Lectures and Conferences

To help maintain its leading place in medieval studies, the Medieval Institute sponsors every year individual lectures, small workshops, and larger conferences. The Institute also co-sponsors many events with other departments and programs on campus. The graduate students annually invite a distinguished medievalist to visit the campus, discuss work with the students, and deliver a lecture.

September 18, 23, 25, 2008: The Robert Conway Lectures by Jonathan Riley-Smith, University of Cambridge

October 8, 9, 10, 2008: Conference: "Philosophy and Theology in the Studia of the Religious Orders and at the Papal Court," XVth Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (SIEPM)

Spring 2009 (date tbd): Seminar on research in progress, Susan J. Dudash, Fordham University and 2008-09 Notre Dame Mellon Fellow in the Medieval Institute

For other campus events of interest to medievalists, see below.

See the bottom of this page for a list of past events.

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Lecture: "The Templars and the  Hospitallers as Professed Religious in the  Holy Land,  1120-1291"

Jonathan Riley-Smith, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Cambridge

Every year, through the generosity of Robert M. Conway, a distinguished, senior medievalist offers a series of three lectures. Jonathan Riley-Smith, the 2009 Conway Lecturer, is one of the world's leading authorities on the Crusades. His previous publications include The Atlas of the Crusades and The Crusades: A Short History .

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Conference: "Philosophy and Theology in the Studia of the Religious Orders and at the Papal Court," XVth Colloquium of the Société Internationale pour l'Étude de la Philosophie Médiévale (SIEPM)

Wednesday-Friday, October 8 through 10, 2008
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
McKenna Hall, Center for Continuing Education
University of Notre Dame campus

For details about the conference (program, speakers, local arrangements, etc.), see the SIEPM Conference web page.

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Mellon Seminar

2008-09 Medieval Institute Mellon Fellow Susan Dudash, Assistant Professor of French and Medieval Studies, Fordham University, will lead a seminar discussion of her manuscript, Giving Voice to the People: Poetic and Theological Responses to Social Class Conflict in Medieval France, 1270-1422, with a panel of three scholars.

Date in Spring 2009: TBD
Medieval Institute Reading Room
715 Hesburgh Library

Other Campus Events of Interest to Medievalists

The William and Katherine Devers Program in Dante Studies sponsors a series of lectures each term that will be of interest to scholars of medieval literature. The schedule of lectures is posted at Devers Program in Dante Studies.

The Erasmus Institute at the University of Notre Dame also coordinates a program of lectures and seminars often of interest to medievalists. For information, visit its website at Erasmus Institute.

Previous Lectures and Conferences

Spring 2008
Fall 2007
Spring 2007
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Fall 2005
Spring 2005
Fall 2004
Spring 2004
Fall 2003
Spring 2003
Fall 2002
Spring 2002
Fall 2001