Join us for Gaming Premodern Adventures May 3, 5:00 pm Join us on Zoom for a roundtable discussion hosted by the Medieval Studies Certificate Program and the Henri Peyre Institute, co-sponsored by the GEMS Certificate Program and the Pearl Kibre graduate student medievalists. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/x/gaming-premodern-adventures-tickets-295318965977 “Chasing the Good Ending: Modeling Interactive Fiction in the Classroom […]
Archive | Lectures & Discussions
April 15 | Globalizing Perspectives from Masaryk University and the Bibliotheca Hertziana at CUNY
Please join us for a series of short talks in-person celebrating the visiting medievalist scholars from the Conques In The Global World project at CUNY! Discussions will begin at 3pm, and will be followed by a reception at the CUNY Graduate Center. Room TBD. Reply to this Google Form if you would like to attend. We look forward to seeing […]
April 2 | CONCERT: Medieval Protest Music
Alkemie Early Music Ensemble Presents: CONCERT | Singing Truth To Power: Medieval Protest Music April 2 at 7:30pm (In-Person Event) Venue: St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson St, NYC 10014 Tickets: $15-$50; limited free for students with a valid ID. To reserve your free student tickets please use the code MedRen at checkout and bring your Student ID to the concert. “Singing […]
Mar 11 | Word Beyond Speech: The Transformation of Logos in the Christos Paschon
Late Antique-Medieval-Early Modern Faculty Working Group(LAMEM) Join us for a LAMEM event tomorrow. Though it has no formal interdisciplinary program for the study of the late antique, medieval, and early modern world, Brooklyn College’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences has a stellar collection of faculty studying the world before 1700 from many different angles. Thus, in […]
Mar 3 | NYU MARC lecture by Jenny C. Mann
Please be sure to RSVP below to join us on Thursday, March 3 at 6pm EST via Zoom: The NYU Medieval and Renaissance Center invites you to the first event in our Spring 2022 Distinguished Lecture Series. Jenny C. Mann (NYU) The Trials of Orpheus: Softening as Poetic Force in Ovid and Marlowe RSVP Here […]
Oct 21 | “A History of Medieval Falconry in the 21st Century” (online)
Thursday, October 21, 6:30pm Featured speaker: Professor Anna Akasoy Falconry often appears as iconic of the premodern world with its arcane social structures and where people did not yet hunt with guns. But falconry is a living tradition across the world and defines the cultural heritage of several regions. This talk will present a public history […]
Sep 24 | “The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender before Modernity”?
September 24, 2021, 5:00pm – 6:30pm “The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender before Modernity”? Speaker: Leah DeVun (Rutgers University) This talk explores ideas and individuals who allegedly combined or crossed sex or gender categories in Europe from 200–1400 C.E.. Focusing on several efforts to categorize sex in medical and naturalist contexts, DeVun looks at how and […]
Mar 11-12 | Erich Auerbach: Scholarship and Identity in Times of Crisis, A Critical View
Erich Auerbach: Scholarship and Identity in Times of Crisis, A Critical View An International Webinar: The Graduate Center, CUNY, and the University of Oldenburg, Germany March 11, 2021, 4-6pm March 12, 2021, 12-2 pm Registration required An international conference planned with the University of Oldenburg, Germany, we will explore varying views on Erich Auerbach’s relation to German, […]
Oct 21 | Transformative Learning in the Humanities: An Information Session
We invite you to an information session on Wed, Oct 21 at 2-3 pm, for a new three-year initiative supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, “Transformative Learning in the Humanities.” Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost José Luis Cruz (PI of the historic $10 million grant to CUNY, of which this is a part) […]
Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies Fall 2020 Series
The Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies committee is pleased to announce its fall 2020 series! We are excited to host the following guest speaker: Thursday, December 10th: Jack Tannous, Princeton University Please note that all lectures will be held virtually, with relevant Zoom links circulated via email, Facebook [facebook.com], and our official Yale webpage [medieval.yale.edu]. Further details are […]
