Spring 2020 Colloquia
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The Late Antique-Medieval-Early Modern Faculty Working Group at Brooklyn College presents the spring 2020 colloquia.
Students and faculty are welcome.
Thursday February 27, 5 p.m.
Heresy & Inquisition in the Writings of Julian of Norwich
Laurence Bond, '17, Ph.D. student, Johns Hopkins University
Costas Library (2405 Boylan Hall)
Tuesday, March 3, 5 p.m.
The Queen of Sheba's Hairy Legs in Early Medieval Jewish Texts
Jillian Stinchcomb, Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania
Costas Library (2405 Boylan Hall)
Monday, March 16, 5 p.m.
Unholy Ghosts: Catholic Specters in English Protestant Retellings of Jerusalem's Destruction
Vanita Neelakanta, Department of English, Rider University
Costas Library (2405 Boylan Hall)
Monday, April 6, 5 p.m.
Monks Learning to Be Priests: Bodies, Texts, and Educational Boundaries in the 12th Century
Jay Diehl, Department of History, Long Island University
Costas Library (2405 Boylan Hall)
Thursday, April 30, 5 p.m.
God Has Made Us His Caliphs: Our Obligations to Created Things According to Some Medieval Islamic Thinkers
Andrew Arlig, Department of Philosophy, Brooklyn College
Costas Library (2405 Boylan Hall)
More Information
For more information, e-mail Professor Lauren Mancia.
