Literature and Science in the Middle Ages
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Mediaevalia: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Medieval Studies Worldwide
Organizer Name
Dana E. Stewart
Organizer Affiliation
Binghamton Univ.
Presider Name
Dana E. Stewart
Paper Title 1
The Cultural Fluidity of Constantine the African: Religious Conversion and Medical Translation in Eleventh-Century Italy
Presenter 1 Name
Robin S. Reich
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Boston College
Paper Title 2
Chaucer and Medieval Physics
Presenter 2 Name
Alexander Gabrovsky
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Trinity College, Univ. of Cambridge
Paper Title 3
Subtle Play: Alchemy and "Miracles Pleying" in the Croxton Play of the Sacrament
Presenter 3 Name
Jasmine Lellock
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Univ. of Maryland
Start Date
15-5-2015 3:30 PM
Session Location
Fetzer 1010
Description
Premodern literature and scientific thought can be seen as alternative yet often overlapping ways of finding order in (or imposing order onto) an ever-changing world. This session will focus upon the intersections of literature and scientific thought (specifically the realms of medicine, alchemy, and physics) in the Middle Ages, and aims to shed new light on the ways in which medieval authors utilized scientific material in their works, especially to explore various types of change or transformation (physical, cultural, and religious).
Dana E. Stewart
Literature and Science in the Middle Ages
Fetzer 1010
Premodern literature and scientific thought can be seen as alternative yet often overlapping ways of finding order in (or imposing order onto) an ever-changing world. This session will focus upon the intersections of literature and scientific thought (specifically the realms of medicine, alchemy, and physics) in the Middle Ages, and aims to shed new light on the ways in which medieval authors utilized scientific material in their works, especially to explore various types of change or transformation (physical, cultural, and religious).
Dana E. Stewart