Peripheries

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Studies Certificate Program, Graduate Center, CUNY

Organizer Name

Steven F. Kruger

Organizer Affiliation

Queens College and Graduate Center, CUNY

Presider Name

Chad Turner

Presider Affiliation

Graduate Center, CUNY

Paper Title 1

Peripheral Earth

Presenter 1 Name

Sarah Elliott Novacich

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Rutgers Univ.

Paper Title 2

Periphery and Alterity in Medieval Islamic Geographical Writing

Presenter 2 Name

Emily Burnham

Presenter 2 Affiliation

St. John's Univ.

Paper Title 3

Popular Illustrations of the Global Periphery

Presenter 3 Name

Galia Halpern

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Institute of Fine Arts, New York Univ./Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz

Start Date

11-5-2013 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1330

Description

The session considers medieval ideas and representations of peripheries, taking a wide range of (inter)disciplinary approaches in considering medieval poetry and drama, geographical writing, maps, and illustrations that engage with notions of the peripheral.

Steven Kruger