This virtual seminar series is designed to provoke thoughts on what we mean by the period and all its associated definitions and connotations. What really is “medieval”? Promoting a global and interdisciplinary perspective inclusive of academics, independent scholars, professionals and practitioners alike, the aim is to take on the much-needed challenge of breaking down the calcified disciplinary boundaries that shape medieval studies today.
All sessions are at 5pm GMT via Zoom and uploaded to YouTube thereafter.
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Wednesday 24th February 2021
Professor Howard Williams, University of Chester, UK: Doctor Who and the Dark Ages
Wednesday 24th March 2021
Martine Mussies, PhD candidate, Utrecht University, Netherlands: “I’ll be back”—Neo-medieval cyborgization through the lens of Westworld’s main character Dolores
Wednesday 21st April 2021
Dr Carol L. Robinson, Kent State University, USA: Seriously Serious: The Absurd Seriousness of Neomedievalist Digital Media
Wednesday 19th May 2021
Dr Meriem Pages, Keene State College, USA: No Damsel in Distress: Sibylla and Daenerys in History, Popular Medievalism, and Beyond
Wednesday 26th May 2021
Ariana Ellis, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, Canada: Title TBC
Wednesday 23rd June 2021
Dr Euan Mccartney Robson, University College, London, UK: Jefferson’s Middle Ages: Art, Artifice, Nostalgia
Wednesday 21st July 2021
Dr Madeleine Pelling, University of York/ Edinburgh University, UK: Gothic Historicity and Queer Temporality at Anne Hamilton’s Fonthill Abbey
Wednesday 25th August 2021
Professor Kenna Olsen, Mount Royal University, Canada: Title TBC
Wednesday 22nd September 2021
Dr Renee Ward, University of Lincoln, UK: Arthur’s Court and Gothic Spaces in E.L. Hervey’s The Feasts of Camelot
Wednesday 27th October 2021
Dr Andrew B. R. Elliott, University of Lincoln, UK: “Bad History”
Wednesday 24th November 2021
TBC
Wednesday 15th December 2021
Dr Emma J. Wells, University of York, UK & Dr Claire Kennan, Reading University, UK: A round-up of the series
Medieval Art Research 