Edinburgh Seminar in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
The Centre hosts seminars throughout the academic year, which are open to all. Forthcoming and recent events are listed on this page.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies regrets the cancellation of all scheduled research seminars for this semester. Keep safe and take care.
Time and location
Seminars usually take place at 5:15pm in the Project Room, 50 George Square. Please check the details below, though, as start times and venues can change.
Event schedule
Semester 2, 2019/20
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Tues 25 Feb |
Miranda Griffin (University of Cambridge) |
‘The world in an egg: Reading Medieval ecologies’ | POSTPONED |
| Tues 24 Mar |
Jane Stevens Crawshaw (Oxford Brookes University) |
‘Wastelands: Space, reuse and the urban body in Renaissance Genoa and Venice’ |
CANCELLED |
| Tues 28 Apr |
Giacomo Vignodelli (Bologna) |
‘Atto of Vercelli’s Polipticum’ | CANCELLED |
| Tues 12 May | Alixe Bovey (Courtauld Institute of Art) |
Title tbc |
CANCELLED |
| Tues 26 May |
Rory Naismith (University of Cambridge) |
‘Guilds, states and societies in the Early Middle Ages’ |
CANCELLED |
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuesday 8 Oct | Eduardo Manzano Moreno (St Andrews) |
'The global Middle Ages: Some ideas and a way forward' |
5:30pm, G.06, 50 George Square |
| Tuesday 5 Nov | Marcus Milwright (Victoria) |
‘The shock of the new? Writing and the propagation of religious ideology in early Islam’ |
6pm, G.06, 50 George Square |
| Tuesday 19 Nov | Robert Moore (Newcastle) | 'The eleventh century in world history | 6pm, G.06, 50 George Square |
|
Tuesday 26 Nov |
Allen Grieco (Villa I Tatti, Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies) |
‘Consuming Renaissance wines: colours, taste and medical theories’ |
6pm, LG.08, David Hume Tower |
| Wednesday 11 Dec |
Patricia Ebrey (Washington) Anna Shields (Princeton) |
'The Resilience of Chinese Empires: How the Song Survived the Jurchen Invasion'
|
3:10–6:30pm, Meadows Lecture Theatre |
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Further information
If you have any questions, please contact the seminar series organiser, Niels Gaul.
Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Contact details
Address
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School of History, Classics and Archaeology
University of Edinburgh