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The Council Chair and Executive Director lead an administrative team that is responsible for day-to-day operations and activities.

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    Past Faculty Colloquium Events
    
                            
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        Tue, 4/9 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “How Did Governors and Buddhist Monks Deal with Epidemics in Medieval China?”        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Stephen F. Teiser, Religion                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        December 6, 2023 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “Engaging the Sensoria in Premodern Qur’an Commentary”        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Tehseen Thaver, Religion                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 19, 2023 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Faculty Colloquium: “Translating Jurjani: Why read an eleventh-century text about Arabic poetics?”        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Lara Harb, Near Eastern Studies                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 29, 2023 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Faculty Colloquium | Making Things Up: Improvisation in the Illustrated ‘Cantigas de Santa María’        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Pamela Patton, Department of Art & Archaeology                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        February 21, 2023 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 397 Julis Romo Rabinowitz    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Faculty Colloquium | Oath and Law: Legal Language in Early Imperial and Medieval China        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Trenton W. Wilson, East Asian Studies                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        April 19, 2022 · 4:30 pm—6:00 pm         · 219 Aaron Burr Hall and Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Studies Faculty Colloquium: Marina Rustow        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Marina Rustow, Department of Near Eastern Studies                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 16, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell and Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Studies Faculty Colloquium; “Some Chant Play: Enacting the Annunciation in the Thirteenth Century”        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Jamie Reuland, Department of Music                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        March 2, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Studies Faculty Colloquium:  Eve Krakowski        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Eve Krakowski, Department of Near Eastern Studies                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        February 16, 2022 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · Zoom    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Studies Faculty Colloquium: William Noel        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            William Noel, Associate University Librarian for Special Collections at Princeton University Library                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        December 1, 2021 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Medieval Studies Faculty Colloquium: Daniela Mairhofer        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Daniela Mairhofer, Department of Classics                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                                
            
            
            
                        
    
                
    
    
    
    
        October 27, 2021 · 12:00 pm—1:20 pm         · 209 Scheide Caldwell    
    
    
    
        
    
        
            Eve Krakowski – Before the Geniza Documents: The Case of a Marriage Arbitration from the Tenth-Century Fayyūm        
    
    
    
    
            
    
            Eve Krakowski, Department of Near Eastern Studies                    
    
    
    
            
    
            
    

                            
    

                    
    
            
    
        
    
    
    

    


    
    
    
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