Medieval Studies Lectures

Fall 2023 Lecture Series

Monday, October 2
"The Fall of 'Crusader' Acre Recontextualized: A New Approach to the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, c.1240-1291"
Jesse Izzo (Stanford University, Fordham Medieval Fellow 2023-'24)
5:30 pm | Joseph McShane Campus Center 311

Thursday, October 12
"Eclipses, Snakes, and the Microcosm in the Animal Epistle of the Iḫwān al-Ṣafāʾ"
Bligh Somma (Fordham, Philosophy) 
1:00 pm | Walsh Library, O'Hare Special Collections

Thursday, November 30
"Recentering Medieval Europe: The Periphery Made Central"
Christian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University)
12:00 pm | Virtual
Co-sponsored with The Centre for Medieval Studies at York, Department of History of Art at York, the Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies at Ghent, the Centre for Medieval Literature (Southern Denmark and York), and Fordham's Orthodox Christian Studies Center