Natura in the Twelfth Century

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Divinity School, Univ. of Chicago

Organizer Name

Robert J. Porwoll

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Chicago

Presider Name

Bernard McGinn

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Chicago

Paper Title 1

Rupert of Deutz on Nature, Sin, and the Mutability of Creation in Genesis 1 to 3

Presenter 1 Name

Wanda Zemler-Cizewski

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Marquette Univ.

Paper Title 2

Where Nature Indulges Herself in Secret and Distant Freaks: Creation Viewed from the Edges of the Twelfth-Century Cosmos

Presenter 2 Name

Daniel Yingst

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Chicago

Paper Title 3

The Invention of Natura: Poetry, Ecology, and Ecolinguistics in Bernard Silvestris, Alan of Lille, and Johannes de Hauvilla

Presenter 3 Name

David Allison Orsbon

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Chicago

Start Date

11-5-2017 10:00 AM

Session Location

Valley I Shilling Lounge

Description

The panel 'Natura in the Twelfth Century' will examine the construction and use of the idea of natura through several influential twelfth century writers: Rupert of Deutz, Gerald of Wales, Walter of Châtillon, Bernard Silvestris, Alan of Lille, and Johannes de Hauvilla.

Robert Porwoll