CfP (for undergraduates): “Ab Urbe Recondita” at the University of Tennessee

The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is pleased to announce its Second Annual Undergraduate Conference:  Ab Urbe Recondita: the Reception of the Roman Classics in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.  The conference will take place on March 30, 2012 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  We are currently calling for abstracts from interested […]

Continue reading →

Olivia Constable, December 2.

Please join us for our final meeting of the quarter on Friday, December 2, in Wieboldt 207, from noon to 1:30 pm. Prof. Olivia Remie Constable, Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame, will talk about her paper: ““Food and Meaning: Christian Understandings of Muslim Food and Food Ways, 1250-1550.″ The […]

Continue reading →

Brigitte Buettner, November 18

We are delighted to host Brigitte Buettner, Professor of Art History at Smith College, at the next meeting of the Medieval Studies Workshop. Please join us on Friday, November 18 in CWAC 156 from noon to 1:30pm to discuss Professor Buettner’s paper, “Medieval Mineralogy in Text, Image and Imagination.” The response will be provided by […]

Continue reading →