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The Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium aims to
foster intellectual exchange among faculty and graduate students whose
interests embrace the language, literature, and culture of early
medieval England. Currently based in Columbia, New York University, Princeton,
and Rutgers, the Colloquium seeks to expand the resources available to
Anglo-Saxonists from these universities and other institutions in the
area, and also to create a welcoming intellectual community for anyone
who is interested in Anglo-Saxon studies.
To join our email list, please send a
message to: ASSC@columbia.edu
Core Faculty Committee: Patricia Dailey,
Columbia University, Kathleen Davis, Princeton University, Stacy Klein,
Rutgers University, Haruko Momma, New York University
Sponsored by: The Department of English and
Comparative Literature, Columbia University; The Office of the Dean for
the Humanities, FAS, New York University; The Department of English,
Princeton University; The Medieval Studies Program, Princeton
University; The Department of English, Rutgers University.
CURRENT COURSES OF INTEREST in
Consortium Universities (Fall 2007 - Spring 2008)
PAST COURSES OF INTEREST in
Consortium Universities
COLLOQUIUM
EVENTS
The following events have been scheduled for the 2007-2008 academic
year. Further details will be added in due course. To learn about past events with ASSC, from Fall 2004 to Spring 2008 click here.
Fall 2008
Nov 6
Thursday |
Mark Amodio (Vassar)
6.30 pm
at NYU
details TBA
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Dec 2
Tuesday |
Scott Gwara (University of South Carolina)
"Appreciating the Heroic Catastrophe: Why Beowulf's Dragon Fight Resembles The Battle of Maldon and What It Means for Germanic Heroic Literature"
Developing a case made in his new book, Heroic Identity in the World of Beowulf, Dr. Scott Gwara (University of South Carolina) proposes unobserved narrative homologies between Beowulf's dragon fight and Byrhtnoð's rout at Maldon. Gwara suggests that the trope of "Men Dying for Their Lord" motivates aspects of Beowulf's dragon fight. A new definition of "Men Willing to Die to Avenge Their Lords" highlights potentially reckless engagement by exploring the limits of vengeable action. In these terms Gwara finds that oferhygd (overconfidence) functions in Beowulf as ofermod does in Maldon. Appreciating Maldon as a reflex of Beowulf's dragon fight means evaluating how reckless heroism confronts the responsibilities of leadership in portrayals of ambivalent heroic action. Supporting reference will be made to continental Latin, Germanic, and other Anglo-Saxon sources.
5:30 pm
523 Butler Library
Columbia University
co-sponsored by the Medieval Seminar Series
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Spring 2009
COLLOQUIUM
EVENTS ARCHIVE
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