GCMRS seminars and Masterclasses: Spring Semester 2010
Thursday, 21 January, 5:15 p.m.
(cosponsored by Scottish History)
10 University Gardens, Room 203
Dr. Steven Reid (Scottish History, University of Glasgow): Town over Gown? The Civic and Royal Takeover of the Universities of Post-Reformation Scotland, 1603-1625
Masterclass (2:00-3:00 p.m., 8 The Square, Room 330 (GLOAG)): Culture in Renaissance Scotland, c. 1406-1603
Thursday, 25 February, 4:15 p.m.
(cosponsored by English Language)
12 University Gardens, Room 1
Dr Sara Pons-Sanz (School of English Studies, University of Nottingham): Norse-Derived Vocabulary in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Adoption, Adaption and Dialectal Variation
Masterclass (2:00-3:00 p.m., Boyd Orr Building, Room 506): Norse-Derived Vocabulary in English: Identification and Significance
Thursday, 11 March, 5:15 p.m.
(cosponsored by History of Art)
7 University Gardens, Hepburn Room (Room 208)
Dr. Sally Rush (History of Art, University of Glasgow): The Stirling Heads: An Essay on Nobility
Masterclass (2:00-3:00 p.m., 8 University Gardens, Room 308): The Interpretation of the Stirling Heads: Problems and Solutions
Wednesday, 23 June, 5:15 p.m.
7 University Gardens, Hepburn Room (Room 208)
Dr Renana Bartal (History of Art, Hebrew University and Cambridge University): The Varying Interpretations of the Mind: Word and Image in a Manuscript of the Meditationes Vitae Christi from 14thc. Tuscany
Thursday, 8 July, 5:00 p.m.
Boyd Orr Building, Room 513
Paul Saenger (George A. Poole III Curator of Rare Books, Newberry Library): Renaissance or Reception? The Twelfth-Century Latin Vulgate Bible in England
Seminars and Masterclasses: Fall Semester 2009
Thursday, 5 November, 4:15 p.m. (cosponsored by English Language)
Sir Charles Wilson Building, Room 201
Prof. Michelle Brown (Inst. of English Studies, University of London): The Making and Meaning of the Lindisfarne Gospels
Reception to follow in 12 University Gardens.
Thursday, 19 November, 4:15 p.m.
12 University Gardens, Room 1
Dr Alaric Hall (English, University of Leeds): The Saga of Sigrgarðr the Valiant: An Interesting Paper About a Boring Saga
Masterclass (2:00-3:00 p.m., Boyd Orr Building, Room 506): Thinking with the Supernatural in Medieval Traditional Cultures
Thursday, 26 November, 5:15 p.m.
10 University Gardens, Room 203
Prof. Sam Cohn (History, University of Glasgow): Renaissance Attachment to Things: Material Culture in Last Wills and Testaments
Thursday, 10 December, 5:15 p.m. (tea from 4:45 p.m.)
(cosponsored by the Centre for the History of Medicine)
Lilybank House, Ground Floor Seminar Room
Prof. Carole Rawcliffe (History, University of East Anglia): Mudslinging and More Facts: Water and Health in the Medieval English City
Masterclasss (2:00-3:00 p.m., Lilybank House, Ground Floor Seminar Room): Outside the Camp? Reassesing some Medieval Responses to Leprosy
All welcome. Masterclasses open to all postgraduates and staff; please contact Debra Strickland for more information.