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Courses Spring 2015

The following courses are cross-listed with MEMS for Spring term 2015. Many other courses can be used to contribute to the minor or IDS major. MEM2500 Tales of King Arthur (H, N),Judith Shoaf.  Starting with Geoffrey Monmouth’s History of the Kings of Britain around 1138, stories of King Arthur became immensely popular all through Western […]

Archaeology of a Medieval Irish Castle

Kieran D. O’Conor on “New Work at Rindoon Castle, County Roscommon, Ireland.” A lecture, Thursday, Oct0ber 16, 5-7 pm, Smathers Library room 100 Strategically positioned on a peninsula that thrusts out like a finger into Lough Ree in central Ireland, Rindoon is one of that country’s best-preserved medieval towns. The castle was built in 1227 […]

CFP: Marco Manuscript Workshop

The 10th Annual Marco Manuscript Workshop: MIND THE GAPS February 6-7, 2015 The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies University of Tennessee, Knoxville The Tenth Marco Manuscript Workshop will be held Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6-7, at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The workshop is organized this year by Professor Thomas Burman (History) […]

Kalamazoo

The annual International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan will be in its 50th year in 2015. A number of UF faculty and students participate every year. Professor Florin Curta has organized several sessions sponsored by MEMS every year for several year. Here is an overview of the activity at the 49th conference, in […]