Lecture. John J. Contreni: “Replacing the Classics in the Carolingian Age”
Department of History, Purdue University
Room 310 • Centre for Medieval Studies, 125 Queen's Park
Calendar of Events: 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. John J. Contreni: “Learning for God: Education in the Carolingian Age”
Department of History, Purdue University
Great Hall, Room 312 • Centre for Medieval Studies, 125 Queen's Park
Lecture. Roy Liuzza: “Diminishing Returns: The History of the Future in Anglo-Saxon England”
Department of English, University of Tennessee, Knoxvill
Room 301 • Centre for Medieval Studies, 125 Queen's Park
Lecture. Flora Ward: “Between the Mediterranean and Atlantic in Medieval Iberia: The Treasury of Oviedo in the 12th Century”
Department of Art, University of Toronto
Room 101 • Teefy Hall, 100 St. Joseph St.
Concert: “La contenance angloise: Fifteenth-century musical innovation”
SINE NOMINE the Institute's ensemble for Medieval Music in residence.
Saint Thomas's Anglican Church • 383 Huron Street
Lecture. Seth Lerer: “Beowulf and the Eloquence of Minor Characters”
Dean of Arts and Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Literature, University of California, San Diego
Room 301 • Centre for Medieval Studies, 125 Queen's Park
Research Seminar. Vanina Kopp: “Invention of Tradition: The Use and Function of Literary Pastimes at the French Court around 1400”
Mellon Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Room A • PIMS
Lecture. Patricia Sutherland: “Norse/Native Contact in Arctic Canada”
Adjunct Professor, Memorial University and Carleton University, Canada; Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, Scotland.
Combination Room, Trinity College • 6 Hoskin Ave.
Lecture. Patrick Moran: “World Building and Text Building in French Arthurian Cycles.”
Department of French, McMaster University
Room 310 • Centre for Medieval Studies, 125 Queen's Park
Lecture. Alessandra Petrina (University of Padua): “Petrarch's 'Secretum' in Medieval Europe.”
Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Charbonnel Lounge, Elmsley Hall • 81 St Mary Street
Lecture. Winfried Rudolf: “Textual Instability in Old English Anonymous Homilies and the Use of Latin in the Vercelli Book.”
Department of English Philology, University of Göttingen
Room 301 • Centre for Medieval Studies, 125 Queen's Park
Research Seminar. Ainoa Castro Correa: “The Regional Study of Visigothic Script II: Visigothic vs. Carolingian Script in Galicia.”
Mellon Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Room A • PIMS
Lecture. Thomas Lentes: “Constructing Sacred Spaces: Medieval Rituals of Church Dedication.”
University of Münster
Room 100 • Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street
Lecture. Catherine Brown: “A Manuscript Present: Translation and Remediation in the Early Middle Ages.”
Department of Complarative Literature, University of Michigan
Room 100 • Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street
Research Seminar. Stephen Pelle: “The Sources and Audience of the Trinity Homilies.”
Mellon Fellow, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies.
Room A • PIMS
Lecture. Kenneth Brown: “When is a 'Christian' Medieval and Early Modern European Text a 'Jewish' Text?”
Department of French, Italian and Spanish, University of Calgary
Regents Room (rm. 206) • Goldring Student Centre, 150 Charles Street West
Lecture by Distinguished Visiting Scholar Michael Ryan: “Seeking the Context of Fine Metalwork in Early Medieval Ireland: Provenance, Manufacture and Use.”
PIMS Visiting Scholar 2013–2014
Room 100 • Alumni Hall, 121 St Joseph Street
Lecture. Jack Kugelmass: “Yiddish on the Battlefields of Spain.”
University of Florida
UTSC Centre for Ethnography, MW 296
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
Lecture. Andy Orchard: “Medieval Outlaws, Exiles, and Stolen Stories.”
University of Oxford
George Ignatieff Theatre, Trinity College • 15 Devonshire Place