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Pearl Kibre Medieval Study
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The Pearl Kibre medieval study is the graduate medieval group of the CUNY Graduate Center.
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Our first round of panels were so thought provoking! More uncanny topics in the afternoon and at our keynote
A blackboard on which is written “welcome to pkms”
May 3, 2024 at 3:59 PM
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Statement from individual members of the Pearl Kibre medieval study at the CUNY GC, written by co-chairs Emily and Chris, condemning CUNY's repression of students and violation of academic freedom last night April 30: docs.google.com/document/d/1... please share
We are members of the Pearl Kibre medieval study, a student group at the CUNY Graduate Center. Our conference on May 3, “The Medieval Uncanny”, explores how medieval texts present opportunities for resistance, textual or otherwise, that help us imagine different futures. That same kind of thinking has been seen in protests across the United States for the past two weeks, where students have been demanding that their schools divest from Israel, rather than be complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. So too at CUNY, where last week students, faculty and staff erected a solidarity encampment at City College, which included teach-ins, children’s programming, and a community assembly. Despite the encampment’s commitment to the principles of nonviolent resistance, on the night of April 30th, the NYPD was given permission by CUNY administration to enter campus, beating, pepper spraying, and arresting demonstrators. These are our students, faculty mentors, colleagues, and friends. We condemn this assault on academic freedom and freedom of expression in the strongest possible terms. Our event brings together some of the brightest minds in our field from around the world. We refuse to let the Graduate Center benefit from the prestige and creativity of our event without condemning CUNY’s brutalization of students and faculty, including those from the Graduate Center. CUNY administration must apologize for violating the human rights of demonstrators, and engage with their demands for disclosure, divestment, and a free CUNY for all. As medievalists, we understand how history is viewed quite differently in the moment of its arrival than it is in retrospect. Any medieval organization that wishes to remain relevant must have the moral clarity to stand on the right side of history now: with student protestors, with academic freedom, and with the people of Gaza enduring an ongoing genocide. The members of PKMS and affiliates listed below are proud to take this stance.
May 1, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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poster for our conference with @meganlcook.bsky.social which is coming up soon! Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/pearl-kibr...
“The Medieval Uncanny”, a hybrid conference at the CUNY GC and on zoom May 3, 2024.
April 15, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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Manuscript Friday! We visited the Morgan library and got to see their special exhibit on money and morality 😎
MS for Catherine of Cleves at the Morgan, ft a Hellmouth A bible stained with plant fiber to look purple with gold writing, the Morgan
November 18, 2023 at 12:34 AM
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Hello!
This is the official account for the Pearl Kibre Medieval Study, the official graduate student group at the CUNY Graduate Center. We’ll be talking about our plans for the year soon, so stay tuned!
An image of the arches from the Cloisters, NYC.
September 28, 2023 at 11:55 PM