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: “An Anatomy of Disaster: Gregory of Tours on Plague and Beyond”
Kristina Sessa (Ohio State University)
Interdisciplinary Seminar
Millie Newis (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)
Interdisciplinary Seminar
Alessandra Ignesti (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)
O’Donnell Lecture: “Historiae for St Katherine: Competitive Liturgical Composition in 11th-Century Normandy?”
Susan Rankin (University of Cambridge)
Mappa Mundi: Mapping the Mediaeval World
Symposium – Registration Deadline Friday March 27
Interdisciplinary Seminar
John Gallagher (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)
2026 Old English Colloquium Lecture: “Multilingualism, Old English, and the Viking Age”
Lindy Brady (Edge Hill University)
Interdisciplinary Seminar
Rosemary Williams (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)