Medieval Studies
at
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The BC Medieval Studies calendar

MMII

AD 2002
 

October    

November    

December    

January 2003+    

October

Interveniat pro nobis,
quaesumus Domine,
sanctus tuus Lucas Evangelista :
qui crucis mortificationem jugiter in suo corpore
pro tui nominis honore portavit.
 

2002-10-11/13 Fr/Su Harvard University

Twenty-second annual Harvard Celtic Colloquium
Harvard University, Thompson Room, Barker Center
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~hcc
 

2002-10-12 Sa Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester

Bill MacMillan: Uncovering, collecting, and conserving a knight-in-shining-armor
12.00h-15.00h (12.00 pm-3.00 pm) Higgins Armory Museum
eMail: higgins@higgins.org
 

2002-10-12/13 Sa/Su Rhode Island School of Design

Twenty-ninth meeting of the New England Medieval Conference
The written word: writing and culture in the Middle Ages
contact: Susan Edward: sward@sprintmail.com
 

2002-10-16 We Boston College

Department of Theology
Nicholas Lash (Norris-Hulse Professor of Theology emeritus, Cambridge Univ): Holiness, speech, and silence: Reflections of the question of God.
The question of God today.
19.00-21.00h (7.00-9.00pm) Cushing 001
contact: 617/552.3882 (Gloria)
 

2002-10-16 We Boston College

Boston College Institute of Medieval Philosophy and Theology;
Boston Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy
Jan A. Aertsen (Thomas-Institut, Univ Köln): Truth in the Middle Ages: Its essence and power in Christian thought.
19.30h (7.30pm) Haley House, Conference Room
contact: Shirley Gee geesh@bc.edu 6717/552.0438
 

2002-10-17 Th Boston College

Department of Classical Studies; Jesuit Institute; A&S Honors Program
Walter Puchner (Theatre Studies, Univ of Athens, Greece): Jesuit theater in the Aegean
16.30h (4.30pm) Gasson Hall 100
contact: 617/552.3661 (Classical Studies)
 

2002-10-19 Sa Yale University

Program in Medieval Studies; Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Graduate student Medieval Studies conference: Textual effects
contact: Brian Noell brian.noell@yale.edu
 

2002-10-24 Th Boston College

Department of Theology
Nicholas Lash (Norris-Hulse Professor of Theology emeritus, Cambridge Univ): Holiness, speech, and silence: Reflections of the question of God.
Globalization and holiness.
19.00-21.00h (7.00-9.00pm) Cushing 001
contact: 617/552.3882 (Gloria)
 

2002-10-26 Sa Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester

Knightmare at the Higgins
10.00h-16.00h (10.00 am-4.00 pm), Higgins Armory Museum
information: higgins@higgins.org or 508/853.6015 ext 20
Admission free to members and children ages 6-12, free to non-members with price of admission
 

2002-10-27 Su Museum of Fine Arts

Estelle Shohet Brettman Memorial Lecture Series
William Tronzo: The catacomb on Via Latina twenty-five years later
15.00h (3.00 pm), Remis Auditorium
Admission is free: tickets will be available at the Remis box office on the day of the lecture
 

2002-10-28 Mo Harvard University

Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Seminar on Medieval Studies
Anne Brenon (Curator emerita, French National Archive): Montaillou, archeological site between textual and material evidence.
16.15h (4.15 pm), Barker Center 133
 

2002-10-28 Mo Boston College

Department of Romance Languages & Literatures
Rev Fr Walter Cuenin (Our Lady Help of Christians Church, Newton MA): Lectura Dantis. A public reading of the Divine Comedy, Inferno XVIII
19.30h (7.30 pm), Devlin 101
Information: http://www2.bc.edu/~shepardl/lectura.html
 

2002-10-30 We Boston College

Department of Theology
Nicholas Lash (Norris-Hulse Professor of Theology emeritus, Cambridge Univ): Holiness, speech, and silence: Reflections of the question of God.
Cacophony and conversation.
19.00-21.00h (7.00-9.00pm) Cushing 001
contact: 617/552.3882 (Gloria)
 

2002-10-31 Th Boston University

Luce Program in Scripture and the Literary Arts
Clair Nouvet (Emory University): Abelard or the sins of the magistrar
17.00h (5.00 pm), BU School of Management, 4th floor, 595 Commonwealth Ave
 

November

Praesta, Domine,
ut animae famulorum famularumque tuarum  
indulgentiam pariter et requiem capiant sempiternam. 
 

