New Medieval Studies Symposium Offered

CONTACT: Lia Unrau
PHONE: (713) 831-4793

NEW MEDIEVAL STUDIES SYMPOSIUM OFFERED

“The Body of Christ in the Late Middle
Ages” is the theme of the first triennial interdisciplinary Neil J.
O’Brien Symposium in Medieval Studies at Rice University.

On Nov. 10
-11, top scholars from Pembroke College in Oxford, England, Ben-
Gurion University of the Negev in Israel, Yale University, Duke
University, Swathmore College, Mount Holyoke College and the
University of Washington will present forums exploring the diverse
and complex meanings of the body of Jesus Christ and its religious
imagery from ritual violence to eucharistic devotion.

The speakers will address how medieval ideas about Christ’s body
affected various modern aspects of Christian spirituality and
attitudes about the human body, violence, suffering, women’s
spirituality and non-Christians, especially Jews.

Schola Pastoris, the Shepherd School of Music’s early music
ensemble, will present “Hildegard von Gilden and Guillaume de
Machaut: The Dawn of Musical Genius,” as part of the symposium on
Nov. 10 at 8 p.m.

The symposium will be held from 2-8 p.m. on Nov. 10 and 9 a.m.-
2:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 in Sewall Hall, Room 301. Cosponsored by the
Medieval Studies Workshop, the Center for the Study of Cultures and
Office of the Dean of Humanities, the symposium is free and open to
the public.

For more information, call 527-4947.

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