Washington and Lee University
October 6: MRST Luncheon: Professor Matthew Bailey of Romance Languages, speaking on his current book project, "Oral Composition in Thirteenth Century Castilian Narratives."
November 12: Public Lecture: Professor Thomas S. Freeman of Oxford University, "Women Martyrs During the Reign of (Bloody) Mary."
November 13: MRST Luncheon: discussion with Professor Freeman on Henry VIII and religious polemic.
January 21: MRST Luncheon: Professor Scott Johnson of Classics speaking about his latest book project, "All the World's Knowledge: Geography and Literature in Late Antiquity."
February 4: MRST Luncheon: open discussion with faculty and students about the MRST major.
February 27: Symposium on Science, Society and the Arts: MRST panel on "Recent Trends in Medieval and Renaissance Scholarship"; papers by majors Brittany Simpson, Matthew Price and Julia Miglets.
March 4: MRST Luncheon: major Brittany Simpson presenting on her Senior Thesis "The Creation and Transformation of the Company of St. Peter Martyr in Santa Maria Novella, Florence."
March 23: Public Lecture: Professor James Simpson of Harvard University, "Learn to Die: Late Medieval English Images Before the Law."
March 24: MRST Luncheon: discussion with Professor Simpson of recent trends in the study of medieval and early modern English and Latin literatures.
April 28: MRST Luncheon: Professor George Bent of Art and Art History, speaking on "Santa Maria della Tromba and Performances of Villainy."
May 1: Alumni Reception.
May 4: MRST Luncheon: major Matthew Price presenting on his Senior Honors Thesis, "Milton, Arianism and Virtue."
May 13: Public Lecture: Professor William Layher of Washington University, "Horrors of the East: Vlad Dracula and the Turkish Threat in Fifteenth Century Germany."
May 14: MRST Luncheon: discussion with Professor Layher
May 18: MRST Luncheon: major Julia Miglets presentation on her Senior Honors Thesis, "Our Lady of Viterbo: Women's Devotion to the Passion in Late Medieval and Renaissance Italy."
June 4: Graduation reception in honor of majors Julia Miglets, Matthew Price and Brittany Simpson.