California Medieval History Seminar, Spring 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.

These are the papers under discussion which are available for download in advance of the seminar:

• Christopher Bacich  (Stanford University) “The Death of the Soul and the ‘Heresy’ of This Life”
• Fiona Griffiths  (Stanford University) “Noble Fathers and Low-status Daughters in the Eleventh Century: Rilint, libera, and Hiltigund, presbyterissa”
• Peter Scott Brown  (University of North Florida) “The Last Iconoclast: Joscelin de Parthenay and the Origins of Romanesque Sculpture”
• Richard Ibarra  (UCLA) “Piety and Display: Processions, Confraternities, and Charity in Seville”

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

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.