At the 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo (May 9–11, 2024), the Lollard Society will be sponsoring three panels in honor of Alastair J. Minnis. A recent Festschrift for Alastair Minnis focuses on his contributions to the history of literary theory and criticism; these sessions celebrate his importance to three other fields: Gower …
At the IMC in Leeds this year, the Lollard Society will be sponsoring three panels. IMC 2023 PDF Programme : International Medieval Congress (leeds.ac.uk) Re-Evaluating John Wycliffe in Bohemia Tuesday 4 July 2023: 14.15-15.45 Session 703 Scholars have long linked John Wycliffe’s ideas with masters of the University of Prague and the Hussite movement. For …
At the IMC in Leeds this year, the Lollard Society will be sponsoring two panels along with the Centrum Medievistických Studií, Praha. IMC 2022 Programme : International Medieval Congress (leeds.ac.uk) Political Activism and the Later Wycliffites Tuesday 5 July 2022: 14.15-15.45 Session 739 Wycliffites in mid 15th-century England are thought to have increasingly withdrawn from …
If you’re headed to the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo this May, be sure to check out the following Lollard Society sessions, one of which is co-sponsored with our friends at the International Piers Plowman Society. Social Justice in the Piers Plowman Tradition (Friday, May 11, 10am, Schneider 1235) Organizers & presiders: …
The Lollard Society will sponsor three panels at the 52nd International Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo, MI. Constructing the Wycliffite Bible [Update 5/10/17 – regrettably, this session has been canceled] Beguines and the Transformations of Urban Piety on the Eastern Periphery of Late Medieval Christendom Sunday, May 14, 8:30am (Bernhard 205) Organizer: Michael Van Dussen (McGill Univ.) Presider: Michael …
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The 38th Fifteenth Century Conference will be held at the University of Essex, Colchester Thursday 31st August to Saturday 2nd September 2017. The conference, which has met in most years since 1970, will bring together established as well as younger scholars of all aspects of fifteenth-century studies. We invite proposals for papers showcasing all aspects of …
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On 8-9 December, the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences will hold a conference relevant to Wyclif’s reception in Bohemia: Studying the Arts in Medieval Bohemia: Production, Reception and Transmission of Knowledge at the Arts Faculty of Prague University in the Middle Ages More information and the schedule of presentations can be …
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The Università degli Studi di Milano hosted “Before and After Wyclif: Sources and Textual Influences” on 12-13 September 2016. The conference aims to “enhance our understanding of Wyclif’s thought and his place within his contemporary intellectual milieu from the standpoint of textual dependence and/or influence.” More information, including a list of speakers, can be found …
The Lollard Society is sponsoring two sessions at the 49th Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan (to be held 8-11 May 2014): 1. What Is a Wycliffite Book? In recent years scholars have been expanding and complicating definitions of what constitutes heresy, orthodoxy, and heterodoxy, investigating how so-called Wycliffite practices intersect with …
The program for the EBS Conference on 4-7 July in St. Andrews has now been published; two (fascinating!) sessions will be devoted to Wycliffism. Wycliffites and Their Texts I (Chair: Daniel Wakelin, University of Oxford) “Richard Rolle, the Lollards and Marginal Glosses in the Psalms of MS Longleat 3, a Wycliffite Bible in the Early …