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Medieval and Early Modern Research Group

Meeting Plan for Spring 2008

All regular meetings will last from 2-3 pm.
Contact: Maria-Claudia Tomany, email mc.tomany@mnsu.edu, phone (507) 389-2917.

February 7 - Planning session

February 25 online - Middle English literature

Please read and respond with your comments directly to Nickie. Nickie Kranz (English), "Seduction and sorcery in Middle English lyrics", paper for the Midwestern Conference on Language, Literature and Media at Northern Illinois University, Dekalb.

February 28 - CSU 203 - Creative and critical pedagogy

1. Chris Corley (History), "An online teaching module on orphans in Dijon in the 18th century”
2. Alisa Eimen (Art History), "Teaching historical topics across the curriculum"

February 28 evening - Shakespeare

• 5.30 Dinner at The Green Mill
• 7.30 Hamlet at the MSU Department of Theatre and Dance, Andreas Theatre

March 6 - CSU 204 - Medievalism

Curt Germundson (Art History), “The Gothic cathedral in the work of Kurt Schwitters”, book project

March 9 - Rodin exhibition opening at Gustavus

Dr. Ruth Butler (University of Massachusetts, Boston, emerita), "Rodin. The shape of genius", public lecture, Wallenberg Auditorium, Nobel Hall of Science, 3.30 pm.

Directly afterwards: Opening reception for “Rodin. In his own words. Selections from the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Foundation” (March 8 - April 22), Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, 5-7 pm. See March 27.

March 20 - CSU 203 - Early Modern Women

1. Cecilia Pick (German), “Duchess Magdalena Sibylla of Hessen-Darmstadt (1652-1712)”, conference paper
2. Judith Jeremie (History), “Marital status and cultural participation. An analysis of married and single women's roles in the salons of the French Enlighenment”, MA thesis (Chris Corley)

March 24 - Nickie defends!! Details TBA

March 27 - CSU 238 - Anthropology of the Middle Ages

Kate Blue (Anthropology), “Children’s remains from the Anglo-Saxon period, Cherry Hinton”, research project

March 27 evening - Guest lecture: Dante and Rodin

Dr. Aida Audeh (Hamline University), “Dante and his influence on 19th century painting and sculpture, leading to Rodin”. 101 Armstrong Hall, 7 pm. Organized by the Art Department. See March 9.

April 10, 2-3.30 pm - CSU 203 - Preparing for the Undergraduate Research Conference

1. Meghan Turok, “Breaking Social Confinement: An Analysis of Eighteenth-Century Women in the French Economy During the Early Industrial Revolution” (Chris Corley)
2. Tysen Dauer, “Re-emerging Pietism: A comparison of the Emerging Church with 17th-century German Pietism” (Cecilia Pick),
3. Annie Sweeney, “The letters of Hildegard from Bingen” (Cecilia Pick)

April 21-22 - Undergraduate Research Conference

List of Medieval and Early Modern contributions, presentation times to be announced. Reception to follow luncheon on April 22

April 24 - CSU 204 - Poverty in the Middle Ages

1. Evan Bibbee (French), “Linguistic Poverty in the Old-French La Vie de Saint Alexis” (article)
2. Maria-Claudia Tomany (Scandinavian Studies), “Poverty as character issue in Hrafnkel’s saga” (article)

April 24 evening - Guest lecture: The genius of the enemy - Spanish and English Renaissance literature

Dr. Mary Bjork, Arizona State University: “Golden Age Spanish literature - a gold mine for English playwrights. The case of Fletcher and Cervantes”. 5 pm, room TBA.
Reception to follow
End of year dinner to follow

Three exhibitions of interest at the Minneapolis Institute of Art:

Visions of Piety: Devotional Prints in the Counter-Reformation
Saturday, November 10, 2007 - Sunday, May 4, 2008
Gallery 344, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Free Exhibition

Metamorphosis: Maria Sibylla Merian’s Insects of Suriname
Saturday, December 22, 2007 - Sunday, June 15, 2008
Galleries 315 and 316, Free Exhibition

In Full Bloom: Masterworks of Flower Illustration
Saturday, December 22, 2007 - Sunday, June 15, 2008
Gallery 315, Free Exhibition