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Congratulations to the following five students, who correctly identified Pan's location on the Lewisohn Lawn and won a copy of Stand Columbia: A History of Columbia University in the City of New York,
by Robert A. McCaughey

Victor Escamilla, Liberal Studies
Laura Franklin, Philosophy
Thaned Kangsamaksin, Cell Biology & Pathobiology
Hayn Park, Physics
Adam Shavit Psychology

Professor Patricia Dailey was working in a bookstore in Paris when she began delving into the owner's collection of medieval books. After coming across Hadewijch's work, she knew her life would never be the same.

" I was completely disoriented [by Hadewijch]. It spoke in a completely other way than the philosophy and theology I was used to and I was so taken by its strangeness -- its sophistication and refusal to speak in a kind of systematic fashion, that I vowed that if I ever went to grad school, I would focus on women mystics, primarily Hadewijch. Not a calculated career choice, that's for sure, as she's a Middle Dutch poet and only a few people even read Middle Dutch in the US!"

Dailey came to Columbia University last year. She is one part of a vibrant community of medievalists at Columbia -- a community undergoing a renaissance of its own. read more