DVMA Spring Meeting - April 19, 2024 - Rare Book Department, Free Library of Philadelphia

DVMA Spring 2024 Meeting, Friday, April 19, 1:00 p.m - 5:00 p.m

Please join us for the Delaware Valley Medieval Association’s Spring Meeting held in the William M. Elkins room at the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia (1901 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103). The event features three engaging speakers on topics of special interest to medievalists and includes a viewing of the manuscripts on exhibit. 

PROGRAM

1:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.   

Welcome and Introduction. Professor Montserrat Piera, Temple University

1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, Professor Emerita, Department of French and Italian, University of Pittsburgh

"Making Miracles in late Medieval France: Three Saints and Would-be Saints"

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Roxanna Cosme-Colon, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Spanish, Haverford College

"The Matter of Iberia: Fashioning the Legendary Carolingian Corpus for Iberian Popular Audiences"

2:45 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Break

Refreshments

Viewing of Manuscripts Exhibit at the Rare Book Department

3:30 p.m. -  4:30 p.m. 

Martha Easton, Associate Professor of Art History and Program Director, Museum Studies, Department of Art and Art History, Saint Joseph's University

"Medieval Architectural Salvage in American Collections"

4:30 p.m.- 5:00 p.m.

Discussion and Closing Remarks

Registration is $10 for DVMA members, $15 for guests. Graduate students should register but attend at no cost (use code DVMA24GS at registration checkout). Payment can be made during web-registration or at the door.