Archive 2006/ 2007
Public Lectures
Michaelmas Term 2006
Tuesday 17 October, Dr Andrew Hiscock (University of Wales, Bangor):
- ‘ “And with my mynd I measure paas by paas”: Poetry, the Earl of Surrey and the European Business of Remembering’
Tuesday 31 October, Dr Clare Lapraik Guest (CMRS, TCD):
- ‘Allegory and the Pygmy Muses - Italian Renaissance Discussions of Allegory’
Tuesday 14 November, Professor Brian Vickers (President of the Society for Renaissance Studies):
- ‘The Renaissance: the Age of Rhetoric’
Tuesday 28 November, Dr Sarah Alyn Stacey (TCD):
- ‘Patronage and Privilege at the Court of Marguerite de France’
Hilary Term 2007
Tuesday 16 January: to be confirmed
Tuesday 30 January, Dr Gary Ferguson (University of Delaware):
- ‘Androgynes, Courtesans and Lesbians: Women, Nature, and Pleasure in Renaissance France’
Tuesday 13 February, Dr Harald Braun (University of Liverpool):
- ‘ “How to put Fear into the Hearts of Princes”: Juan de Mariana (1535-1624) on Tyrannicide, Law and Prudence’
Tuesday 27 February, Dr Cordula Politis (CMRS, TCD):
- ‘The Taming of the Amazon Queen Penthesilea: Sexual Politics & Religion in the Medieval German “Rennewart” by Ulrich von Türheim’
Tuesday 6 March, Dr Alan Murray (University of Leeds):
- ‘Women Behaving Badly? Prostitution and Illicit Sex in the First Crusade’
Trinity Term 2007
Wednesday 2 May, Dr Gerald Morgan (TCD):
- ‘Chaucer’s Knight and the Integrity of Medieval Chivalry’
Tuesday 8 May, Professor Peter Field (University of Wales, Bangor):
- ‘King Arthur’s Battles’
Monday 21 May, Dr Gerald Morgan and Mr Vincent Salafia (TCD):
- ‘The Hill of Tara: The Historical and Cultural Significance’