Medievalia Fordhamensia
Medievalia Fordhamensia Volume 39 The Center for Medieval Studies 2018/19 Faculty *Nicholas Paul, Director, History A Note from the Director *Christina Bruno, Associate Director Andrew Albin, English & MVST Susanna Barsella, Italian & MVST Last year I wrote in this Director’s note about how we could characterize the state of Medieval Studies as “vital”– in the dual sense of the vitality of the Center and William Baumgarth, Political Science the vital place of the medieval past in the present moment. Looking back on the Eric Bianchi, Art History and Music extraordinary year 2018-2019, that vitality, if anything, has only been ampli- *Scott Bruce, Interim Director, History fied. Looking back, we see a calendar brimming with events: eight invited lec- Martin Chase, SJ, English & MVST tures (six of them co-sponsored with other departments), four master classes (in *Christopher Cullen, SJ, Philosophy English, Philosophy, Classics, and History), three musical performances, two ca- Brian E. Davies, OP, Philosophy reer workshops, and one manuscripts workshop. These join, of course, our annual Robert Davis, Theology digital training workshop and our annual conference (the 39th!). As ever, we were George E. Demacopoulos, Theology joined by a strong class of Fellows, including some old friends (Nicola McDonald Mary C. Erler, English from York University), neighbors (Jay Diehl of LIU, CUNY) and new friends Thelma S. Fenster, French (Emerita) from around the world (Erik Claeson from Lund University, Sweden, María Du- Emanuel Fiano, Theology mas from Buenos Aires, and Ben Pohl and Leah Tether from Bristol). Our digital Maris Fiondella, English (Emerita) projects continued to thrive, as demonstrated recently in London, where a delega- Richard Gyug, History & MVST tion from the Center presented our projects and established new international part- nerships at the Fordham Center.
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