Across Boundaries: Traditions, Texts, Ideas

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection; Platinum Latin

Organizer Name

B. Gregory Hays, Danuta Shanzer

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Virginia, Univ. Wien

Presider Name

B. Gregory Hays

Paper Title 1

The Functions of Natural Description in the Poetry of Venantius Fortunatus

Presenter 1 Name

Michael Roberts

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Wesleyan Univ.

Paper Title 2

When the Greeks Were Arabs: Genealogy and the Transfer of Knowledge in al-Kindī

Presenter 2 Name

Coleman Connelly

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Ohio State Univ.

Paper Title 3

Arabica Exemplaria: William of Tyre's Use of Christian Arabic Historiography

Presenter 3 Name

Julian Yolles

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Harvard Univ.

Start Date

14-5-2017 10:30 AM

Session Location

Fetzer 2030

Description

Papers on intercultural contact and the transmission of ideas from late antiquity to the twelfth century.

Gregory Hays