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Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “How Japan Became Known as the Land of the Rising Sun: The Enduring Influence of the Seventeen Commandments of 604”
Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “How Japan Became Known as the Land of the Rising Sun: The Enduring Influence of the Seventeen Commandments of 604”
The Program in Medieval Studies is pleased to offer the Faculty Colloquium series for Fall 2023. The Seventeen Commandments of Prince Shōtoku (574-622) enthroned Buddhism as the basis for the monarchy, distanced Japan from the Chinese model of history, and ultimately caused Japan to be identified as the “Land of the Rising Sun.” That notion, […]
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PPLAB – “Wanted: Skeptical Eyes to Test The Cologne, Dombibliothek Cod. 13”
PPLAB – “Wanted: Skeptical Eyes to Test The Cologne, Dombibliothek Cod. 13”
Are you curious about manuscripts? Do you want to see how they are studied but don’t know where to start? Join the Princeton Paleography Lab (PPLab) for the first talk of the semester! Come for good food and conversation on a new manuscript theory presented by Prof. Beatrice Kitzinger (Art & Archaeology). No paleography experience […]
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EHL Seminar: “The Long Shadow of the 536 CE Event”
EHL Seminar: “The Long Shadow of the 536 CE Event”
Speaker: Lee Mordechai, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Shelby Cullom Davis Center Fellow 2023-24) *Light refreshments will be served starting at 4:00 pm.* Registration is required for virtual attendance only. Zoom registration link. Find more information on the EHL website. This seminar is organized by The Environmental History Lab (EHL), an interdisciplinary program affiliated with the […]
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Medieval Studies Book Club: The Emperor and the Elephant
Medieval Studies Book Club: The Emperor and the Elephant
For the next iteration of book club, we will be reading the brand new book The Emperor and the Elephant (Princeton, 2023) by Samuel Ottewill-Soulsby. This work is said to provide a "new history of Christian-Muslim relations in the Carolingian period . . . by drawing on Arabic as well as western sources." Medieval studies book club […]
LAMB Workshop: “Food Fight: Economic and Political Relations Between Sicily and Ifriqiya in the 11th Century”
LAMB Workshop: “Food Fight: Economic and Political Relations Between Sicily and Ifriqiya in the 11th Century”
Please join us on November 14 for the next LAMB workshop in 203 Scheide Caldwell. We will read and discuss Ksenia Ryzhova's paper entitled "Food Fight: Economic and Political Relations Between Sicily and Ifriqiya in the 11th Century." This workshop is for Graduate Students only. Please Please RSVP and download the paper on the LAMB […]
Comparative Diplomatics: “How can Jesuits be mistaken for Buddhist monks? Ōuchi Yoshinaga’s 1552 commendation and its Portuguese and Latin Afterlives”
Comparative Diplomatics: “How can Jesuits be mistaken for Buddhist monks? Ōuchi Yoshinaga’s 1552 commendation and its Portuguese and Latin Afterlives”
Thomas Conlan (East Asian Studies) will be presenting on “How can Jesuits be mistaken for Buddhist monks? Ōuchi Yoshinaga’s 1552 commendation and its Portuguese and Latin Afterlives.” All are welcome. Refreshments will be served! Conveners: Thomas Conlan (East Asian Studies/History), Helmut Reimitz (History), Marina Rustow (Near Eastern Studies/History) Coordinators: Stephanie Luescher (Near Eastern Studies) and […]
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Race Before Modernity Book Club: Medieval Art and Race: A Conversation with Pamela Patton
Race Before Modernity Book Club: Medieval Art and Race: A Conversation with Pamela Patton
The Race Before Modernity Book Club (RBMBC) welcomes you to our next event featuring Pamela Patton, Director of The Index of Medieval Art. We will read three of her most recent articles, which will be distributed upon registration. We will meet on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023 at 4:30pm in Scheide Caldwell House 203. To register, please […]
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Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “El Greco – Architect?”
Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “El Greco – Architect?”
The Program in Medieval Studies is pleased to offer the Faculty Colloquium series for Fall 2023. Charlie Barber, Donald Drew Egbert Professor of Art and Archaeology, will present this lunchtime […]
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HOS Colloquia: Listening to Albert the Great on the Art of Becoming a Natural Scientist
HOS Colloquia: Listening to Albert the Great on the Art of Becoming a Natural Scientist
Katja Krause is a historian of science and medicine, and a philosopher specializing in medieval thought and beyond. She received her PhD in 2014 from King’s College London for her […]
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LAMB Workshop: “And To Our Master, The Illustrious Caliph, Belongs The Lofty Resolution Regarding This, If God Wills”
LAMB Workshop: “And To Our Master, The Illustrious Caliph, Belongs The Lofty Resolution Regarding This, If God Wills”
Please join us on November 14 for the next LAMB workshop in 209 Scheide Caldwell. We will read and discuss Yusuf Umrethwala's paper entitled "And To Our Master, The Illustrious […]
The Ovide moralisé: The Divine Comedy of Medieval France?
The Ovide moralisé: The Divine Comedy of Medieval France?
Speakers: Matthieu Boyd ('03), Professor of Literature and Chair of the School of the Humanities, Fairleigh Dickinson University Sarah-Jane Murray (*03), Associate Professor of Great Texts & Creative Writing, Honors […]