Calendar of Events: 2022
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.
Seminar: “‘Thais in the shadows’: Introducing Marbod of Rennes’ Vita sanctae Thaisidis”
Alicia Smith (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)
Feast of Michael the Archangel and all the Bodiless Powers
Dante Lecture: “Veni sponsa de Libano: Mother Estelle Nolan’s Tribute to Dante at Loretto College”
Domenico Pietropaolo (University of Toronto)
Seminar: “The Writing of Universal History in England in the Long Twelfth Century: Some Preliminary Observations on the Manuscripts”
Gabriele Passabì (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)
Book Launch of The Male Body and Social Masculinity in Premodern Europe and Patriarchy, Honour, and Violence
Seminar: “Hervaeus Natalis on Astral Determinism: A First Overview”
Francesco Binotto (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)
The Friends of the PIMS Library Christmas Tea and Raffle
Seminar: “Lay Death and Burial in Religious Habits in Medieval Europe: Questions and Preliminary Findings”
Kirsten Schut (Mellon Fellow, PIMS)
Lecture: “Everyday Creative Writing in a Late Medieval Household”
Daniel Wakelin (University of Oxford)