DVMA Spring Meeting
April 29, 2023; 1:00pm-5:30pm
Rubenstein Commons, Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, New Jersey

Please join us for the Delaware Valley Medieval Association’s Spring Meeting hosted by the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. This is an in-person event held in the Rubenstein Commons and features three engaging speakers on topics of special interest to medievalists. A reception follows.

Program
1:00-1:15 Introduction

1:15-2:15 Matilda Bruckner, Boston College
"Playing with the Letter in Judges 19: Hospitality Gone Awry in the Bible moralisée"

2:15-3:15 Derek Krueger, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and School of Historical Studies
"Is There an Icon in this Text?: Niketas Stethatos's Life of Symeon the New Theologian and a Byzantine Theology of the Saints"

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30-4:30 Sarah Guérin, University of Pennsylvania
“Unveiling the Sacred: On Ivory, the Covenant, and the Talmud”

4:30-5:30 Reception

Registration is $10 for DVMA members, $15 for guests. Graduate students should register but attend at no cost (use code DVMA23GS at registration checkout). Payment can be made during web-registration or at the door.

This event is co-organized by Suzanne Akbari and Montserrat Piera and is sponsored by the DVMA, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ, and CHAT PreModern Research Forum at Temple University.