Speculum Spotlight: Rethinking Grand Narratives: Mobility, Diet, & Health in a Small Corner of Early Medieval Hampshire
In this episode, Robin Fleming and Sam Leggett discuss their work on an early fifth-century cemetery in the English village of Alton. Using bioarchaeological evidence from bones and teeth, they have made precise discoveries about the diets of individuals buried at Alton, their states of health, and even the ages at which they migrated from wetland ecosystems down tot he drier territory of the South Downs. Fleming and Leggett’s analysis helps to revise and refine long-held ideas about barbarian invasions and the fall of the Roman Empire.For more information, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.
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Queer Medievalism & the Cult of Gay Relics: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in Australia & the USA
In this episode, Michael D. Barbezat (Australian Catholic University) and Miles Pattenden (Oxford University) explore the "queer medievalism" of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in the early 1980s. They discuss the Sisters' creation of "gay relics" in San Francisco, USA and Sydney, Australia, highlighting how the Sisters drew on the intellectual traditions of medieval Christianity to repurpose remnants of destroyed urban spaces as holy relics.For more information, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.
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So What? Arthuriana and the Public Humanities
In this episode, Margaret Sheble (webmaster/contributing editor for Arthuriana), Arielle McKee (Outreach Coordinator for The So What), and Brittany Claytor (Assistant Outreach Coordinator) discuss the origins and importance of the new public humanities journal The So What.For more information, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.
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Modern Uses of the 'Medieval': A Conversation with The Medievalist Toolkit
In this episode, Jonathan Correa Reyes speaks with Robin Reich, Alice Grissom, and Benjamin Bertrand to discuss the work of The Medievalist Toolkit, medievalisms, some of the many ways in which the "medieval" seeps into contemporary political and public discourse, and the importance of outreach.For more information, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.
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French Fantasies in the Medieval North: Translating Old French Romances at the Court of King Hákon Hákonarson of Norway
Old Norse translations of Old French romances played a critical role in introducing ideas of courtliness and chivalry and cultivating a shared European literary culture in thirteenth-century Norway. In this episode, scholar of Old Norse studies Mary Catherine O’Connor examines the reasons for translation, how these translations were produced, and a case study of one translated work to consider the role of cultural encounter as it is revealed through translation and literary transformation.For more information, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast brings medievalists from all professional and disciplinary tracks together to think and talk about the too-oft-unsung diversity of the Middle Ages. We offer public-facing, open access content directed at experts and non-experts alike to present updated, accurate, and culturally responsible accounts of the plurality of the medieval period.Series producers: Will Beattie, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Loren Lee, Reed O'Mara, and Logan Quigley.Our podcast is made possible by our partnership with the Graduate Student Committee of the Medieval Academy of America. Our Speculum Spotlight series is produced in partnership with Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies.For more information about The Multicultural Middle Ages, visit our website:https://www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.
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