• “Performing Dragons” Conference

    This conference presents ongoing research findings of an international group of scholars studying the topic of dragons in performance. In the past, the cartographic legend “hic sunt dracones” (like “hic sunt leones”) indicated the extent of known territories (land and seas) and the boundaries of safety, yet what laid beyond pervaded the consciousness of many […]

  • California Medieval Seminar (Fall 2026)

    Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers, typically drafts of articles, book chapters, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by emerging scholars (including PhD students) and the other two are by established scholars. We allocate one hour per paper and presenters should anticipate substantial, and […]

  • California Medieval Seminar (Winter 2027)

    Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers, typically drafts of articles, book chapters, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by emerging scholars (including PhD students) and the other two are by established scholars. We allocate one hour per paper and presenters should anticipate substantial, and […]

  • Hammer Art History Lecture

    Harmonia Rosales in Conversation with Denva Gallant and Tiffany E. Barber Harmonia Rosales joins medieval art historian Denva Gallant (Rice University) and scholar of Black diasporic art Tiffany E. Barber (UCLA) for a conversation on her reinterpretation of Christian iconography through the lens of West African cosmology and diasporic African philosophies. Rosales’ lecture explores how […]

  • California Medieval Seminar (Spring 2027)

    Participation in the Seminar consists of group discussion of pre-circulated papers, typically drafts of articles, book chapters, or dissertation chapters (with complete apparatus). Two of the papers are ordinarily by emerging scholars (including PhD students) and the other two are by established scholars. We allocate one hour per paper and presenters should anticipate substantial, and […]

  • Performing the Early Modern Across the Americas Conference

    This conference presents ongoing research findings of an international group of scholars studying the topic of dragons in performance. In the past, the cartographic legend “hic sunt dracones” (like “hic sunt leones”) indicated the extent of known territories (land and seas) and the boundaries of safety, yet what laid beyond pervaded the consciousness of many […]