MARS Faculty Workshop : Jonathan Davis-Secord

MARS (Medieval and Renaissance Studies) group is hosting a lecture with Jonathan Davis-Secord on October 9, from 11:00 – 12:00 PM in room B094 JFSB. His presentation is titled, “Anglo-Saxon Slo-Mo: Narrating Violence in Beowulf,”. Jon is an Assistant Professor of English  at the University of New Mexico. He is an Anglo-Saxonist specializing on the …

MARS Guest Lecture: Sarah Davis-Secord

MARS (Medieval and Renaissance Studies) group is hosting a lecture with Sarah Davis-Secord on October 8, from 4:00 – 5:00 PM in room 3714 of the Harold B. Lee Library. Her presentation is titled, “Intellectual Encounters in Medieval Sicily.” Sarah Davis-Secord is an Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico. Sarah is …

Lecture: Alison Weber

In conjunction with a book mentoring grant received by Valerie Hegstrom, and sponsored by the Spanish Department, the Women’s Studies research group, and the Humanities Center, Alison Weber from the University of Virginia, will be visiting BYU campus. She will present, “Teresa of Avila and the Languages of Friendship” on Monday, October 5th at 4:00 …

Symposium on the Future of the Environmental Humanities

Co-sponsored with the University of Utah, The Future of the Environmental Humanities symposium will begin at the University of Utah on Thursday evening, but starting at 2:00 pm on September 25th, it will move to the BYU campus for two events. First will be an address by William Jordan, author of The Sunflower Forest, at 2:00 …

Guest Speaker: Romantic and Victorian Research Group

  Gillen D’Arcy Wood, Director of Sustainability Studies Initiative in the Humanities, Professor of English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Gillen will send us an essay draft for our workshop from 4-5:30 in 4188 JFSB. You may also be interested in the topic of his presentation for the Kennedy Center—his recent book, Tambora: The Eruption …