Medieval Studies Faculty Colloquium: “Burial Archaeology and the Justinianic Plague”

The Program in Medieval Studies is pleased to offer the Faculty Colloquium series for Spring 2024.

Janet Kay (Art & Archaeology) will present the lunchtime talk, “Burial Archaeology and the Justinianic Plague.” The Justinianic Plague (541-544 CE), as the beginning of the sixth- to eighth-century First Plague Pandemic of Yersinia pestis, has recently been at the center of a small but fervent debate among scholars with different methodological approaches. Kay will present models of how future research on the Justinianic Plague can more effectively use evidence from burial archaeology to understand its biological and social impact–whether that research is led by archaeologists or within interdisciplinary teams that include archaeologists in their project design.

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Next Medieval Faculty Colloquium for Spring 2024

Tues, April 9 at 12:00 pm: Stephen Teiser (Religion)