Medieval History Seminar Series Michaelmas Term 2024

Mondays at 5pm Weeks 1-8.

All seminars will be in the Wharton Room at All Souls College.

All seminars are on Teams

The Teams session can be accessed by logging in to Teams with your .ox.ac.uk account and joining the group “Medieval History Research Seminar” (team code rmppucs).

If you have any difficulties please email: medhistsem@history.ox.ac.uk

Events in this series

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 1: Writing the Conquest of Egypt: A case study in the Formation of Islamic Historical Writing

14th October 2024 5:00pm-7:00pm

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 1: Writing the Conquest of Egypt: A case study in the Formation of Islamic Historical WritingSpeaker: Edward Zychowicz-Coghill (KCL)Location: Whart...

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 2: Making moral judgements: theory and practice in the thought of Johannes Nider

21st October 2024 5:00pm-7:00pm

Making moral judgements: theory and practice in the thought of Johannes NiderSpeaker: Genevieve Caulfield (UCL)Location: Wharton Room

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 3: Writing history in the tenth century

28th October 2024 5:00pm-7:00pm

Writing history in the tenth centurySpeaker: Sarah Hamilton (University of Exeter)Location: Wharton Room

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 4: Identity and geographical origin at the late medieval University of Paris: an analysis of manuscript decoration

4th November 2024 5:00pm-7:00pm

Identity and geographical origin at the late medieval University of Paris: an analysis of manuscript decorationSpeaker: Teresa Barucci (Magdalen) Location: Wharton Room

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 5: Bogomils or Bogeymen?: Heresy between East and West in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries

11th November 2024 5:00pm-7:00pm

Bogomils or Bogeymen?: Heresy between East and West in the twelfth and thirteenth centuriesSpeaker: Gregory Lippiatt (University of Exeter) Location: Wharton Room

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 6: New perspectives on Gerald of Wales

18th November 2024 5:00pm-7:00pm

New perspectives on Gerald of WalesSpeaker: Moreed Arbabzedah (Jesus Oxford)Location: Wharton Room

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 7: Gender Ventriloquism in Medieval India: the Writings of Amir Khusro

25th November 2024 5:00pm-7:00pm

Speaker: Fouzia Farooq Ahmed (All Souls / Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad) Location: Wharton Room 

Medieval History, Michaelmas 2024, Week 8: Harlot/saint: tracking the figure of Thais meretrix in medieval manuscript compilations

2nd December 2024 5:00pm-7:00pm

Harlot/saint: tracking the figure of Thais meretrix in medieval manuscript compilationsSpeaker: Alicia Smith (Oxford)