California Medieval History Seminar, Spring 2022

The Spring 2022 session of the California Medieval History Seminar will take place at its original venue, the Huntington Library. 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 authors and papers under discussion at this session of the seminar are:

• Jennifer Jahner (Caltech)
  “Apocalypse Unfurled: Origins and End Times in the Genealogical Roll”
• Franziska Kleybolte (Stanford University)
  “‘Thrown to the Ground’: The Christian Appropriation of Synagogues on the Iberian Peninsula in the 14th and 15th Centuries—Introductory Words”
• Thomas Barton (University of San Diego)
  “Muslims on the Public Stage: Non-Christian Municipal Service, Christian Hegemony, and Hybridity in Late-Medieval Iberia”
• Piotr Górecki (UC, Riverside)
  “Irreducible Ambiguity? The Line Between Custom and Statute in the Lawmaking of Thirteenth-Century Poland.”

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.

9:30 am – 4:00 pm Pacific Time