College of Liberal Arts

Spring 2012
(All sessions 12:30-1:30, BRNG 1284)

• Monday,  January 23 at 12:30-1:30: Case Tompkins (Dept. of English) presents on late medieval English drama
• Monday, February 13 at 12:30-1:30: Jeffrey Turco (German/FLL) and Shaun Hughes (English) present on recent trends in North Atlantic studies. This presentation will complement the graduate students' conference, on this very theme, which will be held 24-25 February here on campus.
• Thursday, March 8: MARS Reading Group: The State of Medieval Studies. We will be reading selections from Albrecht Classen, ed., _Handbook of Medieval Studies: Terms, Methods, Trends_. This is available as an e-book via the library's catalogue. Please email Michael Johnston (mjohnst@purdue.edu) to RSVP.
• Monday, April16 at 12:30-1:30: Russell Keck (English) presents "'Wel nyne and and twenty in a compaignye': Creating the Society of Chaucer's Pilgrims."

Fall 2011
(All sessions 12:30-1:20, BRNG 1284, except October 27, which is TBA)

• September 12, Charles Ross, (Professor, English), "C. S. Lewis, Augustine, and the Rhytm of the Trinity"
• October 3, Stuart Robertson (Continuing Lecturer, Hebrew and Religious Studies), "The Shadow of Genesis One in the Flood Story, or Genesis' Near Identical-Twin Accounts of the First and Second Beginnings of Life on Planet Earth" (Co-sponsored by Jewish Studies)
• October 27 (Thursday, location TBA), Discussion/Reading Group for MARS Faculty and Grad Students, "The Value of Premodern Studies".  Readings to be circulated in advance.  Please email Michael Johnston (mjohnst@purdue.edu) if interested.
• November 14, Dorsey Armstrong (Associate Professor, English), "Malory's Questing Beast and the Borders of Arthur's Kingdom"

Spring 2011
(All sessions 12:30-1:20, BRNG 1284)

• January 24, Manushag Powell (English), "Queen of Pirates? Penelope, Aubin, Daniel Defoe, and Captain Avery"
• February 28, Charles Ross (English) and Dorsey Armstrong (English), "Fundamentals of Writing: Answering the Comprehensive Exam Question"
• March 28, Shaun Hughes (English), "The French Sources of the Darius Phygius version of Trojumanna saga"
• April 11, Patrice Rankine (Languages & Cultures), "The Post-Classical Reception of Aristotle's Poetics"

Fall 2010
(All sessions 12:30-1:20, BRNG 1284)

• September 20, Natalie Latteri (History), "'Set Me As a Seal Upon Thine Heart': Anti-Miscegenation, Martyrdom, and Messianism in Medieval Ashkenaz"
• October 25, Thomas Ryba (Religious Studies), "Re-sourcing the Transcendentals: Levinas, Marion, Tymieniecka, and the Trinity"
• November 8, ENGL 544 student presentations
• November 15, ENGL 544 student presentations
• November 29, ENGL 544 student presentations
• December 6, Sandor Goodhart (English), "Jewish Hermeneutics in the European Middle Ages"

Spring 2010
(All sessions 12:30-1:20, BRNG 1284)

• January 25, Angelica Duran, "Milton: 'Of the Devil's Party' per the Spanish Catholic Inquisition"
• February 15, Brady Spangenberg, "Civil Death Statues in Early Modern Europe"
• March 8, Jennifer King, " 'Donna l'ardente fiamma' and 'Signor, la vostra fiamma': Compositional Process and Cultural Exchange"

Fall 2009
(All sesssions 12:30-1:20, BRNG 1284)

• October 19, Richard Severe, "Friendship, Sodomitic Desire and Incest in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde"
• November 16, Angela Ghionea, "Occult Origins of Science"
• December 14, Elise Dermineur, "Rural Communities and the Reformation in Montbeliard, 1524-1660"

Spring 2009
(All sessions 12:30-1:20, BRNG 1284)

• January 26, Professor Charles Ross (Department of English) and Jason Lotz, Ed Plough, Buffy Turner, Brady Spangenberg and Russell Keck, "Environmental Spencer"
• February 9, Professor Daniel Frank (Department of Philosophy), "The Politics of Fear: Idolatry and Superstition in Maimonides and Spinoza"
• March 9, Jessica Raffleson (School of Languages and Cultures), "Battle for the Mind of Men: A Cognitive Approach to Literature as Propaganda"
• April 6, Angela Ghionea (Department of History), "New Herbs from the Americas and their Use in Renaissance Italian Medicine"

• September 29, Professor Michael Ryan (Department of History), "Nicolau Eymerich and the End of Days," Stewart Center, Room 320
• October 27, Professor Kristin Leaman (Department of English) "Tragical Differences: The A and B Texts of Doctor Faustus," Stewart Center, Room 320
• November 17, Professor Michael Johnston (Department of English), "The Gentry and Romance in Late Medieval England," Stewart Center, Room 214D

• February 4, Professor Michael A. Ryan (Department of History) will be presenting "Pilgrimage and Power: The Restriction of Mudejares' Movement in the Kingdom of Valencia."
• February 25, Professor Paul W. White (Department of English) will offer us "Plague, Pageantry, and Nashe's Summer's Last Will and Testament."
• March 24, Department of History doctoral students Joshua Flanery and Angela Catalina Ghionea will present, respectively, "A Shepherd for the Poor: The Rhetoric of Carolingian Poverty," and "Contributions to Voynich Manuscript's Mystery."
• April 14, Professor Ana Gomez-Bravo (School of Languages and Cultures) will offer "Wandering Poems, Material Support, and the Making of Early Modern Textuality."

