Program in Medieval Studies
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics BuildingThis talk follows the remarkable afterlife of a lie: the accusation that the Jews of Brussels desecrated the Eucharistic Host in 1370. From its thin medieval traces, the story grew into a grand civic myth, told through paintings, processions, and stained glass, that came to define Brussels' religious and urban identity for centuries.
Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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5:00 - 7:00 pmLevis Faculty Center, 210Join us for a festive reception to celebrate five new books published this year! The authors will each offer brief remarks and there will be an informal Q&A about the research and writing process. All are welcome!