Florida MedievaList: Inaugural Meeting, Nov. 18/19, 2005, University of South Florida, Tampa, hosted by the USF Library and Special Collections
 
Provisional program

Friday, November 18
-7:30 PM: dinner at Café Don José
Saturday, November 19
-8:30 AM: breakfast at Savvy Jack's Southern Gourmet (11401 N 56TH St Ste 22)
-10:00 AM: Welcome/introduction (Mark Greenberg, USF Special Collections; James D'Emilio, USF Humanities) (Florida Studies Reading Room, 4th floor, USF Library)
-10:30: Session I, discussion of precirculated papers (Florida Studies Reading Room, 4th floor, USF Library) -12:30 PM: Lunch (Grace Allen Room, 4th Floor, USF Library) and a viewing of the third of the Sacred Leaves exhibits (Liturgy and Devotion: Manuscripts from England to Ethiopia) at the USF library, 4th Floor, Special Collections; the curator, Lesley Stone, will present the exhibition
-2:00-4:30: Session II, shorter introductions of members' research projects or issues in teaching and curricular development (moderators and organizers, Carrie Benes and Anne Latowsky) (Florida Studies Reading Room, 4th Floor, USF Library),
  • Carrie Benes, New College of Florida: The Advantages, Disadvantages, and Logistics of Curricular Re-Enactments
  • Alex Bruce, Florida Southern College: The Florida Southern College Medieval Symposium
  • James D'Emilio, University of South Florida: Medieval Galicia in the USA, Kalamazoo and Beyond
  • Nicole Discenza, University of South Florida: NEH Grant Proposal, "Geography and Cosmology in Anglo-Saxon England"
  • Maria Esformes, University of South Florida: A Year as a Fulbright Scholar in Spain

We are grateful to the USF Library and Special Collections for hosting the meeting, and we appreciate the additional support generously provided by the New College of Florida Division of Social Sciences, the USF College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, and the USF Departments of English, Humanities and American Studies, and World Language Education.

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