February 2025 News

Photo credit: Dormition, Book of Hours, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis MS 90, circa 1470, French provenance
February 24, 2025
The Centre for Renaissance and Reformation Studies along with the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto welcomes Jane Tylus, Professor of Italian Studies and Comparative Literature at Yale University to the March 7 Convivium, for a lecture entitled, “Women as Witnesses: Grieving Mary in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Register now, to join the March 7 lecture via zoom and learn more information by visiting https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/convivium-jane-tylus-women-...
February 17, 2025
FAS Professor Shawkat M. Toorawa’s new book is a curated English translation of Qur’anic verses that evokes the literary qualities of the original Arabic in fresh, living, lyrical prose.