Fridays after Class

JD Williams Library Starbucks

We'll start this up on Friday, February 23, instead of the 16th. See you then!

FAC (Fridays after Class)

JD Williams Library Starbucks

Are you interested in the Middle Ages? Do you have medieval hobbies, play medieval games, watch medieval movies? Come hang out with UM students and faculty who do too! We’ll meet in the Starbucks at JD Williams Library.  Fridays, 1-2PM, Spring 2024 

FAC (Fridays after Class)

JD Williams Library Starbucks

Are you interested in the Middle Ages? Do you have medieval hobbies, play medieval games, watch medieval movies? Come hang out with UM students and faculty who do too! We’ll meet in the Starbucks at JD Williams Library.  Fridays, 1-2PM, Spring 2024 

FAC (Fridays after Class)

JD Williams Library Starbucks

Are you interested in the Middle Ages? Do you have medieval hobbies, play medieval games, watch medieval movies? Come hang out with UM students and faculty who do too! We’ll meet in the Starbucks at JD Williams Library.  Fridays, 1-2PM, Spring 2024 

“The Devils”

Union 325

Ken Russell’s “The Devils” (1971) is one of the most controversial films of all times. For decades, it was banned for its graphic portrait of sex, violence, and religion. It is based on a historical episode, the wave of possessions in a convent in Loudun, France, which culminated in a notorious witchcraft trial in 1634. […]

Medieval Board Games

Union 325

Come learn (and play) a historical board game. We'll supply the board and pieces. This week: Hnefatafl (a.k.a. "Viking Chess"). (It's much easier to learn and play than conventional chess!)   Stay for the film, "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928) at 7PM. 

The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

Union 325

      Carl Theodor Dreyer's Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is a unique film that makes for an intense viewing experience. For its main actor, Maria Falconetti, it was her first and final film appearance. After viewing the film, and Falconetti's powerful performance, you'll see why this would have been so. (For instance, […]

Nicholas Sumrall talk: Demarginalizing Bede’s Margins

Harrison Room, J.D. Williams Library

Nicholas Sumrall, a Master's Student in English and Medieval Studies Graduate Minor, will deliver a talk from his thesis: Demarginalizing Bede’s Margins: A Digital Codicological Reassessment of the Relationship between Marginalia and Body Matter in CCCC MS 41. For his M.A. thesis project, Nicholas conducted a paleographic study of an Old English manuscript that has […]