Monday, November 25th marked one of the final rehearsals for Fordham’s Collegium Musicum as they prepared for their upcoming concert My Bestial Half: A Roman de Fauvel. The vocalists and instrumentalists practiced hard under the leadership of Sian Ricketts, co-director with Tracy Cowart of Collegium, co-founder of Alkemie, and multi-talented vocalist and period woodwind specialist. […]
Our coverage of the 37th Annual Conference continues! Read on for more.
This past 25 March, the Center held its 37th Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studies. This year’s conference, “The Generative Power of Tradition: A Celebration of Traditio, 75 Years,” explored both the power of tradition in producing new ideas and movements and the role and history of Traditio in the humanities. This year’s […]
This past 14 February, the Medieval Studies Department hosted their first Valentine’s Day poetry reading. In the spirit of the day, all selections discussed, in some capacity, the nature of love and its effect on the human beings fortunate (or unfortunate) enough to find themselves in its throes. From the pure love of God to […]
Professor of English Andrew Albin has been awarded a dual appointment in English and Medieval Studies. This distinction recognizes Professor Albin’s scholarship in medieval aurality and literature and honors his contributions to Fordham’s Center for Medieval Studies as an instructor since 2012. He has published on Chaucer’s Prioress’s Tale, the Chester shepherd’s play, and the […]
In the midst of the excitement and commotion of Pope Francis’s Manhattan visit on Friday, September 25, an intimate group of scholars from the United States and Norway convened at Fordham’s Lincoln Center campus for a conference on Faith & Knowledge in Late Medieval Scandinavia, organized by Drs. Mikael Males and Karoline Kjesrud, both postdoctoral fellows at the University […]
FAITH & KNOWLEDGE IN LATE MEDIEVAL SCANDINAVIA Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus South Lounge of the Lowenstein Building September 25th At this seminar we will investigate religious life in Late Medieval Scandinavia, in particular as it relates to how knowledge was perceived and attained. The absoluteness of the dichotomy between what we believe and what we know […]
This post is guest-edited by David Wrisley, Medieval Fellow @DJWrisley. Medieval Fellows for the Fall 2014-15 semester Emma Campbell and David Wrisley are hosting an informal workshop with other Fordham scholars on the notion of the vernacular across different medieval contexts. Participating Fordham medievalists include Lucy Barnhouse (History), Louisa Foroughi (History), Laura Morreale (Medieval Studies) […]