2002-11-01 Fr Boston College

Boston College Bradley Medieval Lecture Series
James F. Ross (Univ. Pennsylvania): Faith and Theology: Chasing the wind (Eccl 1.17)
16.00h (4.00pm) Cushing Hall 001
contact: Shirley Gee geesh@bc.edu 6717/552.0438
Free buffet supper and discussion following the lecture. All welcome
 

2002-11-04 Mo Boston College

Italian Studies Program
Mario Carnani (Associazione Guide Turistiche Autorizzate, Florence, Italy): Art in Tuscany: Itineraries in search of Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, and Michelangelo.
19.00h (7.00 pm) McGuinn Hall 121
 

2002-11-04 Mo Boston University

Luce Program in Scripture and the Literary Arts
Clair Nouvet (Emory University): Abelard or the sins of the magistrar
17.00h (5.00 pm), BU School of Management, 4th floor, 595 Commonwealth Ave.
 

2002-11-04 Mo Harvard University

Harvard Seminar on Medieval Studies
Evangelos Chrysos (University of Athens): Records of church councils: Synodal acts as literary products
16.15h (4.15 pm), Barker Center 133
 

2002-11-07 Th Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester

First Thursday: A picture perfect knight
17.30h-20.00h (5.30 pm-8.00 pm), Higgins Armory Museum
information: higgins@higgins.org or 508/853.6015
 

2002-11-09 Sa Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester

Birds of prey
10.00h-16.00h (10.00 am-4.00 pm), Higgins Armory Museum
information: higgins@higgins.org or 508/853.6015
Learn how birds were used for hunting in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Members free, non-members $1 additional to regular Museum admission
 

2002-11-13 We Boston College

Department of Theology
Nicholas Lash (Norris-Hulse Professor of Theology emeritus, Cambridge Univ): Holiness, speech, and silence: Reflections of the question of God.
Attending to silence.
19.00-21.00h (7.00-9.00pm) Higgins 300
contact: 617/552.3882 (Gloria)
 

2002-11-14 Th Colgate University

History Department; Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Claire Valente (Harvard University): Betrayed wife, adultress, or political operator? Queen Isabella of England
16.15h (4.15 pm), Alumni Hall 110
 

2002-11-18 Mo Boston College

Boston College Institute of Medieval Philosophy and Theology;
Boston Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy
R. James Long (Fairfield University): Gaunilon redivivus: The second opponent of Anselm's Proslogion argument for the existence of God.
16.00h (4.00pm) McGuinn Hall 321
contact: Shirley Gee geesh@bc.edu 6717/552.0438
Buffet supper and discussion immediately following the lecture, McElroy Faculty DIning Room
 

2002-11-18 Mo Boston College

Nino Pertile (Harvard University): Lectura Dantis. A public reading of the Divine Comedy, Inferno XIX.
19.30h (7.30 pm), Devlin 101
information: http://www2.bc.edu/~shepardl/lectura.html
 

December

Puer natus est nobis
et filius datus est nobis,  
cujus imperium super humerum ejus. 
 

2002-12-06 Fr Boston College

Boston College Bradley Medieval Lecture Series
Fergus Kerr (Randall Distinguished Professor of Christian Culture, Providence College): Entity or event? Thomas Aquinas' God.
16.00h (4.00pm) McGuinn Hall 121 (Auditorium)
contact: Shirley Gee geesh@bc.edu 6717/552.0438
Buffet supper and discussion immediately following the lecture, McElroy Faculty DIning Room
 

2002-12-14 Sa Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester

Holidays at the Higgins
10.00h-16.00h (10.00 am-4.00 pm), Higgins Armory Museum
information: higgins@higgins.org or 508/853.6015 ext 20
Free to members, free with museum admission for non-members
 

January

Magi videntes stellam, dixerunt ad invicem :
Hoc signum magni Regis est :
eamus et inquiramus eum,
et offeramus ei munera, aurum, thus, et myrrhum. 
 

2003-01-04 Sa Higgins Armory Museum, Worcester

Founder's Day
10.00h-16.00h (10.00 am-4.00 pm), Higgins Armory Museum
information: higgins@higgins.org or 508/853.6015 ext 20
Free admission for all
 

For additional listings, see http://www.fas.harvard.edu/medieval
To post events, eMail to medforum@bc.edu (Medieval Forum at Boston College)

Miniatures taken from the Connolly Book of Hours
Chestnut Hill MA, Boston College, John J. Burns Library Ms.86-97
with permission