Seminars 2006-2007
Michaelmas Term 2006
Theme: Manuscripts and Books
Reconstructing a Medieval Library Against the Odds: the Case of Arras Cathedral
Richard Gameson (Professor of the History of the Book, Durham University)
Tuesday, October 24th, 5.30
The Durham monks and the study of Scripture
Alan Piper (Assistant Keeper & Tutor in Palaeography, Durham University)
Tuesday, November 14th, 5.30
Gendering Readers and Viewers of Late Medieval Manuscripts
Elizabeth L'Estrange (Université de Lièges)
Tuesday, November 28th, 5.30
Patronage, Power and the Old English Biblical Poetry in Manuscript Junius 11
Dan Anlezark (University of Sydney)
Tuesday, December 5th, 5.30
Special Seminar
'He begot a child on his servant': The Problems of Tracing Illegitimacy in Late Medieval England
Philippa Maddern (University of Western Australia)
Friday, December 1st, 5.30
Epiphany Term 2007
Theme: Transforming Reality
Eighth-century Christian Rituals and a Northumbrian Monument: the Ruthwell Cross
Eamon O'Corragain (University College, Cork)
Tuesday, 30th January, 5.30
Grace: a Renaissance Keyword
Ita MacCarthy (Dept. of Italian, SMLAC, Durham University)
Tuesday, 6th February, 5.30
The Uses of Archery in Roger Ascham's Toxophilus
Matthew Woodcock (School of Literature and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia)
Tuesday, 20th February, 5.30
The Changes in Culinary Taste between the 15th and 17th Centuries
Caroline Yeldham (Historical Food Expert)
Tuesday, 27th February, 5.30
Seminar to include food tastings
Ideas and Imaginings: Magic and the Supernatural in Medieval English Romance
Corinne Saunders (Dept. of English, Durham University)
Tuesday, 13th March, 5.30
Special Seminar
Baronial Courts in Medieval Scotland, 1150-1350
Cynthia Neville(Dalhousie University)
Monday, 12th March, 5.30
Easter Term 2007
Theme: Renaissance Texts and Print
Matthew Parker and the presentation of deluxe books to Elizabethan elites
Elizabeth Evenden (University of Cambridge)
Tuesday, May 8th, 5.30
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be: linguistic mercantilism in Renaissance France
David Cowling (Dept. of French, SMLAC, Durham University)
Tuesday, May 15th, 5.30
Special Seminar
Une reine franco-arménienne à l'époque des croisades: Mélisende de Jérusalem
Gérard Dédéyan (Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier III)
Wednesday, May 2nd, 5.30