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Brown University Program in Medieval Studies
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The Program in Medieval Studies is dedicated to studying Late Antique and Medieval Cultures, supported by a community of scholars and historians.
https://medieval-studies.brown.edu/
Tonight! 6:00 pm
Sadegh Ansari
"Medieval Islamic Cosmology and the Role of the Soul in Apprehending Musical Beauty"
#Medieval #Soul
October 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Organizing our library for the summer and found the first volume of Speculum. Looks like we have close to a full set!
July 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Our second speaker for the 2025–26 RI Medieval Circle season will be Vyjayanthi Selinger (Bowdoin College). She will be presenting, "Towards the Sensori-Legal in Medieval Japanese Drama."
July 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
RI Medieval Circle will be joined by Karl Steel (Brooklyn College, CUNY) 9/11 for his lecture "Reason's Teachings are Donkey's Work: On the Limits of Humanity in Marguerite Porete's Mystical Guide to Self-Annihilation"
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Summer cleaning has unearthed classic stickers for the program!
June 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Fortunate to have had so many great speakers last year!
June 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Coming to the Rhode Island Medieval Circle in two weeks in partnership with the Ecologies of East Asian Religions lecture series.
March 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Online lecture presented by the program in Judaic Studies at Brown University. Link in bio!
March 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
NEW DATE! NEW LOCATION!

Scholar Kristina Sessa will be joining the Rhode Island Medieval Circle lecture series to discuss what happens after . . .

#Medieval #LateAntiquity #Apocalypse #RIMC #RhodeIslandMedievalCircle
March 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Examining the period after the siege, earthquake, or epidemic, when people return to their communities. Using “survivor” stories from Late Antiquity, we'll emphasize how disasters necessarily undercut any simplistic narrative.

#lateantiquity #medieval
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This talk explores the shanties, songs, and fervent prayers intoned to St. Nicholas by medieval sailors.

Mary Channen Caldwell is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
February 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM