The Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium

A Forum for Scholars of Early Medieval England

The Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium aims to foster intellectual exchange among faculty and graduate students whose interests embrace the language, literature, and culture of early medieval England. Currently based in Columbia, New York University, the University of Rhode Island, Rutgers, UC Berkeley, and King's College London, the Colloquium seeks to expand the resources available to Anglo-Saxonists from these universities and other institutions in the area, and also to create a welcoming intellectual community for anyone who is interested in Anglo-Saxon studies.

To join our email list, please send a message to: ASSC@columbia.edu

Core Faculty Committee: Patricia Dailey, Columbia University; Kathleen Davis, University of Rhode Island; Stacy Klein, Rutgers University; Clare Lees, King's College, University of London; Haruko Momma, New York University; Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe, UC Berkeley.

Sponsored by: The Department of English and Comparative Literature, Columbia University; The Office of the Dean for the Humanities, FAS, New York University; The Department of English, Rutgers University; University of Rhode Island; The Department of English, UC Berkeley.

Current Courses of Interest in Consortium Universities (Fall 2011-Spring 2012)

Past Courses of Interest in Consortium Universities


COLLOQUIUM EVENTS

The following events have been scheduled for the Fall 2012 semester. Further details will be added in due course. To learn about past events with ASSC, from Fall 2004 to Spring 2012 click here.

Spring 2013

April 4-5

The Ninth Annual
Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium Graduate Conference
Humans/Animals/Things

at New York University 
19 University Place

April 4
6-8pm in Room 222
Keynote by Asa Mittman (California State University, Chico):
"Riddles, Codes and a Bone Labeled 'Bone': The Franks Casket as a Space for Making Meanings"
 

April 5
Conference on April 5 in the Great Room
Read More about the conference schedule
 

Monday,

March 25

a workshop with
Roy Liuzza
(University of Tennessee, Knoxville)

on translation

4:10-6 pm at Columbia University,
754 Schermerhorn Extension

This workshop will focus on Riddle 26 (K-D). No Preparation necessary.

Co-sponsored by the Medieval Guild

Tuesday,

March 12

a conversation with
Elizabeth Tyler
(University of York)

on her recent work and on building a career

5:30 pm at the home of Chris Baswell

601 W. 113th St. Apt 9G
(the NW corner of Broadway and 113th)
 

Co-sponsored by the Medieval Guild

Thursday,

February 21st

Patricia Dailey
(Columbia University)

"Responsive Subjects: The Art of Ælfric's Colloquy"

3:00-4:45 pm at Columbia University
754 Schermerhorn Extension

Fall 2012

Monday,
October 10th

Rosalind Love
(University of Cambridge)

'"Alcibiades was a beautiful woman, so they say': Authority and the Study of Ancient Texts"

5pm at UC Berkeley
300 Wheeler Hall

In this paper Rosalind Love focuses primarily on evidence from early commentary on the Consolation of Philosophy, exploring the transmission and mis-transmission of classical learning.

Rosalind Love works on glossed manuscripts from Anglo-Saxon England, and Anglo-Latin literature, particularly hagiography and biblical exegesis.

Thursday, October 11th

Jay Gates
(John Jay College)

"'Wulfstan's Shaping of the "Holy Society'"

2:00-4:00 pm
Columbia University
754 Schermerhorn Extension
Map
 

Monday, November 5th
CANCELLED

a special workshop by
Paul E. Szarmach
(Professor Emeritus, Western Michigan University Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley)

on "The Vernacular Boethius"

3:30 pm (Reception at 3 pm)
New York University
13-19 University Place
Great Room (1st floor)

Pre-registration is recommended. To register and receive the materials for the workshop please contact Hal Momma (hal.momma@nyu.edu).

 

Monday, November 12th
(Lecture was changed from Oct 29th)

Benjamin Saltzman
(University of California, Berkeley)

"Spiritual Secrecy and the Regulation of Secrets in Anglo-Saxon Monasticism"

2:40 pm
Columbia University
511 Hamilton Hall
Map

 Colloquium Events Archive