Program in Medieval Studies
Thursday, November 6, 2025
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5:00 pmLucy Ellis Lounge -- room 1080, Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics BuildingIn 14th-century Provence, the volume of contracts produced by public notaries increased rapidly from thousands each year to millions. Reliance on writing impacted even the most remote rural communities and marginalized actors, including women, peasants, and religious minorities. Why did written records become so wildly popular so quickly? What were the consequences?
Friday, November 7, 2025
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8:30 amEnglish Building 107DInterested faculty and students will meet for a lunchtime discussion of a work-in-progress. Please contact Carol Symes if you wish to participate.
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!