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October 6, 2020 · 1:30 pm · Zoom

Past Answers to Current Concerns, Seminar 1: Lessons from the past? Terms of the debate and some examples

Hugh Elton, Trent University; John Haldon, Dept. of History, Princeton; Adam Izdebski, Max-Planck-Institute for the Science of Human History; Lee Mordechai, Hebrew University Jerusalem; Merle Eisenberg, National Center for Socioenvironmental Synthesis, Annapolis; Tim Newfield, Georgetown University; Annelise Binois, University of Copenhagen

June 18, 2020 · 1:30 pm—3:00 pm · via Zoom – Registration Required

From Healthscaping to Disease Tracing: Plague and Public Health After the Black Death

Abigail Agresta, George Washington University

June 11, 2020 · 1:30 pm—3:00 pm · via Zoom – Registration Required

The Justinianic Plague: Apocalypse or Overblown?

Lee Mordechai, Hebrew University; Merle Eisenberg, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis

June 4, 2020 · 1:30 pm—3:00 pm · via Zoom – Registration Required

Avoiding Plague like the Plague: Some Pathogenic Context for Late Antique Pandemics

Tim Newfield, Georgetown University, Washington

May 28, 2020 · 1:30 pm—3:00 pm · via Zoom – Registration Required

The ‘Plague of Cyprian’: Sources, Problems, Origins and the ‘Crisis of the Third Century’

Sabine Huebner, University of Basel

May 21, 2020 · 1:30 pm—3:00 pm · via Zoom – Registration Required

Plague: From the Late Neolithic to the Black Death

Phil Slavin, University of Stirling

May 14, 2020 · 1:30 pm—3:00 pm · via Zoom – Registration Required

The Story of Pandemics in Scholarship and Popular Culture, 1890-2020

Merle Eisenberg, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis; Lee Mordechai, Hebrew University

May 8, 2020 · 8:00 am—5:00 pm ·

The ‘Plague of Cyprian’: Sources, Problems, Origins and the ‘Crisis of the Third Century’

Sabine Hübner, University of Basel

May 8, 2020 · 8:00 am—5:00 pm · via Zoom – Registration Required

The ‘Plague of Cyprian’: Sources, Problems, Origins and the ‘Crisis of the Third Century’

Sabine Hüber, University of Basel

April 7, 2020 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · East Pyne 010

CANCELED: Medieval Studies Faber Lecture: The Changing Face of Early Islamic History

Fred Donner, The University of Chicago

April 7, 2020 · 12:30 pm—2:00 pm · Zoom

VIRTUAL MEETING: LAMB group – Pre-Modern Pandemics in History, Science, and Popular Media

Merle Eisenberg, Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center

October 21, 2019 · 4:30 pm · East Pyne 010

Medieval Futures: The Shape of Time in Universal Histories

Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Institute for Advanced Study

April 16, 2019 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · 219 Aaron Burr and Zoom

Scribal Illuminators and the Making of Middle English Literature

Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts

April 9, 2019 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · 106 McCormick

A Hebrew Renaissance in 10th Century Egypt: The Mystery of the Earliest Medieval Jewish Documents

Eve Krakowski, Near Eastern Studies

April 8, 2019 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · 106 McCormick

The Gold of the Steppe-Rulers: the Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós (ca. 700 – 820 CE)

Falko Daim, Princeton University; Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz

April 2, 2019 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · 106 McCormick

Reconfiguring Kinship and Knowledge, c.1500

Gadi Algazi, Tel Aviv University

March 12, 2019 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · Firestone Library Rare Books and Special Collections

Of Remorseless Cannibals and Loving Scribes: Samples and Highlights from Princeton’s Collection of Ethiopian Manuscripts

Michael Kleiner and Wendy Laura Belcher, University of Göttingen and Princeton University

March 6, 2019 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm · 209 Scheide Caldwell

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Past Answers to Current Concerns, Seminar 1: Lessons from the past? Terms of the debate and some examples

From Healthscaping to Disease Tracing: Plague and Public Health After the Black Death

Abigail Agresta, George Washington University

The Justinianic Plague: Apocalypse or Overblown?

Lee Mordechai, Hebrew University; Merle Eisenberg, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis

Avoiding Plague like the Plague: Some Pathogenic Context for Late Antique Pandemics

Tim Newfield, Georgetown University, Washington

The ‘Plague of Cyprian’: Sources, Problems, Origins and the ‘Crisis of the Third Century’

Sabine Huebner, University of Basel

Plague: From the Late Neolithic to the Black Death

Phil Slavin, University of Stirling

The Story of Pandemics in Scholarship and Popular Culture, 1890-2020

Merle Eisenberg, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis; Lee Mordechai, Hebrew University

The ‘Plague of Cyprian’: Sources, Problems, Origins and the ‘Crisis of the Third Century’

Sabine Hübner, University of Basel

The ‘Plague of Cyprian’: Sources, Problems, Origins and the ‘Crisis of the Third Century’

Sabine Hüber, University of Basel

CANCELED: Medieval Studies Faber Lecture: The Changing Face of Early Islamic History

Fred Donner, The University of Chicago

VIRTUAL MEETING: LAMB group – Pre-Modern Pandemics in History, Science, and Popular Media

Merle Eisenberg, Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center

Medieval Futures: The Shape of Time in Universal Histories

Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Institute for Advanced Study

Scribal Illuminators and the Making of Middle English Literature

Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts

A Hebrew Renaissance in 10th Century Egypt: The Mystery of the Earliest Medieval Jewish Documents

Eve Krakowski, Near Eastern Studies

The Gold of the Steppe-Rulers: the Treasure of Nagyszentmiklós (ca. 700 – 820 CE)

Falko Daim, Princeton University; Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz

Reconfiguring Kinship and Knowledge, c.1500

Gadi Algazi, Tel Aviv University

Of Remorseless Cannibals and Loving Scribes: Samples and Highlights from Princeton’s Collection of Ethiopian Manuscripts

Michael Kleiner and Wendy Laura Belcher, University of Göttingen and Princeton University

How Early Medieval Culture Was Built With Late-Antique Bricks: Scripts, and Books, Between Ravenna, Verona and Bobbio

Massimiliano Bassetti, Universitá di Verona

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Past Open to the Public Events

Abigail Agresta, George Washington University

Lee Mordechai, Hebrew University; Merle Eisenberg, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis

Tim Newfield, Georgetown University, Washington

Sabine Huebner, University of Basel

Phil Slavin, University of Stirling

Merle Eisenberg, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center in Annapolis; Lee Mordechai, Hebrew University

Sabine Hübner, University of Basel

Sabine Hüber, University of Basel

Fred Donner, The University of Chicago

Merle Eisenberg, Postdoctoral Fellow at the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center

Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Institute for Advanced Study

Sonja Drimmer, University of Massachusetts

Eve Krakowski, Near Eastern Studies

Falko Daim, Princeton University; Römisch Germanisches Zentralmuseum in Mainz

Gadi Algazi, Tel Aviv University

Michael Kleiner and Wendy Laura Belcher, University of Göttingen and Princeton University

Massimiliano Bassetti, Universitá di Verona