Medieval Conference
Thank you for attending the Annual Medieval Conference. Your continued support helps us not only keep this wonderful event running every year, but also allows the Medieval Studies Program to support our undergraduate students.
Please find the videos for the day below, in the order presented at the conference.
Conspiracies, Fakes and Follies
February 5th, 2022
The "Donation of Constantine" and its Contemporary Counterparts
Dr. Hélène Cazes, Department of French, UVic
The Medieval Revival in the British Diaspora: An Imagined History
Dr. Michael Reed, Medieval Studies, UVic
Forgery and Memory from the Middle Ages to Modernity: Bishop Pilgrim at Passau
Lansdowne speaker - Dr. Levi Roach, Department of History, University of Exeter
Counterpoint or Counterfeit?
Musical presentation by Gwen Jamieson, Bill Jamieson, and Doug Hensley
Fried Liver without Liver, Omelettes without Eggs: Detecting Frauds in the Markets of the Medieval Middle East
Dr. Marcus Milwright, Art History and Visual Studies, UVic
Fake News Arthur: The Medieval Desire for the Material Arthurian Past
Dr. Robert Rouse, Department of English, UBC
Fake Jews, Fake News: Ritual Murder Stories and the Case of the Circumcised Child
Dr. Adrienne Williams-Boyarin, Department of English, UVic
Faking the Middle Ages for Racial Justice: The Power of Obvious Intervention from the Rood of Grace to Harlem Renaissance Medievalism
Lansdowne speaker - Dr. Cord Whitaker, Department of English, Wellesley College