Thursday, November 12, 5:00 PM--R. Andrew McDonald (Brock University, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada): The Last Viking Sea-Kings of the British Isles. Pryzbyla Center, Great Room A (320A). [Co-sponsored by the Graduate Studnet Association.] Great Room 320A Pryzbyla Center

Thursday, November 19, 5:10 PM--Orgu Dalgic (CUA Art History and Dumbarton Oaks Fellow): Floor Mosaics from Constantinople prior to the Great Palace. Gowan Auditorium.

Thursday, December 3, 5:10 PM--Medieval and Byzantine Studies Gala Book Party. To kick off the Center's celebration of its 40th anniversary, we're hosting a book party! Upwards of 15 MBS faculty members will say a few words about their recently published books. The bookstore will make copies available for sale at the event and CUA Press will also have a table. Aquinas Auditorium.

Thursday, December 10. 5:10 PM--Emily C. Francomano (Georgetown University): Marketing Medieval Romance in the Sixteenth Century. Caldwell Auditorium. [Sponsored by the Dept. of Modern Languages]

Spring 2010

Fortieth Anniversary Celebration Lecture Series:

Wednesday, 20 January, 5:15 PM--Thérèse-Ann Druart, Avicennan Troubles: the Mysteries of the Heptagonal House and of the Phoenix. Great Room 320B Pryzbyla Center

Thursday, 4 February, 5:15 PM--Uta-Renate Blumenthal, Papal Registers and Liber Pontificalis: Curial Sources and Their Users. The Stephen Happel Room in Caldwell Hall

Wednesday, 17 March: 5:15 PM--Peter Casarella, Nicholas of Cusa and the Ends of Medieval Mysticism. Great Room 320B Pryzbyla Center

Wednesday, 7 April 5:15 PM--Timothy Noone, Of Angels and Men: Adventures in Scholastic Epistemology. Great Room 320B Pryzbyla Center

Wednesday, 21 April 5:15 PM--Round Table Discussion: "The State of Medieval Studies: Some Disciplinary Perspectives." Presenters include: Joan Tasker Grimbert, Dept. of Modern Languages; Frank A.C. Mantello, Dept. of Greek and Latin; Rev. Mark Morozowich, S.E.O.D., School of Theology and Religious Studies; Kenneth J. Pennington, Columbus School of Law and School of Canon Law; Kevin White, School of Philosophy and Stephen Wright, Dept. of English. Caldwell Auditorium