University of Arizona Medieval, Renaissance,
and Reformation Committee
Tenth Symposium: "Work-in-Progress: Current and Future Research"
Friday, October 12, 2007, 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Location: Room 102 at 1125 N Vine (Annex Building to the "Swede" Johnson Buildg.)
Program
2:00 p.m.: Albrecht Classen Welcome and Introduction
Announcements, and Business Meeting
2:10-2:25 p.m.: Tricia Amato (Art History): "Stitching the Threads of History: The Nuns of St. Sepulchre and the Making of the Bayeux Tapestry"
2:25-2:40 p.m.: Therese Martin (Art History): "The Inheritance of the Infantazgo by Queen Urraca (d. 1126) and Her Daughter the Infanta Sancha (d. 1159)"
2:40-2:55 p.m.: Albrecht Classen (German Studies): "The Justification of Killing a Tyrant in the Middle Ages: Philosophical and Literary-Historical Reflections"
2:55-3:15 p.m. Refreshments
3:15-3:30 p.m.: Roger Dahood (English): "Chaucer’s Prioress’s Tale and English History"
3:30-3:45 p.m.: Pierette Kulpa (Art History): "Anatomy of the Miraculous Depiction of Miraculous Healing in Sixteenth-Century Venice"
3:45-4:00 p.m.: Mary Kovel (History): "Material Culture and Identity: An Investigation of Hairstyles and Headcoverings in Early Modern England"
4:00-4:15 p.m.: Sean Clark (History): "The Turcicae Epistolae of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Ferdinand I’s Ambassador"
4:15-4:30 p.m.: David Graizbord (Judaic Studies): "[The] Sephardi Rite and ‘Noble Blood’: The Tension between Two Definitions of Sephardi Identity from Medieval Times to the Present"
5:00 p.m.: Conclusion
Funded by the College of Humanities, sponsored by UAMARRC
Everybody is welcome; there is no charge for this symposium.
Undergraduate and graduate students are particularly invited to attend.
Funded by the College of Humanities, sponsored by UAMARRC
Everybody is welcome; there is no charge for this symposium.
Undergraduate and graduate students are particularly invited to attend.