Public Lectures
4:00
p.m. and 6:30 p.m.
February 17, 18, and 19
The
Crusades Studies Forum is pleased to announce a series of lectures
entitled Crusades: Medieval Worlds in Conflict on the late
afternoon and evenings of February 17, 18, and 19. These lectures
are free and open to the public. If you have an interest in the
history of the Crusades or the Medieval Mediterranean world, then
we invite you to attend any or all of these fascinating lectures.
Crusades: Medieval
Worlds in Conflict lectures
are sponsored by the Center for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the National Endowment for
the Humanities, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate
School, and the Departments of Modern and Classical Languages,
Philosophy, and Theological Studies.
All Public
Lectures will be held in the Pere Marquette Gallery, Dubourg Hall,
Second Floor. (Next to College Church on Grand Blvd. and Lindell
Ave.)
221 N. Grand Blvd., St Louis, MO 63103
Parking
is available at the Laclede Parking Garage on Laclede Avenue between
Grand and Spring Avenue. There is also limited metered parking
on Laclede Ave.
Walking
from Laclede Parking Garage turn right until reaching Grand Ave
and then proceed north on Grand Ave. DuBourg Hall is on your left
just before reaching College Church.
Campus
Map (pdf)
These
lectures are free and open to the public.
For
more information, please call the Center for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies at 314-977-7180.
Wednesday,
February 17, 2010
4:00 p.m. Welcome
Thomas F. Madden, Director, Center for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies
4:15-5:45 Muslim
Treatment of Dhimmis Prior to the First Crusade: A Reality Check
Marina Rustow, Emory University
5:45-6:30 Coffee Service
6:30-8:00 Caffaro
of Genoa and the Motives of Early Crusaders
Jonathan Phillips, Royal Holloway, University of London
Thursday,
February 18, 2010
4:00-5:30 Islamizing
Jerusalem: The Foundation of the Muslim Quarter
and the Creation of the "Via Dolorosa"
Ronnie Ellenblum, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
5:30-6:30 Coffee Service
6:30-8:00 Reflection
of the Crusades in Medieval Turkish Popular Epics
Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Washington University
Friday,
February 19, 2010
4:30-6:00 A
Medieval Siege of Troy: The Fight to the Death at Acre,
1189-91
John H. Pryor, University of Sydney
6:00-6:30 Coffee Service
6:30-8:00 Constantinople
Conquered: A Comparative Damage Assessment of 1204 and 1453
Michael Angold, University of Edinburgh
The
Crusades Studies Forum at Saint Louis University is a venue for
the presentation of current research, the discussion of recent
scholarship, and the exploration of new directions in topics relating
to the Crusades. Participants include those local to the Saint
Louis region as well as distinguished scholars from across the
globe. All are welcome to attend and participate in the forum.
In preparation for
those meetings in which articles are under discussion copies are
available one week prior in the Saint Louis University Center
for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Office, Humanities Building
140.
For more information
call 314-977-7180 or email cmrs@slu.edu.
The
Second International Congress on Crusade Studies
February
17-20, 2010
Saint Louis University
The
Crusades Studies Forum is pleased to announce that the Second
International Symposium on Crusade Studies will take place February
17 to 20, 2010 on the campus of Saint Louis University. The first
Symposium in 2006 marked
the inauguration of the Crusades Studies Forum. Additional Symposium's
will be organized every four years.
The
2010 Symposium is supported by grants from the National Endowment
for the Humanities and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance
Studies at Saint Louis University.
Past
Crusades Studies Forum Presenters
Alfred
J. Andrea, University of Vermont
Malcolm Barber, University of Reading
Thomas E. Burman, University of Tennessee
Paul Crawford, California University of Pennsylvania
Gary Dickson, University of Edinburgh
Jaroslav Folda, University of North Carolina
John France, University of Wales, Swansea
M. Cecilia Gaposchkin, Dartmouth College
Deborah Gerish, Emporia State University
Carol Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh
Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh
William Chester Jordan, Princeton University
Benjamin Z. Kedar, Hebrew University
Damien Kempf, University of Bristol
Michael Lower, University of Minnesota
Laurence W. Marvin, Berry College
Alan V. Murray, Leeds University
Mark Gregory Pegg, Washington University
Jay Rubenstein, University of Tennessee
Jonathan Riley-Smith, Cambridge University
Caroline Smith, Saint Louis University
Executive
Committee of the Crusades Studies Forum
Thomas
F. Madden, Director
Vincent Ryan
James Naus
Anne Romine
The Crusades Studies Forum
is sponsored by the Saint Louis University
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and the National
Endowment for the Humanities.
