Medieval Diversity in the Core Curriculum (A Roundtable)
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Fellowship of Medievalists of Color (MOC)
Organizer Name
Nicole Lopez-Jantzen
Organizer Affiliation
Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
Presider Name
Shyama Rajendran
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of Wyoming
Paper Title 1
Code Switch: Repurposing Digital Tools to Explore Diversity in the Medieval World
Presenter 1 Name
Andrea Myers Achi
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Institute of Fine Arts, New York Univ.
Paper Title 2
Teaching Africa in the Medieval Art History Survey
Presenter 2 Name
Luke Fidler
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Chicago
Paper Title 3
Straddling the Divide: Leading Core When No One Agrees
Presenter 3 Name
Meg Worley
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Colgate Univ.
Paper Title 4
The Global View: Teaching Medieval Europe, Persia, and Japan in the Core Curriculum
Presenter 4 Name
Sarah McNamer
Presenter 4 Affiliation
Georgetown Univ.
Paper Title 5
Discussant
Presenter 5 Name
Kim Klimek
Presenter 5 Affiliation
Metropolitan State Univ. of Denver
Paper Title 6
Whose Past Is It? Confronting and Broadening Ideas of the Middle Ages and Western Civilization in the History Core
Presenter 6 Name
Nicole Lopez-Jantzen
Start Date
11-5-2018 3:30 PM
Session Location
Sangren 1910
Description
Works of medieval (European) literature, history, art history, and philosophy are often included in “core” or “general education” sequences for undergraduates: Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Chaucer, to name a few. Are "Great Works" or "Western Civilization" useful frameworks for discussing the complexity of the medieval past and medieval works in contemporary society? How does one address race when traditional, more “prestigious” notions of the curriculum shape our educational benchmarks? This roundtable hopes to explore ways to expand thinking about the curriculum even within a white male cultural tradition: for instance, one may consider North African contexts for Augustine, Arabic influences on Aquinas, Muslim figures in Dante, Persian and Islamicate intertexts for Chaucer’s multi-voiced storytelling. How can global orientations and a diversified curriculum create a rich, dynamic cultural context for the Western tradition?
Nicole Lopez-Jantzen
Medieval Diversity in the Core Curriculum (A Roundtable)
Sangren 1910
Works of medieval (European) literature, history, art history, and philosophy are often included in “core” or “general education” sequences for undergraduates: Augustine, Aquinas, Dante, and Chaucer, to name a few. Are "Great Works" or "Western Civilization" useful frameworks for discussing the complexity of the medieval past and medieval works in contemporary society? How does one address race when traditional, more “prestigious” notions of the curriculum shape our educational benchmarks? This roundtable hopes to explore ways to expand thinking about the curriculum even within a white male cultural tradition: for instance, one may consider North African contexts for Augustine, Arabic influences on Aquinas, Muslim figures in Dante, Persian and Islamicate intertexts for Chaucer’s multi-voiced storytelling. How can global orientations and a diversified curriculum create a rich, dynamic cultural context for the Western tradition?
Nicole Lopez-Jantzen