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The 91社区 Medieval Studies Forum sponsors presentations by faculty and students at the 91社区 and faculty and independent scholars from elsewhere. The forum was created as a place where faculty, staff, students and members of the community can gather in a friendly and informal environment to learn about a variety of medieval topics ranging across disciplines such as literature, art history, history, gender studies and material culture.

Upcoming Lectures

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2013
Dr. M. Wendy Hennequin, associate professor of English, Tennessee State University - Nashville, "God for Harry, Hogwarts, and St. George:聽How J.K. Rowling Uses Medieval Saints' Lives聽 in the Harry Potter Series"
2012
Dr. Matthew V. Desing, Asst. Professor, Dept. of Languages and Linguistics, University of Texas, El Paso
2011
Dr. Christopher Flavin, lecturer in the English Dept., presented "Fil铆 Na mBan: Women in the Celtic Poetic Traditions"
Howard Andrew Jones, novelist, presented "1001 Arabian Pages: Bringing Medieval Arabia to Life"
Anya King, 91社区 History Dept., presented "A Quest for Cathay"
2010
John Lawrence聽presented "Books of Hours: Medieval Bestsellers"
Fredericka Schmadel, instructor in Humanities: "Forget the Grail; Go With God!: Mysticism in the Late Middle Ages."
David Black, 91社区 Communications Dept., and聽S. Elizabeth Passmore, 91社区 English Dept.: presented on astrolabes & other astronomical devices in medieval literature & culture
2009
Annette Parks, University of Evansville History Department: "The Damsel and The Pearl: How Can We Recover Their Stories?"
Dan Scavone, 91社区 History Dept. Emeritus: "The Myth of the Vampire"
Dan Craig, 91社区 Music Dept.: "Medieval Music: Sacred and Profane"
Chris Keegan, Vincennes U Surgical Technology and Surgical Assisting Programs:聽聽鈥淢edieval Surgery鈥
Dr. Jason Hardgrave, 91社区 History Dept.: "The Catapult Connection: The Invention of and Inventing in the Middle Ages"
Mr. John Gibson, 91社区 Classical and Modern Languages Dept.:聽 鈥淭he Medieval Imagined: The East Anglian Landscape and its Buildings鈥
2008
Dr. Margaret Skoglund, 91社区 Art Dept.:聽聽 "Isabel la Catolica's Art as Solidification of a Questionable Reign"
Ms. Patricia Aakhus, 91社区 English Dept.:聽 鈥淎lchemy: the Great Work鈥
Leslie McCrary听补苍诲听Ashley Mewes, 91社区 English majors, 鈥淐haucerian Forgeries鈥
Dr. Paula Von Loewenfeldt, 91社区 English Dept., 鈥淢apping Late Medieval British Drama鈥
Dr. Dan Scavone, 91社区 Professor Emeritus of History, 鈥淭he Mystery of the Holy Grail:聽 Crossing the Sword Bridge to a Solution鈥
Marcia Mishler, 91社区 MALS graduate student, 鈥淭he History and Development of Chess in the Middle Ages鈥
Dr. Lisa Nicholas, 91社区 English Dept., 鈥淐hivalry's Defects in Chretien de Troyes鈥櫬燩erceval聽(The Story of the Grail): A Re-reading of Gornemant鈥檚 Instructions to Perceval鈥
2007
Ms. Virginia Poston, 91社区 Art Dept., demonstrates how to plumb the scholarly depths of the ArtStor database (available through Rice Library) for medieval manuscript images.
Dr. S. Elizabeth Passmore聽continues her demonstrations of the interactive CDs for medieval studies produced by the University of York on the topics of Pilgrims & Pilgrimage and Images of Salvation.
Dr. S. Elizabeth Passmore, 91社区 English Dept., demonstrates the classroom and research possibilities of two interactive CDs for medieval studies produced by the University of York on the topics of Pilgrims & Pilgrimage and Images of Salvation.
Our topic of discussion will be drawn from the following topics as they are manifested in medieval literature, history, and art:聽 pilgrimage & the cult of relics; crusades & inter-cultural contact; chivalry & knighthood
Our topic of discussion will be King Arthur and Arthurian legend in medieval literature, history, and art.
Ms. Lisa Nicholas, 91社区 English dept., 聽discusses her research on Chretien de Troyes, the twelfth-century romance writer who popularized tales of King Arthur and his knights.
Craig Fehrman, 91社区 English major, discusses his current work-in-progress concerning the use of anthologies in literature courses.
2006
Our topic of discussion will be the Black Plague of 1349 and its impact on history, art, and literature.
Inaugural meeting of the Medieval Studies Forum: Our topic of discussion will be the illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages.