Lectures and seminars
Lectures
LEVERHULME LECTURE SERIES: PREMODERN INTERIORITIES
A series of three lectures exploring the pre-modern representation of the interior self will be delivered by Leverhulme Visiting Professor Paul Strohm:
31 January: Psychomachia and Medieval Self
7 February: Intention
14 February: Confession, Conscience and the Pauline "Inner Man"
All lectures take place at 6.30pm in the David Sizer Lecture Theatre, Francis Bancroft Building, Mile End Campus.
Seminars
WORKING MATERIALS
This is a new forum for medievalists at QMUL. As the name implies, here is an occasion to present work-in-progress, to share problems and source materials, to pool the wide-range of QMUL expertise in medieval studies.
WORKING MATERIALS III
On Tuesday, 7 February, 12am-2pm, in the Robert Tong Room, Mario Ascheri (Faculty of Law, University of Rome) will be talking about ‘The Great Century of a City-State: Siena in the Thirteenth Century’. Poster
WORKING MATERIALS II
On 10 January 2012 from 5-7pm, Dr Peter Denley will be speaking about his research on the 'Rituals of medieval university life'. Drinks will be available during the discussion.
WORKING MATERIALS I
At the inaugural meeting Yossi Rapoport will present some of his current research, on Tuesday, 1 November 2011, between 5 and 7, at the Lockkeeper's Cottage.
At this inaugural session we may discuss ideas for the forum, perhaps over a glass of wine at its end. If you wish to present work, please contact Miri Rubin.
MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN TEXTS AND CONTEXTS
Tuesday 20 March 2012, 5-6.30pm, in Arts 2, room 3.20
Special Delivery: Performing Model Letters in Medieval English Classrooms
Professor Martin Camargo (Professor of English, Medieval Studies, and Classics,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
The talk will be followed by questions and discussion, and an informal wine reception in Arts Two, room 3.17.