California Medieval History Seminar, Winter 2018

The Winter Session of the California Medieval History Seminar meets at the Huntington Library 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 at this seminar:

• Brenda Deen Schildgen (UC Davis) – “Domestic Violence in the Commedia”
• Eugene Smelyansky (University of California, Irvine) – “Networks of Heresy and Persecution: German Waldensians, 1390- 1404”
• Piotr Gorecki (UC Riverside) – “The Paradox of Piast Power: A Contemporary Observer in His Context”
• Jane Beal (University of La Verne ) – “The Unicorn as a Symbol for Christ in Medieval Culture”

Advance registration is required. To register for this seminar, please write to CMRS Program Coordinator, Sasha Wadman. To be added to the announcement list, 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.

Support for the California Medieval History Seminar is provided by the Armand Hammer Endowment for the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and by the Huntington Library

Support for the California Medieval History Seminar is provided by the Armand Hammer Endowment for the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and by the Huntington Library.