Events
Events of
interest in the fields of medieval, Renaissance and early modern studies will
be posted here as they become known. If you know of a pertinent upcoming event
that ought to be listed here, please contact Alan Stewart at ags2105@columbia.edu.
Wednesday, December 2
Medieval Conversations
CAROLYN DINSHAW and PAUL STROHM will discuss "Temporality and Narrative"
If you would like to receive pdfs of two essays by Professor Dinshaw as background to
the conversation--one recently printed and one not yet in print--please write to
Paul Strohm at ps2143@columbia.edu
6:00 pm
423 Hamilton Hall
Thursday, December 3
Columbia University Seminar in Medieval Studies
ELIZABETH VALDEZ DE ALAMO (Montclair State)
"From Mozarabic to Romanesque in the South Transept Portal of Silos"
6pm
523 Butler Library
Contact: Liam Moore (917) 847-0107 wrm2002@columbia.edu
Thursday, December 3 [at NYU]
NYU English Department Early Modern Forum
co-sponsored with the Comparative Literature Department
ELIZABETH BEARDEN (Maryland)
"Romance Ekphrasis: A Language of Socialiblity"
6.30 pm
Room 222, 19 University Place, NYU
Light reception from 6:00-6:30PM
Visitors from outside NYU should bring photo ID to sign into the building.
Contact: Liza Blake (elizabeth.blake@nyu.edu) and Katie Vomero Santos (kathryn.vomero@nyu.edu)
Friday, December 4
One-day conference
WHEN DID WE SEE YOU POOR?: PHILANTHROPY AND SOCIAL WELFARE IN EASTERN CHRISTIAN TRADITIONS
Union Theological Seminary
Scholarly Papers (20 minutes) on the theme of the Eastern Church’s philanthropic endeavours in Late Antiquity and Medieval times are welcomed, and will be considered for publication in the proceedings.
Contact John McGuckin: jam401@columbia.edu
Tuesday December 8
Columbia University Seminar in the Renaissance
KARL APPHUN (New York University)
"Meat Matters: Bovine Disease and the Origins of Veterinary Medicine in Renaissance Italy"
7:30 pm
Faculty House
Contact Ivan Lupic (il2177@columbia.edu).
Wednesday, December 9
Early Modernities [at NYU]
GRAHAM HAMMILL (Buffalo)
"Marvell's Machiavellian Moment: Sexuality and Constituent Power"
6:30-8:30 PM
19 University Place, Room 102, NYU
Sponsored by NYU Comparative Literature, MARC, the Humanities Initiative, CELCE, and Casa Italiana,
with additional funding from the Dean of Arts and Science
Friday, December 11
Columbia University Shakespeare Seminar
DENISE WALEN (Vassar)
"Diminishing Juliet"
Respondent: Cristina Leon Alfar (CUNY-Hunter College)
Social hour, 5-6:00 pm; dinner, 6-7:00 pm; meeting at 7:00 pm
Faculty House
Contact: Rebecca Calcagno (columbiashakespeareseminar@gmail.com)
Friday, January 22
The Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium
DAVID TOWNSEND (Toronto)
Two workshops on
"Latinities in England, 894-1135"
both at New York University
in the Great Room of 19 University Place
Further information forthcoming.
Contact: ASSC@columbia.edu Website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/assc
February 18, 2010[at CUNY]
The Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance
CLARE CARROLL (CUNY-Queens College/Graduate School)
"Female Fortitude: A Memoir on Princess Clementina Sobrieski"
Friday, February 19
The Sixth Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference
FEAR AND LOATHING: ENCOUNTERING THE OTHER IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
at Harvard University
Please submit abstracts of no more than 250 words for 20-minute papers by December 1, 2009. Please include your email address, street address, phone number and audio-visual requirements. You may submit abstracts via email to HarvardAngloSaxon@gmail.com