We invite you to join us for a talk by Professor Tanya Pollard “Shakespeare’s Haunted Generation: Sex and Succession in King Lear” which will be followed by an Open House to learn more about the Certificate Programs in Medieval Studies and Global Early Modern Studies (GEMS). Wednesday, Feb 26, 5pm-7pm in room 3408 (Art History lounge) RSVP […]
Archive | Lectures & Discussions
Mar 7 | ‘Out of Her Bounds: The Last Canterbury Miracle?’
March 7, 2025, CUNY Graduate Center, Skylight Room 5-7pm Prof. Michael Staunton of University College Dublin With Barry L McKernan and K. E. Saavik Ford, Astrophysics, GC and BMCC, and the son and daughter-in-law of the late Treasa McKernan RSVP to [email protected] This event celebrates the posthumous publication of Treasa McKernan’s book, Out of Her Bounds’: Women’s Lives in the […]
Nov 14 | Publishing Articles as a Graduate Student + An Intro to (Anti)Professionalization
Publishing Articles as a Graduate Student + An Intro to (Anti)Professionalization Hosted by Vagantes Board Mentorship & Professionalization Representative Kris Racaniello in advance of the Vagantes 2025 Conference at Duke-UNC. November 14th, 10:30am EST, on Zoom Have you ever wondered about how to publish your work as a graduate student? Or what it means to […]
Nov 8 | 50 Years of the Tyranny of a Construct: A Discussion in Honor of E.A.R. Brown
The Medieval Studies Certificate Program is co-organizing a Faculty House with Columbia University: 50 Years of the Tyranny of a Construct: A Discussion in Honor of E.A.R. Brown: Nov 8, 1:00 pm-3:30 pm Columbia University Faculty House and Zoom Speaker/s: David Perry, Paul Freedman, Yale Ada Kuskowski, Penn Irit Kleiman, Boston University Co-organized with Columbia University Seminar […]
Nov 9 | Dante’s Performative Afterlife (Francesco Ciabattoni)
Join us for a lecture by Francesco Ciabattoni (Italian Literature, Georgetown University) on Thursday, November 9th in room 9205. Sponsored by the Medieval Studies Certificate Program & the Ph.D. Program in Comparative Literature
Oct 24 | The Ineffable Image: Exploring Islamic Iconography in Premodern North Africa
May 18 | Anti-Racism Committee Event
Please join the Ph.D. Theatre and Performance program for an Anti-Racist and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource Gathering facilitated by students. At this gathering, the Theatre and Performance program’s Anti-Racism Committee hopes to build connections and collectively strategize with colleagues across the Graduate Center who have been engaged in anti-racist work. This will serve as […]
Mar 30 | The 12th Annual Breslauer Lecture featuring Lucy Freeman Sandler
IN PERSON The 12th Annual Breslauer Lecture featuring Lucy Freeman Sandler March 30, 2023 6 – 8:30 PM ET The Grolier Club 47 East 60th Street, New York, NY “Books-in-Books: From Idea to Image in Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts” During the Covid-19 years I worked on and completed a book on the subject of images […]
Feb. 10 | From the Outer Spheres to the Inner Senses: Finding Voices in Medieval Song
From the Outer Spheres to the Inner Senses: Finding Voices in Medieval Song CUNY Graduate Center, Segal Theater, Friday, February 10 at 1:30 PM. A special performance by Concordian Dawn, ensemble for medieval music, with accompanying lecture by Sarah Kay (New York University) This collaborative event – part lecture, part concert – by medieval literary […]
Feb 10 | CUNY Byzantine Roundtable
4:00pm, Art History student lounge (room 3408) FEATURED SPEAKERS Jennifer Ball, Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center Christina Christoforatou, Baruch College Eric Ivison, College of Staten Island and the Graduate Center Warren Woodfin, Queens College Anyone not currently a student or faculty member at the Graduate Center should RSVP via email to Sara McDougall at [email protected]. […]
