Lecture. Galit Hassan-Rokem: “Travel as Curse and Promise: The Wandering Jew from Medieval Legend to Modern Symbol.”
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Room 1040 • Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street
Calendar of Events: April 2014
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. Andy Orchard: “Medieval Outlaws, Exiles, and Stolen Stories.”
University of Oxford
George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College • 15 Devonshire Place
Research Seminar. Christopher Lakey: “The Invention of Rilievo: Relief and The Sculptural Imagination in the Middle Ages.”
Mellon Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Room A • PIMS
Guest lecture. Robert Sweetman: “What's in a Life: The Hierarchy of Forms and the Vita Christi Section of the Summa Theologiae of Thomas Aquinas.”
H. Evan Runner Chair in the History of Philosophy, Institute for Christian Studies and Visiting Research Fellow, PIMS
Room A • PIMS
Lecture. Sheila Campbell: “A 16th Century Italo-Byzantine Cross.”
Former Malcove Curator, and Professor Emerita at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Art Lounge • University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King’s College Circle
Lecture. Joep Leerssen: “Celts, Celticism, Pan-Celticism: A Word, Its Meaning, History, and Usage.”
University of Amsterdam
Charbonnel Lounge • St Michael's College, 81 St Mary Street
Lecture. Linda Safran: “Art for Passover in the Medieval Mediterranean.”
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Room 101 • Teefy Hall, 57 Queen’s Park Circle East
Concert: “Ma fin est mon commencement: Music of Guillaume de Machaut.”
Sine nomine, the Institute's ensemble in residence.
Saint Thomas's Anglican Church • 383 Huron Street
Lecture. William Marx: “Affective Piety and Editing the Middle English Liber Aureus and Gospel of Nicodemus.”
University of Wales: Trinity Saint David, Lampeter
Room A • PIMS
2014 Boyle Lecture. Alixe Bovey: “Is it a sin to be serious? Amusing Images in the Age of Thomas Aquinas.”
University of Kent
Room 400 • Alumni Hall, 121 St Joseph Street
Lecture. Janet Burton: “Representing the Past: Selby Abbey (Yorkshire) and Its Medieval Historian.”
University of Wales, Lampeter
Room 310 • Centre for Medieval Studies, 125 Queen's Park