Premodern Studies
The Premodern Studies Working Group is coordinated and funded by the Department of English.
The University of Pennsylvania English department's Premodern Studies seminar fosters lively conversations about the literary, historical, and cultural materials of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, and the theoretical frameworks, critical perspectives, and methodologies we bring to bear upon those materials. Scholars – Penn English graduate students and faculty, as well as visiting academics – share drafts of article-length works-in-progress, offering participants a chance to make significant scholarly contributions in a relaxed environment. Our meetings foster an atmosphere of shared intellectual vigor, with conversations ranging in form and tone from Q&As and brainstorm sessions, to rigorous, constructive critiques of the papers within their broader critical contexts.
During the 2021-2022 academic year, unless stated otherwise, all meetings will be at 4:30PM on Wednesdays in the Graduate Student Lounge (Fisher-Bennett Hall Room 330).
Our listserv address is SAS-ENGL-MEDREN [@] LISTS.UPENN.EDU. You may contact one of this year's co-coordinators, George Perez (gmnperez [@] sas.upenn.edu) or Ariel Bates (batariel [@] sas.upenn.edu) to be subscribed to the listserv or to request more information. You may also subscribe to the list directly through the link at the bottom of this page.
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Upcoming Events
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Dr. Basil Price: "The Postcolonial Sagas: The Politics of Failure in Later Medieval Iceland (1264-1500)"
November 20, 2024 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Dr. Miles Grier
December 13, 2024 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm
Past Events
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Heide Estes (Monmouth University)
April 14, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London) and Samantha Seal (University of New Hampshire)
April 2, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm -
Maaike van der Lugt (Paris-Saclay)
March 19, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm -
Aylin Malcolm (University of Pennsylvania)
March 10, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Phyllis Rackin Lecture: Kimberly Anne Coles (University of Maryland) - "'Undisciplined:' Early Modern Women's Writing and the Urgency of Scholarly Activism"
February 17, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Sharon Kinoshita (UC Santa Cruz)
February 3, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Dániel Margócsy (University of Cambridge)
January 20, 2021 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
[Rescheduled] Alicia Meyer (University of Pennsylvania)
December 15, 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm -
Piers Plowman Reading Group - Prologue and Passus 1
November 27, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:30pm -
Jane Degenhardt (UMass Amherst) and Henry Turner (Rutgers University)
November 18, 2020 - 4:30pm to 6:00pm