Events

Help us kick off this year's Medieval Studies Lecture Series by celebrating the launch of Dr. Steven Bednarski’s latest book, A Poisoned Past (UTP 2014). Come and enjoy a glass of wine, a pastry, and hear the sad tale of one historian’s quest to find a long dead poisoner hidden in his archives.

The launch will be held Thursday October 23 at 4:30pm in the UW Bookstore.

The Medieval Studies Department is proud to present a lecture by Dr. Isabelle Cochelin from the University of Toronto. The lecture, which is open to the public, is titled New Perspectives on the History of Medieval Western Monasticism. The reception will begin at 4:30pm at St. Jerome's University in room 3027 with the lecture to follow. See the poster linked below for more details.

The Medieval Studies Department is proud to present a lecture by Dr. Richard Greenfield from Queen's University. The lecture, which is open to the public, is titled Maxing the Sanctity: Asceticism, Miracle, and Authorial Enhancement in the Late Byzantine Lives of Maximos "the Hutburner" and features work from his forthcoming Dumbarton Oaks volume, The Holy Men of Mount Athos. The reception will begin at 4:30pm on February 5 at St. Jerome's University in room 3027 with the lecture to follow. See the poster linked below for more details.

The University of Waterloo Department of Medieval Studies is proud to present a book launch and lecture featuring Norm Klassen from St. Jerome's University. We are celebrating the launch of his book, The Fellowship of the Beatific Vision: Chaucer on Overcoming Tyranny and Becoming Ourselves. Following the reception, Dr. Klassen will give a lecture on the topic.