The Medieval Institute sponsors visiting lectures and social events throughout the year, as well as workshops on pedagogy and professional development for MA students. We work in collaboration with The Medieval Research Group and the Goliardic Society, which organize events open to all interested medievalists in a variety of venues.
We also seek to foster fellowship and intellectual exchange among students and faculty at 蜜桃社区 and with members of the Kalamazoo community interested in Medieval Studies. If you have questions regarding any of the events listed, please contact us.
Fall 2024 Events
August 23, Medieval Institute Graduate Student Orientation
9:00am鈥4:30pm, Walwood Hall
New MAs and all TAs
August 30, Graduate Handbook review
1:00pm鈥2:30pm, RRC
New MAs only, followed by individual advising meetings
September 6, Welcome Reception
5:00pm鈥7:00pm, Walwood Lobby & RRC
All students, staff, faculty, and friends
November 1 - Goliardic Society* Fall Lecture, 6:00鈥8:00pm, Alfred B. Connable Board Room - Dr. Joseph Derosier, 鈥淔rom Colonial Fantasies to Trans Protagonists: Ethics and Practice in Medieval Romance鈥 - *This event is organized and sponsored by the Goliardic Society
All pedagogy workshops meet on Fridays from 1:00pm鈥2:30pm in the RRC.
September 6
Subject: Grading, part 1
All first-time MDVL 2000 TAs
September 13
Subject: Grading, part 2, and discussion of plagiarism
All first-time MDVL 2000 TAs
October 4
Subject: Designing and writing prompts and exams
All first-time MDVL 2000 TAs
October 11, Groundwork for Effective Teaching Practices
All TAs, led by Prof. Lofty Durham
November 8, Best Practices in Teaching: Ideas and Implementation
All TAs, led by Prof. Lofty Durham
August 30
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
Colloquium, 6:00pm鈥8:00pm, Off-campus - Presentation by Will Rogers and Alisa Heskin
September 6
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
September 13
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
Quaestio, 3:00pm鈥4:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center - Presentation by Molly Lynde-Recchia and Marjorie Harrington on a new facsimile of MS Bodley 264 from the Zhang Special Collections
September 20
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
Colloquium, 6:00pm鈥8:00pm, Off-campus - Presentation by Hunter Morgan
September 27
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
October 4
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
Colloquium, 6:00pm鈥8:00pm, Off-campus - Presentation by Paige Clark and Katarina Rexing
October 11
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
Quaestio, 3:00pm鈥4:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center - Presentation by Jana Schulman
October 25
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
November 1
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
Colloquium, 1:00pm鈥2:30pm, Alfred B. Connable Board Room (112E Walwood) - Presentation by Luigi Andrea Berto
November 8
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
Quaestio, 3:00pm鈥4:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center - Presentation by Nathan Tabor
November 15
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
Colloquium, 6:00pm鈥8:00pm, Off-campus - Book Review Workshop with Emily Brown, Alisa Heskin, Kylie Owens, and William Rogers
November 22
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
December 6
Studium, 10:00am鈥12:00pm, Zhang Legacy Collections Center
November 4 - Kalamazoo College Dept. of Classics Lecture Series, 4:30pm, Olmsted Room, Mandelle Hall - Dr. Katherine Krauss, "Rereading the Past: Virgil in Late Antiquity"