Washington and Lee University
September 26: MRST Luncheon: Chavis Room, Elrod Commons, "E" hour. MRST alums Rory Gray and Matt McDermott, both of the class of '04, now W&L Law '07, will share their reflections on "The MRST Major Three Years After."
September 26: Public Lecture: Northen Auditorium, 4:30 PM. Professor Alexandra Brown of the Religion Department will deliver the Class of '62 lecture on "The Apostle Paul and the Corinthian Women."
October 24: MRST Luncheon: Chavis Room, Elrod Commons, "E" hour. Professor Rebecca Benefiel of the Classics Department will share some of her research on "Writing on the Walls: Graffiti in Pompeii."
November 28: MRST Luncheon: Chavis Room, Elrod Commons, "E" hour. Professor Alexandra Brown of the Religion Department will share her thoughts (and welcome ours!) on "The Corinthian Women" and the issue of head coverings and women's authority in I Corinthians 11.
January 24: Joint Luncheon of MRST and Women's Studies Programs: Chavis Room, Elrod Commons, "E" hour. Professor Margaret Morse of the Art Department will make a presentation on "Gender, Religion and Art in the Venetian Domoestic Interior."
February 13: Joint Luncheon of the MRST and Women's Studies Programs: Room 345, Elrod Commons, "E" hour. Professor Domnica Radulescu of the French Department will discuss "The Impact of Gender Studies on Renaissance Performance."
March 5: Joint Luncheon of the MRST and Women's Studies Programs: Chavis Room, Elrod Commons, "E" hour. Professors Edwin Craun and Genelle Gertz-Robinson of the English Department will examine how "Margery [Kempe] Talks Back to Her Accusers."
April 27: Public Lecture: Newcomb 9, 4:00 PM. Professor Nicholas Baker of Northwestern University will speak on "Naked Men in the Piazza: Politics and Bodies in Renaissance Italy."
May 9: MRST Luncheon: Chavis Room, Elrod Commons, "E" hour. MRST major Alejandro Selin will discuss his senior MRST thesis on "Medieval Pilgrimage and St. James of Compostela."
May 28: Public Lecture: Northen Auditorium, 7:00 PM. Professor Albert Ascoli, the Gladyce Arata Terrill Distinguished Professor in Italian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, will speak on "The Will to Authorship: Virgil