YALE LECTURES in MEDIEVAL STUDIES

Event time: 
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 5:30pm
Monday, March 23, 2020 - 5:30pm
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 5:30pm
Friday, April 17, 2020 - 4:30pm
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 5:30pm
Event description: 

YALE
LECTURES in
MEDIEVAL STUDIES
SPRING 2020

“Mediated Texts and Medieval Evidence: Reactivating the Historical Record”
CAROL SYMES
Associate Professor of History, Theatre, and Medieval Studies,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thursday, February 13th
5:30 p.m., location TBA
Reception to Follow

To be announced
MARK CHINCA
Reader in Medieval and Early Modern German Literature,
University of CambridgeMonday, March 23rd
5:30 p.m., location TBA
Reception to Follow

“The Correspondence of Emperor Leo III and Caliph Umar II:
Arguing Mediterranean Religion across the Middle Ages”
THOMAS BURMAN
Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute and Professor of History, University of Notre Dame
Tuesday, March 31st
5:30 p.m., location TBA
Reception to follow

“Living in a Material World: What’s the Matter with Early Medieval English Art and Literature?”
JILL HAMILTON CLEMENTS (Univ. of Alabama, Birmingham)
RENEE TRILLING (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
KAREN OVERBEY (Tufts University)
A panel moderated by EMILY V. THORNBURY (Yale) and co-sponsored with The Medieval Colloquium; History of Art Med-Ren Forum
Friday, April 17th
4:30 p.m., in LC 317

“From the Mediterranean to the Arctic: How Canon Law Conquered Medieval Europe”
ANDERS WINROTH
Birgit Baldwin Professor of History, Yale University
Thursday, April 30th
5:30 p.m.; location TBA
Reception to follow
Image: Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba, Spain

The Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies are generously supported by the Council on Middle Eastern Studies; the Council on Latin American and Iberian Studies; the Divinity School; the Departments of English, French, German, History, Art History, Music, Comparative Literature, Classics, Religious Studies, and Near Eastern Languages and Cultures; the European Studies Council; the Institute of Sacred Music; Judaic Studies; Archaia; the MacMillan Center; Vice President for Student Life; and Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library