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Institute for Medieval Studies Open Lecture Series 2011-12

The IMS has great pleasure in inviting you to attend this year's programme of interdisciplinary guest lectures. All lectures are free of charge, and everyone is welcome to attend. The lectures in the Council Chamber, or the adjacent Room 1.08, Parkinson Building, and the evening lectures will be followed by a drinks reception.

Literature in Pieces: The Earliest English Women's Writing
Date:	Thursday, 27 October 2011, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Speaker: Prof. Diane Watt, Professor, School of English & Languages, University of Surrey Location: Room 1.08, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Axel Müller, phone 0113 343 3614, email a.muller@leeds.ac.uk.

'How did the Rus' land come to be?': A Dangerous Question
Date:	Thursday, 10 November 2011, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Part of Making Medieval History Project Speaker: Dr. Jonathan E. Shepard, Oxford Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Graham Loud, phone 0113 343 3601, email g.a.loud@leeds.ac.uk.

From Barbarossa to Barbablanca: Nation and Medieval History in 19th- and 20th-Century Germany
Date:	Friday, 11 November 2011, 10.30-11.30
Details:
Part of Making Medieval History Project Speaker: Dr. Bastian Schlüter, Institut für Deutsche und Niederländische Philologie, Freie Universität Berlin Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Graham Loud, phone 0113 343 3601, email g.a.loud@leeds.ac.uk.

Reconstructing a Lost Cathedral: York Minster in the 11th and 12th Centuries
Date:	Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Speaker: Stuart Harrison, Ryedale Archaeology Services, Pickering Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Axel Müller, phone 0113 343 3614, email a.muller@leeds.ac.uk.

Uncovering the Story of England: Local History and the National Narrative
Date:	Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Speaker: Michael Wood, BBC Presenter, Producer, and Historian Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Axel Müller, phone 0113 343 3614, email a.muller@leeds.ac.uk.

'And I bear your beautiful face painted on my chest': The Battle between Head and Heart in the Late Middle Ages
Date:	Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Speaker: Prof. Catrien Santing, Instituut voor Geschiedenis, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, and Director, Onderzoekschool Mediëvistik Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Axel Müller, phone 0113 343 3614, email a.muller@leeds.ac.uk.

The Devil as Advocate: The Literature of Medieval Legal Procedure and Theological Debate
Date:	Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Speaker: Dr. William Marx, Reader in Medieval Literature, Department of English, University of Wales, Lampeter Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Axel Müller, phone 0113 343 3614, email a.muller@leeds.ac.uk.

European Ethnicities and European as an Ethnicity: Does Europe Have Too Much History?
Date:	Thursday, 1 March 2012, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Part of Making Medieval History Project Speaker: Prof. Patrick Geary, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Graham Loud, phone 0113 343 3601, email g.a.loud@leeds.ac.uk.

Crisis of the Middle Ages?: Destructing and Constructing European Identities in a Globalizing World
Date:	Friday, 2 March 2012, 10.30-11.30
Details:
Part of Making Medieval History Project Speaker: Prof. Michael Borgolte, Lehrstuhl für mittelalterliche Geschichte, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften, Humboldt Universität, Berlin Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Graham Loud, phone 0113 343 3601, email g.a.loud@leeds.ac.uk.

Isaiah in Ryedale?: Lastingham, Landscape and Monasticism in 7th-Century Northumbria
Date:	Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Speaker: Prof. Richard Morris, Professor of Conflict and Culture, University of Huddersfield / Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Location: Council Chamber, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Axel Müller, phone 0113 343 3614, email a.muller@leeds.ac.uk.

A Medieval Siege of Troy: The Fight to the Death at Acre, 1189-91
Date:	Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Speaker: Prof. John H. Pryor, Professor, Medieval & Early Modern Centre, University of Sydney Location: Parkinson Lecture Room 1.08, Parkinson Building, University of Leeds. For further details, contact Axel Müller, phone 0113 343 3614, email a.muller@leeds.ac.uk.

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