Medieval Research Seminar
The Centre runs a fortnightly seminar series throughout the first two terms of the year, incorporating two public events (the Barton Lecture in the autumn, and the Orme Lecture in the spring, the latter of which is accompanied by a postgraduate seminar). If you would like to attend any of the other seminars and are not on the Centre for Medieval Studies mailing list, please contact the convenors, Thomas Hinton and Gregory Lippiatt.
Details for seminars in spring 2025 are available below, or in downloadable poster format (PDF). Posters from previous years' seminar series are also available for autumn 2024, spring 2024, autumn 2023, spring 2023, autumn 2022, and spring 2022.
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When | Description | Location | Add to your calendar |
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19 February 2025 | Digitising the Manuscript with Special Collections | Digital Humanities Lab, Seminar Room 1 | Add event |
26 February 2025 | Postgraduate Workshop: Life After the Doctorate | Forum Seminar Room 07 | Add event |
26 March 2025 | 'Medieval Lived Religion: The Complex Lives of Medieval Ritual Objects' | Queens Building LT4.2 | Add event |
Reading Groups
Members of the Centre run a number of reading groups in their areas of study, to which any and all members of the University (and anyone with an interest in the field) are more than welcome. We currently run the following groups:
- The Medieval French Reading Group (convened by Edward Mills) meets weekly, on Wednesdays at 9:30am (Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Room F), most weeks; ), to explore and translate collaboratively a work written in the French of the pre-modern period. Our current text is the Jeu de Saint Nicolas, and members of the group bring a variety of experience with medieval and modern French, from internationally-recognised expertise to absolute beginners. All are welcome!
- The Medieval Latin Reading Group (convened by Gregory Lippiatt and Naomi Howell) also meets weekly, on Wednesdays at 11am (Hatherley Labs, Pod 1). The focus is likewise on developing attendees' experience and familiarity with Latin texts that met with popularity during the Middle Ages, ranging from the short Disticha Catonis ('Distichs of Cato') to the longer Somnium Scipionis ('Dream of Scipio') and texts of monastic hours. For autumn 2024, the group will be exploring medieval accounts of the Trojan War.
N.B. On 15th January, the Medieval Latin Reading Group will meet in Queen's Building, Ground Floor, Room D. On 12th February, the Medieval French Reading Group will meet in Queen's LT4.2.
Other Seminars and Events
- Various dates: members of the Centre contribute to the Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies' Monday Majalis seminar series, which will cover a number of medieval topics this term. Information about these events is hosted on the Institute's website.
Contact
If you have details of any other relevant seminars or events that you wish to be displayed on this page, please e-mail the webmaster for the Centre, Edward Mills.