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2007 Fall Semester Events (Medieval and Renaissance Semester)
- Friday, August 31, 2007
12:30p - 1:30p, Temple Court 205
“Penitents, Martyrs, and Ghost Riders on the First Crusade” Marco Colloquium with Dr. Jay Rubenstein of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville History Department.
- Friday, August 31, 2007
3:30pm - 5:30pm on the second floor of Temple Court Marco Open House,
Meet & Greet with new faculty, light refreshments provided
- Saturday, September 8, 2007
Opening day
Frank H. McClung Exhibit “Sacred Beauty: A Millennium of Religious Art, 600 to 1600”
(to run all semester)
- Friday, September 14, 2007
9:00a - 3:00p, Circle Park
Medieval Faire
- Tuesday, September 18, 2007
7:30p, McClung Museum
Dr. Kathryn Salzer (University of Tennessee) will give a public lecture entitled "Frankish Monasteries in Medieval Greece." This lecture will be the first in the East Tennessee Society's annual series for 2007-2008. A reception will follow.
- Thursday, September 20, 2007
5:00 pm, Hodges Library Auditorium
Boston Camerata Director Joel Cohen will give Marco's annual Riggsby Lecture on "Music of the Three Religions in Medieval Spain." Please join us for the concert afterward in Cox Auditorium!
- Thursday, September 20, 2007
8:00 pm, Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building
Boston Camerata performance “Cantigas: Christians, Jews, and Muslims at the Court of King Alfonso the Wise."
- Wednesday, September 26, 2007
4:00 pm, Black Cultural Center Multipurpose Room
Dr. Lester K. Little (Smith College) will give a public lecture entitled "Dress Rehearsal for the Black Death" as part of the Life of the Mind Program.
For more information about Dr. Little's work, please CLICK HERE.
For more information about the Life of the Mind Program, please CLICK HERE.
- Tuesday, October 9, 2007
8:00 pm, Music Building Auditorium
Boston Camerata performance “Nueva España: Close Encounters in the New World, 1590-1690."
- Saturday, October 13, 2007
10:00 am to 4:00 pm, Knoxville Arts & Culture Alliance Annex at the corner of Gay St. and West Jackson Ave
Boston Camerata “Singing School: A Celebration of American Folk Hymnody."
- Monday through Sunday, October 15-21, 2007
Shakespeare Week with the Actors from the London Stage (AFTLS), who will give three performances of "Macbeth" in the Clarence Brown Theatre:- Wednesday, October 17 at 10:00 am for Knox County Schools
- Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 pm for Clarence Brown Theater patrons
- Friday, October 19 at 7:30 pm for campus and community
- Tuesday, October 16, 2007
7:00p, McClung Museum Auditorium
Mary Magdalene Evening, featuring Dr. Robert Bast, Dr. Amy Neff, members of the Boston Camerata and the Actors From The London Stage Please join us for this fascinating program of lectures, music and dramatic reading dedicated to the art and legend surrounding Mary Magdalene and to the Mary Magdalene monstrance and reliquary currently on display in the Sacred Beauty exhibit in McClung Museum.
- Wednesday, October 17, 2007
7:00p, McClung Museum Auditorium
Dr. A. R. Braunmuller (UCLA) will be a guest lecturer.
A reception will follow.
For more information about Dr. Braunmuller's work, please CLICK HERE.
- Friday, October 19, 2007
12:30p - 1:30p, Temple Court 205
Marco Colloquium with Dr. A.R. Braunmuller
"Editing Shakespeare"
- Tuesday, October 30, 2007
3:30p, Alumni Memorial Building room 32
Boston Camerata mezzo-soprano Anne Azéma will be giving a guest lecture entitled "Old Stories, New Voices: Singing and Saying in Medieval Narrative"
- Thursday, November 1, 2007
4:00p, Black Cultural Center Multipurpose Room
Dr. Elizabeth Clark (Duke University)
Dr. Clark will lecture on "The Celibate Bridegroom and His Virginal Brides: Metaphor and the Marriage of Jesus in Early Christian Ascetic Exegesis"
A reception will follow.
For more information about Dr. Clark's work, please CLICK HERE.
- Thursday through Saturday, November 15-16, 2007
Sixth Annual Marco Symposium, “Saints and Citizens: Religion and Politics in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance”
- Friday, November 16, 2007
8:00 pm, Music Building Auditorium
Boston Camerata performance “The Abbey of Love: Songs of the Troubadours and Trouvères, 1200-1400.”
- Friday, December 14, 2007
4:00 pm, Temple Court 205
Marco Christmas Tea