Medieval Studies Outreach Activities

Outreach activities are sponsored by the Division of Continuing Studies, the Medieval Studies Program, and other university departments. The following lists will give some idea of the range of activities and topics.

Lecture Series

• "Viking Scandinavia"
• "Town and Country in the Medieval World"
• "Church and State: The Marvels of Medieval Britain"
• "The Medieval World: Medieval People"
• "The Medieval World: Saints in Italy"
• "The Medieval World: The South of France"

Weekend Seminars

• "A Weekend in Italy"
• "Retreat to the Middle Ages"

International Seminars

• Italy: Classical, Medieval, and Modern
• Rome and the Mediterranean World
• Roman Provence and Northern Italy
• Italy and Greece: Byzantine and Venetian Empires in the Adriatic
• The Unexplored Lands of Etruscans, Romans, and Italians in Central Italy
• Medieval Ireland: Castles, Cathedrals and Abbeys
• Medieval Pilgrimage Routes
• Medieval England and Wales

Special Exhibits in Memorial Library and Musical Concerts

• "From Medieval to Modern: Italian Books and Manuscripts in University of Wisconsin-Madison Collections"
• "The Middle Ages Alive" (Eberhard Kummer and Ulrich Muller)
• "English and Italian Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance" (The Newberry Consort)
• Opus Anglicanum, Embroideries of Medieval Women (Jane Schulenburg)

Conferences and Symposia

• Venice
• Epics and the Contemporary World
• Anti-Erotic Discourse in the Renaissance
• Augustine's Influence on the Church and the World
• Women's History: Digging, Doing, Disseminating
• Nine Centuries from Clermont: Identifying the Victims of the Crusades
• The Illustrated Book
• The Latin Language
• Science and Theology in Medieval Islam, Judaism, and Christendom
• What is Literature? France 1100-1600
• The Origins and Meaning of Medieval Nominalism
• The Medieval Opus
• Waiting in Fearful Hope: Approaching the New Millennium
• Eurasia and Africa during the Last Thousand Years

Sponsorship of these events is often in conjunction with the State Historical Society, the Commission for Lutheran-Anglican-Roman Catholic-United Methodist Relationships, the Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Libraries, and other local groups and organizations.