• October 1: Dr. Jay Gates (Post-doc in the Department of English) will be offering his paper, "Ealles Englalandes Cyningc: Cnut's Definition of His Territorial Rule Over England"
• October 22: Assistant Professor Samuel McCormick (Department of Communications) will present "The Rhetoric of Exemplarity: Virtue and Intemperance in Christine de Pizan's Épistre à la Reine de France"
• November 12: Professor Allen Wood (Professor of French in Languages & Cultures) will offer the Purdue community his paper "Rabelais and Comic Birth ".
• November 19: Charles Ross (Professor in the Department of English) rounds out the MARS Monday Series for Fall with his paper, "Raleigh's Estate at Sherborne".

Spring 2007

• March 26: Ann Astell (Department of English), "The Eucharist as Judge in the Trial of Joan of Arc"
• April 2: Shaun F.D. Hughes (Department of English), "The Evolution of Monster Fights: From Beowulf versus Gendel to Jon Guomundsson loeroi versus the Snaefjalladraugur
• April 9: James Farr (Department of History), "The Meanings of Work in Early Modern France"
• April 16: Paula Leverage (School of Languages and Cultures), "Love in a Tub? Sex Changes and the Divine in a chanson de geste"
• April 23: Amy Bosworth (Department of History), "Puella, presbyter et princeps: The People of the Carolingian World as Seen through Heiric of Auxerre's Miracula Sancti Germani," and Joshua Flanery (Department of History), "To the Least of My Brothers: The Evolution of Carolingian Social Justice in the Royal and Episcopal Capitularies"

Fall 2006

• October 16: Charles Ross (Department of English) "Medieval Logic and Renaissance Literature: The Marginalia of C.S. Lewis; or, Ariosto and Apologetics"
• October 30: Howard Mancing (School of Languages and Cultures) "Cervantes' Narrative Experiment: Don Quixote"

Spring 2006

• February 13: Professor Jean-Pierre V.M. Hérubel (Library Science) "Disciplinarities and Subject Dispersions in Medieval Studies: A Bibliometric Exploration".
• March 6: Professor Yonsoo Kim (School of Languages and Cultures) "The Passion of Sor Teresa: Transgressing Religious and Gender Boundaries".
• April 3: Amy Bosworth (History) "In Search of Saint Germnaus: The Topography of Sainthood in Heiric of Auxerre's Miracula Sancti Germani"; Joshua Flanery (History) "Blessed are the Poor: Carolingian Exegetical Perspectives on Social Responsibility and Justice."
• April 17: Professor Michael Ryan (History) "Reckoning the Great Schism from Outside Christendom: The Astrological Prophecy of Anselm Turmeda."

Fall 2005

• October 3: Professor Paul Whitfield White (English) "From Corpus Christi to 'Club Law': Tudor Cambridge's Town/Gown Conflict and the Ends of Festive Culture".
• October 17: Professor Paula Leverage (School of Languages and Cultures) "Macrobean Dreams in Girart de Roussillon".
• November 7: Professor Ann Astell (English), "Exegetical Criticism: Dead or Alive?"

Fall 2004

• October 11: Professor Ann Astell (English Department)
  "Concerning the Usefulness of Books: A Question in Medieval and Modern Rhetoric and Philosophy."
• October 25: Dr. John Martin (Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Languages and Cultures)
  "The Three Hanses of Nuremberg: Hans Rosenblut, Hans Folz, and Hans Sachs, and the Development of Late Medieval Drama into an Instrument of Political and Religious Polemic in Germany."
• November 15: Professor Paula Leverage (School of Languages and Cultures)
  "Childbirth in the Masculine Discourse of Old French Epic and Romance."
• November 29 :Professor Shaun Hughes (English Department)
  "The Myth of Medieval Tolkien."

Spring 2004

• February 2: Professor Thomas Ohlgren (English Department)
  "Preaching Robin Hood"
• February 16: Professor Daniel Hsieh (School of Languages and Cultures)
  "The Story of Love in Tang Dynasty (618-907) China"
• March 1: Carole Edwards (School of Languages and Cultures)
  "A Bergsonian View of Laughter in the French Fabliaux"
• March 22: Professor John Contreni (History Department)
  "Who composed Byrthferth of Ramsey's Glosses on Bede?"
• April 5: Professor Ana Gomez-Bravo (School of Languages and Cultures)
  "A Space for Culture: Literacy, Space and Cultural Production"

Fall 2003

• September 29: Professor Dino Felluga (English Department)
  Sir Walter Scott's "Medievalist Fiction of State"
• October 20:Professor Ann Astell (English Department)
  "The Virgin Mary and the 'Voices' of Joan of Arc"
• October 27:Professor Paul Whitfield White (English Department)
  "Holy Robin Hood"
• November 3:Professor David Flory (School of Languages and Cultures)
  "Whose Mary is it? How Rutebeuf and Jacques de Vitry tell the same Marian tale."
• November 17:Professor Dorsey Armstrong (English Department)
  "Postcolonial Palomides"

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