Institute for Medieval Studies

Institute for Medieval Studies

University of Leeds

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February 2012

The Devil as Advocate: The Literature of Medieval Legal Procedure and Theological Debate
Date:	Tuesday, 14 February 2012, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Institute for Medieval Studies Open Lecture Series 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.

Politics and Imagery in York Minster c. 1400: The Case of a Lost Scrope Window
Date:	Monday, 20 February 2012, 17.00
Details:
IMS Medieval Group Meeting Speaker: Dr. Sarah Brown, Department of History of Art, University of York Location: Parkinson Building, Room 4.06 'Le Patourel Room'. Tea at 17.00. Presentations begin at 17.30. Everyone is welcome. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, email medieval-studies@leeds.ac.uk.

March 2012

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.

Medieval Performing Dragons
Date:	Monday, 5 March 2012, 17.00
Details:
IMS Medieval Group Meeting Speaker: Dr. Philip Butterworth, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Location: Parkinson Building, Room 4.06 'Le Patourel Room'. Tea at 17.00. Presentations begin at 17.30. Everyone is welcome. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, email medieval-studies@leeds.ac.uk.

From Darkness into Light: The Early Briennes, c. 950-1191
Date:	Wednesday, 7 March 2012, 17.15
Details:
School of History Medieval Seminar Speaker: Dr. Guy Perry, School of History, University of Leeds Location: Michael Sadler Building, Room 340. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/Medieval.htm

Isaiah in Ryedale?: Lastingham, Landscape and Monasticism in 7th-Century Northumbria
Date:	Tuesday, 13 March 2012, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Institute for Medieval Studies Open Lecture Series 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.

April 2012

The 'Friends of God' in Context: Urban Religion and Literary Culture in Late Medieval Germany
Date:	Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 17.15
Details:
School of History Medieval Seminar Speaker: Dr. Stephen Mossman, School of Arts, Histories & Cultures, University of Manchester Location: Michael Sadler Building, Room 340. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/Medieval.htm

Divine Light and Spiritual Intoxication: Symeon the New Theologian's Image of Penitence as a Mystical Winepress
Date:	Monday, 23 April 2012, 17.00
Details:
IMS Medieval Group Meeting Speaker: Dr. Hannah Hunt, Department of Theology & Religious Studies, Leeds Trinity University College Location: The Le Patourel Room (Parkinson 406). Tea at 17.00. Presentations begin at 17.30. Everyone is welcome. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, email medieval-studies@leeds.ac.uk.

May 2012

Monasteries on the Road to War: The Scottish Problem
Date:	Monday, 7 May 2012, 17.00
Details:
IMS Medieval Group Meeting Speaker: Dr. Judith Frost, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York Location: Parkinson Building, Room 4.06 'Le Patourel Room'. Tea at 17.00. Presentations begin at 17.30. Everyone is welcome. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, email medieval-studies@leeds.ac.uk.

Between Originality and Classical Tradition in Eugenius of Toledo
Date:	Wednesday, 9 May 2012, 17.15
Details:
School of History Medieval Seminar Speaker: Mark Tizzoni, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Location: Michael Sadler Building, Room 340. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/Medieval.htm

June 2012

Excursion to Knaresborough Castle
Date:	Saturday, 2 June 2012
Details:
IMS Medieval Group Meeting Guided by Robert C. Woosnam-Savage (Curator of Edged Weapons, Royal Armouries, Leeds). More details will be available nearer the time, but anybody who is interested in taking part, please contact Marta Cobb at m.k.d.cobb@leeds.ac.uk

July 2012

International Medieval Congress 2012

International Medieval Congress 2012 - Special Thematic Strand: Rules to Follow (or Not)
Date:	Monday, 9 July - Thursday, 12 July 2012
Details:
Organised by the Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds. The Congress also hosts a series of events which are open to the general public. For further information please click here or contact the IMC at imc@leeds.ac.uk.

Past Events

The 18th Annual Medieval Research Afternoon
Date:	Wednesday, 19 October 2011, 14.00-17.30
Details:
IMS Medieval Group Event The Research Afternoon will be held in the Le Patourel room, Parkinson, 4.06. The programme will be viewed at http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/news/medievalgroupafternoon2011.html. For further details, contact email Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk.

