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Discover the Middle Ages: A Week of Exploration, Connection, and Insight

July 6–11, 2025

Sunday, July 6
3:00-5:00 pm Program Registration Early Fielding Foyer
6:00-6:55 pm Opening Reception Lykes Atrium
7:00-8:10 pm Opening Dinner Kamen Gallery
8:15-9:00 pm Active Learning/Ice Breaker TBD
Monday, July 7
9:00-9:05 am Announcements Science Addition G14
9:05-9:55 am Up from the Ashes: Christian Europe in the Age of Charlemagne
George Bent, Sidney Gause Childress
Professor of the Arts		 Science Addition G14
9:55-10:15 am Discussion
10:15-10:35 am Break
(Group Photo)		 Great Hall
10:35-11:25 am The Byzantine Bridge
George Bent, Sidney Gause Childress
Professor of the Arts		 Science Addition G14
11:25-11:50 am Discussion
12:00-1:15 pm Lunch Evans Hall
1:30-2:20 pm The Gupta Empire 320-550 CE: Materiality and Moralityin India’s Golden Age
Melissa Kerin, Professor of Art History		 Science Addition G14
2:20-2:35 pm Discussion
2:35-2:45 pm Break
2:45-4:00 pm Getting to Know W&L Better: “Meet W&L Summer Research Students & Learn What They Are Exploring
4:00-6:00 pm Free Time
Swimming Pool Open (4:30-5:30 pm)
6:00-7:00 pm Reception Tucker Hall
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner Evans Hall
Tuesday, July 8
9:00-9:05 am Announcements Science Addition G14
9:05-9:55 am Out of Arabia: A Retro Avant-GardeEarly Islamic Art
Theo Van Loan, Visiting Professor of Art		 Science Addition G14
9:55-10:15 am Discussion
10:15-10:35 am Break Great Hall
10:35-11:25 am Architecture in Europe
Lorenzo Vigotti, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow, University of Bologna		 Science Addition G14
11:35-11:45 am Discussion
12:00-1:15 pm Lunch Evans Hall
1:30-2:20 pm City, Sight, Spectacle and the Era of Caliphs
Theo Van Loan, Visiting Professor of Art		 Science Addition G14
2:20-2:35 pm Discussion
2:35-2:45 pm Break
2:45-3:45 pm Seminar Extra Credit Florence As It Was: Digital Reconstruction of a Medieval City
George Bent, Sidney Gause ChildressProfessor of the Arts		 Science Addition G14
3:45-6:00 pm Free Time
Swimming Pool Open (4:30-5:30 pm)
6:00-6:50 pm Reception Gaines Hartog Commons
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner Evans Hall
8:15-9:15 pm Documentary (TBD) Stackhouse Theater
Wednesday, July 9
9:00-9:05 am Announcements Science Addition G14
9:05-9:55 am Philosophy: West to East to West
Nathaniel Goldberg, Professor of Philosophy		 Science Addition G14
9:55-10:15 am Discussion
10:15-10:35 am Break Great Hall
10:35-11:25 am Pilgrimages and Their Sites in Western Europe 
George Bent, Sidney Gause Childress Professor of the Arts		 Science Addition G14
11:25-11:45 am Discussion
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch Evans Hall
1:30-2:20 pm

 Pilgrimages and Their Sites in Buddhist South Asia (3rd Century CE-10th Century CE)
Melissa Kerin, Professor of Art History		 Science Addition G14
2:20-2:35 pm Discussion
2:35-6:00 pm Free Time
Swimming Pool Open (4:30-5:30 pm)
6:00-8:00 pm Lexington at Home Reception Hotchkiss House
8:15-9:00 pm Explore and Practice: Music of Heaven in All Things
Martha Burford, Minister of Music		 Grace Episcopal Church
Thursday, July 10
9:00-9:05 am Announcements Science Addition G14
9:05-9:55 am India’s Great Temple Cities of the 11th Century CE: Thanjavur and Khajuraho
Melissa Kerin, Professor of Art History		 Science Addition G14
9:55-10:15 am Discussion
10:15-10:35 am Break Great Hall
10:35-11:25 am Silk Road or Silk Network? Trade in Medieval Eurasia
Matthew Chalmers, Visiting Assistant Professor of History		 Science Addition G14
11:25-11:45 am Discussion
12:00-1:30 pm Lunch Evans Hall
1:30-2:20 pm Architecture in the Middle East
Lorenzo Vigotti, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow, University of Bologna		 Science Addition G14
2:20-2:35 pm Discussion
2:35-2:45 pm Break
2:45-4:00 pm Seminar Extra Credit Getting to Know W&L Better: Deepening Awareness of W&L’s Rich History
Matt Davis, Director of Institutional History Museum		 University Chapel
4:00-6:00 pm Free Time
Swimming Pool Opens (4:30-5:30 pm)
6:00-6:50 pm Reception Watson Galleries Rotunda
7:00-8:00 pm Dinner Evans Hall
8:15-9:15 pm Trivia Night: What Did You Discover This Week? Hillel House
Friday, July 11
9:00-9:05 am Announcements Science Addition G14
9:05-9:55 am Points of Contact Between the West & the Middle East
Lorenzo Vigotti, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow, University of Bologna		 Science Addition G14
9:55-10:10 am Discussion
10:10-10:20 am Break Great Hall
10:20-11:10 am The Crusades: God’s War in the Middle East
Matthew Chalmers, Visiting Assistant Professor of History		 Science Addition G14
11:10-11:25 am Discussion
11:30 am-12:00 pm Faculty Panel Science Addition G14
12:00-1:00 pm Lunch Evans Hall