California Medieval History Seminar, Fall 2021

The seminar meets to discuss four pre-distributed research papers  Participants are scholars in the field at various stages of their careers. All attendees at the seminar are expected to read the papers in advance and discuss the research. Speakers and paper topics are announced by e-mail. Click here for additional information about the seminar.

The following papers will be discussed at the seminar:

• Jessie Sherwood  (UC, Berkeley) “Converts in the Law: Rules and Norms for Baptism and Apostasy in the Early Middle Ages”
• Padraic Rohan  (Stanford University) “Emergence of a Financial Aristocracy: The Genoese and the Casa di San Giorgio”
• Geoffrey Koziol  (UC, Berkeley) “Dhuoda’s Christ”
• Rebekkah Hart  (UC, Riverside) “Powders and Plasters: Alabaster and the Curative Consumption of Medieval Sculpture”

Advance registration is required. Participants must be graduate students or faculty to attend unless pre-approved by the organizers. Click here to register.

To be added to the announcement list or, if you wish to attend but are uncertain if you qualify, please write to cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu.

Seating is limited and by advance registration only. A fee may apply. More information about the seminar is at cmrs.ucla.edu/seminars.

Organized by Professor Piotr Górecki, Department of History, University of California, Riverside.