Late Antique and Medieval Postgraduate Society seminars

Suf Amichay (University of Cambridge)

'Species of magic: De Radiis and its reception in the Latin tradition'

In person

'Mikkelsmesse in medieval Scandinavia'                 

POSTPONED

'Performing "St Ambrose" in Medieval Iceland. Devotion and wonder making in Guðmundar sögur'                    

'Demystifying the Northern Lights: Ancient beliefs from around the globe'

'Miraculous bodies and supernatural spaces in the Old English text "Juliana"'            

'When all else fails: Experiences of illness in the catalogue of miracles of "The City of God"'                    

'The harlot and the serpent: The Lady of the Lake in Tennyson’s "Idylls of the King"'                    

'Late Medieval and Early Modern magical activity and the “Loose-Living Lady"'   

Saints' thaumaturgy in Merovingian hagiography'               

'Cuthbert and the Viking age: His cult’s survival and his influence in 9th and 10th century Scandinavian Northumbria'                       

'The mystical discovery of King Arthur’s grave in Glastonbury. A new saint rose, between magic and miracles'   

Mon 26 Sept

Helen Wyeth (University of St Andrews)

'Confident or arrogant? Commodian as an authority on Early Christian identity'

Tudor Stefanescu (Tor Vergata University of Rome)

'The emotions and wedding scenes in the painting of 15th and 16th centuries'

Joint Seminar with University of Edinburgh Medieval History Group

Meritxell Risco de la Torre (University of Iceland)

'Emoting femininity and masculinity in Partonopeu de Blois and its translations'

Alevtina Matveeva (Moscow State University)

'From Gregory of Cyprus to Theodora Raoulaina: Emotions and cross-sex friendship in Byzantine letters'

NB This seminar will be online - see above for access to the link

John Merrington (University of Oxford)

'Did the senses become sins in the Early Middle Ages?'

Meghan Dulsky (University of St Andrews)

'Keeping in contact: Mæðgur relationships in Medieval Iceland'

'The King’s emotions: the case of Edward II (1307-1327)'

Daniele Battistelli (Sapienza University of Rome)

End of Term Christmas Meal (Details TBC)