Past Distinguished Visiting Scholars (formerly called Visiting Professors)
2006-07
Fernando Cervantes (Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Bristol), specializes in the history of ideas in the Hispanic world. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science, April 2007.
Jonathan Crewe (Professor of English at Dartmouth University, and Director of the Leslie Center for Humanities, Dartmouth), an authority on Renaissance English prose, poetry, and drama, particularly Shakespeare. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of English, February 2007.
Anthony Cutler (Evan Pugh Professor of Art History at Pennsylvania State University) specializes in eastern medieval art, currently studying gift exchange between Byzantium and the Islamic world. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Art History, January 2007.
Robert Gimello (Visiting Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, and Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies, University of Arizona), studies the intersections between Chinese Buddhism and medieval/Renaissance European religious culture. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, January 2007.
Nicos Hadjinicolaou (Visiting Professor of Art History, University of Cyprus, and Professor Emeritus in Art History, University of Crete) is an authority on Renaissance art, particularly El Greco and his works. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Art History, March 2007.
William Jordan (Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Princeton University) specializes in late medieval European history. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of History, April 2007.
Patricia Parker (Margery Bailey Professor in English and Dramatic Literature, Stanford University) an authority on early modern English literature and Shakespeare. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of English, November 2006.
Paul Russell (Lecturer in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, Pembroke College, Cambridge), an expert in medieval Welsh language, literature, and history. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of English, January 2007.
2005-06
Harry Berger, Jr. (Professor Emeritus of Literature and Art History, University of California Santa Cruz and a fellow of Cowell College), an authority on Renaissance literature, particularly Shakespeare and Spenser, and an art historian. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of English, May 2006.
Tomasso di Campegna Falconieri (Assistant Professor of Medieval History, Urbino University), specializes in the history of Rome and the Roman church. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of History, May 2006.
Valerie Flint (G.F. Grant Professor Emerita, History, University of Hull), renowned for her work on medieval and Renaissance intellectual history, especially the history of magic in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of English, April 2006.
Marilyn Heldman (Adjunct Professor of Art History, University of Missouri, St. Louis), a medievalist and authority on Ethiopian art. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Art History, February 2006. Public lecture: “Art of the Ethiopian Church: the Formation of an African Artistic Tradition,” Thursday, February 16, 2006, at 4:00pm in Royce 314.
Jaime Lara (Associate Professor of Christian Art and Architecture, and Chair, Program in Religion and the Arts, Yale University), who has extensively studied the art and architecture of colonial Latin America, including the Mexican missions. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Art History, February 2006. Public lecture: “Rethinking the Spiritual Conquest of Mexico: the Visual Texts of a Medieval Renaissance,” Thursday, February 9, 2006 at 4:00pm, in Royce 314.
Franco Masciandaro (Professor of Italian, University of Connecticut), a specialist in Dante, thirteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian literature, and dramatic theory. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Italian, February 2006. Public lecture: “The Poetics of Friendship in Homer and Dante,” Wednesday, February 1, 2006, at 4:00 pm, in Royce 314.
Derek Pearsall (Harvard University, and Centre for Medieval Studies, University of York), one of the world's leading scholars of medieval English literature and culture. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholarin the Department of English, February 2006. Public lecture: “Piers Plowman and His After-life,” Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at 4:00 pm, in Royce 314.
Anne Lake Prescott (Professor of English, Barnard College), an authority on Renaissance and Early Modern English and French literature. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of English, January 2006. Public lecture: “Exploiting a Bad King: Saul in Early Modern England,” Thursday, January 12, 2006 at 4:00 pm, in Royce 314.
2004-05
John Blair (Fellow and Tutor in History, The Queen's College, Oxford), is a leading authority on Anglo-Saxon history, with a special interest in archaeology, architecture, and religious history. He is the author of the forthcoming book The Church in Anglo-Saxon Society (Oxford University Press, 2005). CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of History, October 2004.
Stefan Brink (Seminar for Early Scandanavian Culture and Society, Archaeology, Uppsala University), is an expert on Viking history, archaeology, and medieval landscapes in Scandanavia. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Germanic Languages, February 2005.
Eckhard Kessler (Professor Emeritus, Philosophy and History of Ideas in the Renaissance, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich), is renowned for his work on Renaissance humanisim and philosophy. He will present the Center's annual Will and Lois Matthews Samuel Pepys Lecture on May 18, 2005. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of Philosophy, May 2005.
Catherine McKenna (Professor, English and Irish Studies Program, City University of New York), specializes in medieval Welsh poetry and has edited the works of the Welsh gogynfeirdd poets. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of English, November 2004.
Meg Twycross (Professor Emeritus of English Medieval Studies, Lancaster University), is a scholar of medieval and Renaissance theater and pageatry. She also specializes in medieval iconography, and the relationship between image and word. CMRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the Department of English, February 2005.
2003-04
Alain Boureau (Director, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris), noted scholar of the intellectual history of medieval Christianity and medieval scholastic thought. CMRS Visiting Professor in the History Department, January 2003. Public lecture: “The Secularization of Time in Late Medieval Monastic Thought,” Friday, January 24, 2003, at 11:00 am, as part of the CMRS conference “Calendar Reform and Religious Reformation.”
Peter Burke (Emmanuel College, Cambridge), renowned authority on social and cultural history of the Renaissance, Renaissance popular culture, and the history of historical thought. CMRS Visiting Professor in the History Department, January 2003. Public lecture: “Reflections on the Cultural History of Time,” Saturday, January 25, 2003, at 5:00 pm, as part of the CMRS conference “Calendar Reform and Religious Reformation.”
Geraint Jenkins (Director, Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth), a specialist of Early Modern Welsh history and culture, especially the development of Welsh national consciousness. CMRS Visiting Professor in Celtic Studies, March 2003. Public lecture: “Iolo Morganwg: Renaissance Man and the Father of Welsh National Consciousness,” Saturday, March 1, 2003, time to be announced, as part of the CMRS sponsored symposium, “A Saint David's Day Celebration of Wales.”
James T. Monroe (University of California, Berkeley), an authority on Arabic studies, and Dean of the Hispano-Arabic studies program at UC Berkeley. CMRS Visiting Professor in Spanish and Portuguese, October 2002. Public lecture: “The Arabic Maquama and the Rise of the Modern Novel,” Tuesday, October 8, 2002, at 4:30 pm, in Royce 306.
Shalom Sabar (Chair, Jewish and Comparative Folklore, Hebrew University, Jerusalem), a scholar of Jewish art of the Renaissance, who has also extensively studied the image of the Jew in Renaissance “high” art and popular culture. CMRS Visiting Professor in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, April 2003. Public lecture: “Between Jews and Christians in Renaissance Italy: In the Mirror of Art,” Tuesday, April 22, 2003, at 4:30 pm, in Royce 306.
