Digital Seminar series

Gender and Ageing in Premodern Europe

Welcome to this digital seminar series, addressing various aspects of ageing in Premodern Europe from a gender perspective.

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Updated: 04.03.2022 (First published: 16.02.2022)

This seminar series brings together scholars from different national, disciplinary and methodological backgrounds whose works address various aspects ageing in Premodern Europe from a gender perspective. It provides a forum for international and comparative discussions and aims to formulate new questions for future research.

Each session will feature a presentation by an invited speaker, followed by a discussion.

Programme

17 February 16.00-18.00	Religious Experiences of Older Women during the Late Middle Ages – How elderly women were involved in Christian practices and conventual life Ninon Dubourg, Université de Liège
31 March 16.00-18.00	Old Age and Aging in Medieval Iceland Jón Viðar Sigurðsson, Universitetet i Oslo
28 April 16.00-18.00	Medically Male: Old Women in Early Modern Medicine Lynn A. Botelho, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
26 May 16.00-18-00	Obscene Old Age: Senescence and Sexuality in Late Medieval French Poetry Camille Brouzes, Université Grenoble Alpes
16 June 16.00-18.00	Waiting for the End: The Old Age of Sança Ximenis de Foix (c.1397-1474) Mireia Comas-Via, Universitat de Barcelona

Open Digital Seminar Series

Students, staff, and the broader public are invited to learn more about the the research field of Gender and Ageing in Premodern Europe through five digital lectures.

Registration

Please register for the seminars via this form. A link will be sent to all registered participants a day in advance.

questions?

If you have questions regarding the lectures, please contact Laura Cayrol-Bernardo

The lectures

Religious Experiences of Older Women during the Late Middle Ages

Dr. Ninon Dubourg from Université de Liège gives the first lecture of the seminar series regarding Gender and Ageing in Premodern Europe.

Old Age and Ageing in Medieval Iceland

Professor John Vidar Sigurdsson (University of Oslo) gives a lecture in the seminar series Gender and Ageing in Premodern Europe.

Old Women in Early Modern Medicin

Dr. Lynn Bothelo (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) gives this lecture for the seminar series Gender and Ageing in Premodern Europe

Senescence and Sexuality in Late Medieval French Poetry

Camille Brouzes (Université Grenoble Alpes) gives this lecture in the seminar series Gender and Ageing in Premodern Europe

The Old Age of Sança Ximenis de Foix (c.1397-1474)

Lecturer Professor Mireia Comas-Via (Universtat de Barcelona) gives this lecture for the seminar series Gender and Ageing i in Premodern Europe

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