Medieval Studies
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Revisiting the Medieval State: The Kalmar Union and the political landscape in 15th century Sweden
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Have you been feeling the lack of strange medieval-themed humour in life? Join us for the first Medieval Movie Knight on September 26th at 5:30 in 1000 Lincoln Hall to watch “Monty Python and the Holy Grail!” A short discussion will follow the movie so that we can break down the medievalisms of the movie with two graduate student experts.
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Part of the Medieval Studies 20th Anniversary Celebration.
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For the second event in our Alumni Lecture series, we welcome Dr. des. Catherine Keane (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich). Dr. Keane's work focuses on ecclesiastical monuments in relation to agricultural and industrial facilities in the Mediterranean world from the 4th to 9th centuries. Join us on Zoom or in 319 Gregory Hall.
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Dr. Ann Hubert of St. Lawrence University shares her work on romance tropes in the Middle English drama Mankind.
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Dr. Kyle A. Thomas of Missouri State University shares his work on how medieval theatre engaged with and responded to the needs of its many audiences.
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Join us to celebrate twenty year of Medieval Studies at Illinois!
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Dr. Coral Lumbley of New York University will introduce us to the beautiful rhythms of medieval Welsh.
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Medieval Movie Knights is back! On Friday, April 29, at 5:30 in Room 1092, Lincoln Hall, we will be screening the film How To Train Your Dragon. The film will be followed with a discussion about Vikings, disability, and more! This event is open to anyone and everyone, so undergraduate students, graduates, and professors alike are encouraged to participate. Please also keep
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Come enjoy drinks and snacks with your colleagues from the Program in Medieval Studies to celebrate the start of a new semester!
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The aim of this workshop is to read Old English texts differently by noticing how they work with and within material systems that are traditionally seen as separate from the written realm of ideas and the aesthetics of poetic art in particular.
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“Engaging Materialities in Early Medieval England”
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“Ibn Arabi and his Commentators: The School of Philosophical Sufism"
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"Reproductive Unfreedom and Human Trafficking in the Viking Age"
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This workshop will offer students an opportunity to work closely with an Italo-Greek saints' life (in translation) to explore how such texts depict interpersonal interactions between the featured saint and various Muslims, including both raiders and political leaders.Please register by Friday, November 4.
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"The Saint and the Emir: Christian-Muslim Encounters in Early Medieval Italy"
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Come celebrate the end of the semester with the Program in Medieval Studies! Share in food, drink, and general merriment with friends and colleagues from across campus, and enjoy readings of premodern poetry honoring this time of year.
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Dr. Geraldine Heng (University of Texas-Austin) will deliver the Krouse Family Visiting Scholar in Judaism and Western Culture Lecture. Professor Heng's visit is sponsored by the Program in Jewish Culture & Society, the Program in Medieval Studies, and the Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory.
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Dr. Robert W. Barrett, Jr., University of Illinois, English, "Cherry Trees and More-than-Human Animacies in Zeami's Saigyō-zakura and the N-Town Nativity"
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Join Prof. Shannon Gayk (University of Indiana) and Prof. Christina Laffin (University of British Columbia) for an informal lunchtime discussion of their experiences using recreations of premodern pilgrimage routes in Europe and Japan to foster students engagement with the premodern world.
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Premodern Pilgrimage in Cross-Cultural Perspective Join us for a comparative conversation about pilgrimage and travel in the premodern world, from England to Japan. Papers by Prof. Christina Laffin (University of British Columbia) and Prof. Shannon Gayk (University of Indiana), with a response from Prof. Adam Newman (UIUC, Department of Religion)
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Dr. Joseph Turner, University of Louisville, English, "Revising Plato in the General Prologue"
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Join us for this Spring’s Medieval Movie Knights! On Friday, March 24, at 5:30 PM in Room 1028, Lincoln Hall, we will be screening the film Ladyhawke (1985).
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Join us for a screening of the documentary film Overland (2020), an exploration of falconry across multiple continents. The event will be preceded by a falconry demonstration on the lawn outside Spurlock Museum and followed by a Q&A with director Revere Le Noue and one of the documentary subjects, eagle falconer and anthropologist Dr. Lauren McGough.
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Join the Program in Medieval Studies to celebrate our students and the end of the academic year. Refreshments will be served.
