Medieval Pilgrim Libraries: Crowdsourcing Sanctification
Travelers' texts and accessories: Who wrote, what did they tote?
Lecture by Professor George Greenia
3:00PM - 4:30PM
Hors d'oeuvres and break
4:30PM - 5:00PM
Reflection on the retirement of Professor Steven Dworkin
(Professor Emeritus, Romance Languages and Literatures, Linguistics)
5:00PM - 6:00PM
The history of written culture involves social practices intertwined with material history. During medieval pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Rome or Santiago, readers and writers suffered from specific constraints occasioned by the rigors of their laborious journeys which were frankly nasty, brutish and long. An international team is tackling the oxymoron of “pilgrim libraries” attempting to catalog the challenges faced by pre-modern people on the move against their tools of literacy. Packing lists for Palestine survive, but fall silent about supplies for readers or writers. What readings prompted medieval folk to undertake sacred travel and what textual trail did they leave in their wake?
If you have any questions, please contact Nicholas Henriksen at nhenriks@umich.edu.
3:00PM - 4:30PM
Hors d'oeuvres and break
4:30PM - 5:00PM
Reflection on the retirement of Professor Steven Dworkin
(Professor Emeritus, Romance Languages and Literatures, Linguistics)
5:00PM - 6:00PM
The history of written culture involves social practices intertwined with material history. During medieval pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Rome or Santiago, readers and writers suffered from specific constraints occasioned by the rigors of their laborious journeys which were frankly nasty, brutish and long. An international team is tackling the oxymoron of “pilgrim libraries” attempting to catalog the challenges faced by pre-modern people on the move against their tools of literacy. Packing lists for Palestine survive, but fall silent about supplies for readers or writers. What readings prompted medieval folk to undertake sacred travel and what textual trail did they leave in their wake?
If you have any questions, please contact Nicholas Henriksen at nhenriks@umich.edu.
| Building: | Weiser Hall |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | Lecture, Library, Linguistics, Medieval, Retirement, Romance Languages And Literatures |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Department of Linguistics, English Language Institute |
