Medieval Women Workshop VI: Power and Piety
When and Where
Description
To register and for more information, please contact the PIMS Secretary at pims.secretary@utoronto.ca.
Schedule
Friday, February 2
3:30 pm - tea and coffee
4:00 pm - introduction
4:10 pm - Jacqueline Murray, “Margery Kempe: ‘Reading the Dirty Bits’”
4:45 pm - break
5:00 pm - Undergraduates Roundtable: UMSC and History
6:00 pm - reception
Saturday, February 3
9:30 am - tea, coffee, and danishes
10:00 am - introduction
10:10 am - Maureen Boulton, “Christine de Pizan’s Two Paths”
Elizabeth Davison, “Representations of Elderly Women in Christine de Pizan and Jehan Le Fèvre”
Chair and Respondent: Lori Walters
11:30 - break
11:45 am - Eleonora Cappuccilli, “A prophetic encounter between Italy and Spain: Lucia da Narni (1476-1544) and Maria de Santo Domingo (1485- c.1524).”
Julia Henderson, “In the Instant of Divine Union: Reading Marguerite Porete with Jean-François Lyotard”
12:45 pm - lunch
2:00 pm - Paul Vinhage, “Honoring Empresses: Hrabanus Maurus’ Commentaries on Judith and Esther”
Rachel Al Rubai, “Evidence of Female Church Patronage in the ‘Lost’ Byzantine Settlement of Hippola”
3:00 pm - break
3:15 pm - Daniel Armstrong, “Pope Gregory VII’s Communications with Female Rulers: Some Initial Thoughts”
Lisa Cruikshank, “Masculine Behaviour in Kings and Queens: The Importance of Balance and Complementarity in the Gendered Performance of Monarchy”
4:15 pm - break
4:30 pm - "The Other Sister" Roundtable
5:45 pm - closing reception
