Religion of the Caliphate: The Church of the East in Ninth Century Baghdad”
Philip Wood (Aga Khan University)
CRRS Erasmus Lecture: “The Art of Falconry: Global Cultural Technique and Political Iconology”
Yannis Hadjinicolaou (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
CMS Convivium: “The Materiality of the Voynich Manuscript”
Lisa Fagin Davis (Medieval Academy of America)

Meeting of Open Council
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies

Friends of the Library Lecture: “Chaucer and the Blessed Virgin Mary”
David Wallace (University of Pennsylvania)
CMS Convivium: “Historical Fiction and Its Discontents”
David Townsend (Centre for Medieval Studies)

Research Seminar
Rosemary Williams (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)

Research Seminar
Alessandra Ignesti (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)