This summer I received the Mary Magdalene Impact Fellowship to support a research project mapping allegations of clerical concubinage in a set of visitation records from the archdiocese of Prague, recorded 1379-1382. Although clerical marriage…
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At this year’s Fort Tryon Medieval Festival, my colleague Peyton Seabolt and I gave a panel discussing different kinds of animals and their uses during the Middle Ages (complete with puppets!). The Fort Tryon Medieval…
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“x̣est sx̣lx̣alt p esyáʔ. lemlmtš Suzanne u Nick. Tarren łu i skwest. ci séliš u tl’ sinyelum. čnes npiyelsi x̣wl yetłx̣wasqt.” Dr. Tarren Andrews, postdoctoral associate at Yale University, began her lecture on Friday, November…
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On Monday, October 24, Fordham University had the privilege of hearing our Fordham Medieval Fellow for AY 2022-2023, Dr. Robin Reich, speak about her work on the medicinal item “(sal) ammoniac” in 12th century Sicily–specifically,…
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It’s a great joy to be able to see that continuing, to be able to benefit from that partnership by being able to have events like this evening where we premiere new work. Dr. nicholas…
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On October 2nd, the Annual Medieval Festival was held at Fort Tryon Park. This event is organized by NYC Parks and the Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation, with the support of the Fort Tryon…
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The Center for Medieval Studies sent a detachment of professors and graduate students to participate in the Fort Tryon Medieval Festival on Sunday October 2, 2022, continuing this new tradition after a 2-year hiatus due…
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On Friday May 6, 2022, Professor Marissa Galvez of Stanford University presented her recent research into different kinds of artistic and architectural endeavors that she terms “Unthought Medievalisms.” These range from neo-Occitan poetry with accompanying…
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On April 28, 2022 the Center for Medieval Studies returned to tradition and welcomed Elizabeth Comuzzi, the newest Medieval Studies faculty member, to give a talk based on her findings from the archives of the…
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Fordham Medieval Studies was well-represented at this year’s Moravian University undergraduate conference on Medieval and Early Modern Studies, hosted at the historic campus of Moravian University in Bethlehem PA on Saturday December 4, 2021. The…
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