The Others – Keynote for Leeds Medieval Congress 2017
This summer Leeds will be welcoming a host of medievalists focusing on “The Others”; and by that is not just meant the ghosts of dead, white males! Preliminary programme offers a tantalising first view of what is poised to become a major event focusing on those on the periphery or even the outside.
Just to give an inkling: here is a list of the Keynote Lectures:
The Other Part of the World for Late Medieval Latin Christendom
By Felicitas Schmieder, Historisches Institut, Universität Hamburg.
Other Sexualities: The ‘Natural’ and the ‘Unnatural’ in Medieval French Ovidian Literature
By Sylvia Hout, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge.
‘Drawing Boundaries: Inclusion and Exclusion in Medieval Islamic Societies
By Nicholas P. Jaspert, Historisches Seminar, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg. (To be confirmed)
Gardens and Gardening in Early Medieval Spain and Portugal. (Annual Early Medieval Lecture)
By Wendy Davies, Formerly University College, London
Outside Noah’s Ark: Sympathy and Survival as the Waters Rise. Annual Medieval Academy of America Lecture
By Jeffrey J. Cohen, Department of English, George Washington University, Washington DC
Full programme can be accessed here:
Leeds International Medieval Congress 03.07.2017 – 06.07.2017