Wine, Women, and Song?: Diet and Regimen for Royal Well-Being
Date:	Wednesday, 26 October 2011, 17.15
Details:
School of History Medieval Seminar Speaker: Dr. Iona McCleery, School of History, University of Leeds Location: Michael Sadler Building, Room 340. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/Medieval.htm

Literature in Pieces: The Earliest English Women's Writing
Date:	Thursday, 27 October 2011, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Institute for Medieval Studies Open Lecture Series Speaker: Prof. Diane Watt, Professor, School of English & Languages, University of Surrey Location: 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.

'Oral Culture, Manuscript and Print in Early Modern Italy, 1450-1700: An Introduction' and 'Voices and Prints: Street Singers in Italian Renaissance Culture�
Date:	Tuesday, 1 November 2011, 17.15-19.00
Details:
Interdisciplinary Renaissance and Early Modern Seminar series Speakers: Brian Richardson and Massimo Rospocher, School of Modern Languages & Cultures, University of Leeds Location: School of History, Michael Sadler Building, Room 340. For further details, contact Alex Bamji, a.bamji@leeds.ac.uk, or Paul Cavill, p.r.cavill@leeds.ac.uk

An Episcopal Successor State?: The Evolution of a Transalpine Pass-Region, c.450-850
Date:	Wednesday, 2 November 2011, 17.15
Details:
School of History Medieval Seminar Speaker: Dr. Helena Carr, Department of History, University of Sheffield Location: Parkinson Building, Room 4.06 'Le Patourel Room'. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/Medieval.htm

20th-Century Re-Presentations of the French Romanesque Heritage
Date:	Wednesday, 9 November 2011, 17.00
Details:
School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies / Institute of Medieval Studies Speaker: Prof. Janet T. Marquardt, Department of Art, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston Location: Michael Sadler LG. 15. For further details, contact Eva Frojmovic, e.frojmovic@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:
Institute for Medieval Studies Open Lecture Series 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.

Spatial Change in Late Medieval Ripon Minster: Two Building Campaigns, Central Tower (c. 1450) and Nave Aisles (c. 1502-1530)
Date:	Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 17.15
Details:
School of History Medieval Seminar Speaker: Stephen Werronen, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds Location: Michael Sadler Building, Room 340. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/Medieval.htm

Uncovering the Story of England: Local History and the National Narrative
Date:	Tuesday, 29 November 2011, 17.30-18.30
Details:
Institute for Medieval Studies Open Lecture Series 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.

'A remedye achenys lecherye': Representations and Uses of Holy Masculinity in Late Medieval England
Date:	Wednesday, 7 December 2011, 17.15
Details:
School of History Medieval Seminar Speaker: Dr. Katherine J. Lewis, School of Music, Humanities and Media, University of Huddersfield Location: Parkinson Building, Room 4.06 'Le Patourel Room'. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/Medieval.htm

Weather in the Icelandic Sagas
Date:	Monday, 12 December 2011, 17.00
Details:
IMS Medieval Group Meeting Speaker: Dr. Bernadine McCreesh, Département des Arts et Lettres, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Location: Parkinson Building, Room 4.06 'Le Patourel Room'. Tea at 17.00. Presentations begin at 17.30. Everyone is welcome. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, email medieval-studies@leeds.ac.uk.

Burial Practices in Early Medieval Britain and Their Interpretations / Slavery in Anglo-Saxon England
Date:	Monday, 23 January 2012, 17.00
Details:
IMS Medieval Group Meeting Speakers: Dr. Michael Garcia, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds / Katherine Miller, School of English, University of Leeds Location: Parkinson Building, Room 4.06 'Le Patourel Room'. Tea at 17.00. Presentations begin at 17.30. Everyone is welcome. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, email medieval-studies@leeds.ac.uk.

Hair of the Dog That Bit You: Animal Bites in Medieval Medicine
Date:	Wednesday, 1 February 2012, 17.15
Details:
School of History Medieval Seminar Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Walker-Meikle, Department of History, University of York Location: Michael Sadler Building, Room 340. For further details, contact Emilia Jamroziak, e.m.jamroziak@leeds.ac.uk; http://www.leeds.ac.uk/history/events/Medieval.htm

'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:
Institute for Medieval Studies Open Lecture Series 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.

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