Welcome Back MSW Potluck

All faculty and graduate students are warmly invited to a celebratory potluck on  September 30 at 7:30pm at the home of Professor David Nirenberg, 5656 S.  Dorchester Ave., Apt. 2 (corner of Dorchester and 57th). Kindly email andruss@uchicago.edu before the potluck to let us know what kind of dish you plan to bring.

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Welcome, Medievalists!

Dear Medievalists,   Welcome to another exciting year of workshops, presentations and events sponsored by the Medieval Studies Workshop (MSW) at the University of Chicago!   This year promises a full calendar of workshops on alternate Fridays from 12- 1:30, in Wieboldt 207 (unless otherwise noted). Graduate students and professors from the University of Chicago […]

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Kate Rudy, October 12

Please join us for our next meeting on **WEDNESDAY, October 12** in CWAC room 152. We will meet from noon to 1:30 pm. Kathryn M. Rudy, Lecturer in Art History at the University of St. Andrews, will share her work, “Taking Home the Holy: Eucharist Wafer Souvenirs in the Fifteenth Century.” Rainbow Porthé, PhD candidate in Art History, […]

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Herbert Kessler, September 30

Please join us for the first Medieval Studies Workshop of the school year: Herbert Kessler, Professor of the History of Art, Johns Hopkins University, will discuss his recent work, “Images Borne on a Breeze: the Function of the Flabellum of Tournus as Meaning” on Friday, September 30 in CWAC room 156. Kristine Larison, PhD Candidate in Art History, will respond […]

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CfP: Marco Manuscript Workshop

Marco Manuscript Workshop Readers February 3–4, 2012 The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies University of Tennessee, Knoxville The Seventh Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, February 3 and 4, 2012, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville; the workshop is organized by Professors Maura K. Lafferty (Classics) and Roy M. […]

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