Events
Upcoming Events
RECURRING
WINTER 2026
- April 7 from 7-9pm Italian Classics on Campus Film Screening Series (2435 North Quad)
- April 20 from 11am-1pm Sant Jordi Day: Ex Libris Workshop (RLL Commons, 4314 MLB)
- April 20 from 3:30-5pm Sant Jordi Books, Roses, & Stories (Hatcher Library Gallery)
- April 21 from 12-2pm End of Semester/Sant Jordi Celebration (RLL Commons, 4314 MLB)
- May 1 from 2-3:30pm RLL Commencement Ceremony (Michigan Theater 603 E Liberty St, Ann Arbor, MI)
FALL 2026
- Lecture to honor Javier Sanjinés featuring Bruce Mannhein: Mid-September
Event Request Process
Step 1: Get Departmental Approval
Step 2: Submit the Event Request Form once approval is obtained.
Step 3: The event team will connect with you to coordinate your event.
For more information about the event planning process, you can visit the Planning Resources page.
Elements and Edges: Inhabitable and Uninhabitable Worlds in Medieval Encyclopaedias
Dr. Luke Sunderland Durham University
Encyclopaedias portray the earth as perfectly round, nestled within concentric circles of the elements. Yet they also present a jagged earth, with borders between inhabitable and uninhabitable worlds creating geographical divisions that combine in the encyclopaedic environment with natural-historical taxonomies and anthropocentric narratives. This talk will argue that encyclopaedias interrelate concepts of elemental, human and animal bodies with landscapes shaped by histories of geological change, empire and epistemological rupture.
| Building: | Modern Languages Building |
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| Event Type: | Lecture / Discussion |
| Tags: | department of romance languages, Free, history, Humanities, Lecture |
| Source: | Happening @ Michigan from Romance Languages & Literatures RLL, Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) |
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