Events

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Medieval Texts Reading Group

When: Friday, January 24, 2025 3:00 pm
Where: Kaplan Hall 193

Medieval Texts Reading Group Winter 2025 Meeting
Friday, January 24
3:00-5:00 pm
Kaplan 193, UCLA

For our Winter 2025 meeting, we will meet on Jan 24,  3:00 – 5:00 PM, in Kaplan 193, and we will read a selection from Gregory of Tours’ Libri historiarum X (Ten Books of History) (in English and in Latin). Join us for a discussion of scandals, revolutions, and unruly nuns led by Prof. Jaime Kreiner (Professor and Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History). A calendar of planned meetings is HERE. Handouts of each reading will be available during the group meeting, but are also linked in the calendar below and can also be found HERE.

The UCLA Medieval Texts Reading Group welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and faculty interested in medieval literature. On the third Friday of each term, we get together to discuss a text in English translation from across the Global Middle Ages and to think about what it tells us about its cultural and literary context. Each discussion will be led by an expert on the chosen text and its place in the wider medieval world.

No preparation is necessary (other than a brief skim of the text) and no expertise or medieval knowledge is required – only enthusiasm! Suggestions for what to read (or what kinds of texts to read) are very welcome.

For questions, contact Matthew Fisher (fisher@humnet.ucla.edu), Basil Arnould Price (basilprice@ucla.edu), or Erica Weaver (ericaweaver@humnet.ucla.edu).

This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies.

Friday, January 24, 2025 3:00 pm America/Los_Angeles Medieval Texts Reading Group Kaplan Hall 193 UCLA English graduate@english.ucla.edu