Jamie Kreiner - Minds on Fire: Thinking with Lamps in the Early Middle Ages

Tue, Apr 8, 2025 4:15pm to 6pm

Jamie Kreiner, Professor and Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History, University of California, Los Angeles. Minds on Fire: Thinking with Lamps in the Early Middle Ages If...

Lawrence Hall, The Robert Ho Lecture Room,105

Queenship, Conquest and Nuns: Abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen

Wed, Nov 20, 2024 4:30pm to 6pm

The Norman Conquest is arguably the most famous invasion in medieval history, but women’s contributions to its success have been overlooked. This talk with Laura Gathagan, associate professof of...

Alumni Hall, 110

Living Waters: Baptism in the Landscape of the Early Middle Ages

Thu, Apr 21, 2022 4:15pm

Carolyn Twomey, St. Lawrence University An illustrated talk on how a flexible array of religious rituals in pagan watery landscapes, late antique Roman baptisteries, and household vessels,...

Lawrence Hall, 305

Contemplating Worthless Gems: Apocalypse and Property in the Old French Earthly Paradise

Thu, Apr 7, 2022 4:30pm

Jacob Abell, Colgate Visiting Assistant Professor in Romance Languages and Literatures, will deliver a talk on his recent research. In the twelfth century, two poets composed elaborate quest...

Lawrence Hall, 105

Following Chaucer: Offices of the Active Life — Arts and Humanities Colloquium

Tue, Mar 10, 2020 4pm to 5:30pm

Lynn Staley, Harrington and Shirley Drake Professor of the Humanities and Medieval & Renaissance Studies in the Department of English, Colgate University. Refreshments: 4:00-4:15 PM Lecture: ...

Lawrence Hall, 105, The Robert Ho Lecture Room

Free

Chaucer’s Africa — Arts and Humanities Colloquium

Tue, Feb 4, 2020 4pm to 5:30pm

D. Vance Smith, Old Dominion Research Professor 2019-2020, Department of English, Princeton University. All are welcome. Refreshments provided. Co-sponsored by the Medieval and Renaissance Studies...

Lawrence Hall, 105, The Robert Ho Lecture Room

Free