Lectures
Each year at the International Congress on Medieval Studies, there are two featured Plenary Lectures and a featured Reception of the Classics in the Middle Ages Lecture.
The 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies
Apocalypse and Community in Medieval Italian Art
May 14
7 to 8 p.m.
The first plenary lecture at the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies, sponsored by De Gruyter Brill and Medieval Institute Publications, will be given by Alison Perchuk (California State Univ., Channel Islands) and is titled "Apocalypse and Community in Medieval Italian Art." The lecture is open to registered attendees of the International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Classical Poetry and Medieval Commentary: The Textual Archaeology of a Genre
May 15
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The Reception of the Classics in the Middle Ages lecture at the 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies will be given by David Gura (Univ. of Notre Dame) and is titled "Classical Poetry and Medieval Commentary: The Textual Archaeology of a Genre." The Reception of the Classics Lecture is endowed in memory of Archibald Cason Edwards, Senior, and Sarah Stanley Gordon Edwards. The lecture is open to registered attendees of the International Congress on Medieval Studies.
The Queerness of Solitude
May 15
7 to 8 p.m.
The second plenary lecture at the 61th International Congress on Medieval Studies, sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, will be given by Michelle Sauer (Univ. of North Dakota) and is titled "The Queerness of Solitude." The lecture is open to registered attendees of the International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Past Lectures
View the titles of past lectures at the International Congress on Medieval Studies.
