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Oct
29

THE ENGLISH JOAN OF ARC: Saint, Witch, Man, Maid, or Whore

Gail Orgelfinger, Senior Lecturer Emerita in English at UMBC

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : Gallery

Date & Time

October 29, 2019, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm

Description

Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) Colloquium Because the English were ultimately responsible for executing Joan of Arc, the usual view of their changing judgments of her is a...

Oct
23

Global History as Urban History

A View from Edo, The Greatest City in the World

Location

Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn

Date & Time

October 23, 2019, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Description

Annual Robert K. Webb Lecture Amy Stanley, Associate Professor of History, Northwestern University Edo (now Tokyo) was once the greatest city in the world. In 1800 – the era of Napoleon...