Join the Medieval Institute for its twenty-first annual Mellon Colloquium. The colloquium is a half-day public seminar discussion with the institute's 2022–23 Mellon Fellow, Prof. Mireille Pardon (Assistant Professor of History, Berea College), on her book-in-progress, joined by three distinguished respondents: Andrew Brown (Massey), Chanelle Delameillure (KU Leuven), and Ellen Kittell (Idaho).
Professor Pardon's project examines how people thought about homicide in fifteenth-century Flanders, and how changes in the perception of killing over time impacted judicial practice. Medieval reconciliation procedures, a feud-like understanding of violence, and an emphasis on pecuniary penalties declined as spectacular, bodily punishment took center stage. Drawing on the wealth of archival resources for late medieval Flemish cities, her work explores slow cultural shifts in concepts of honor, masculinity, and the common good to give a new perspective on the birth of early modern punitive justice.
This event will be held in-person as well as over Zoom. Please register for Zoom to reserve your virtual spot. No registration is required for the in-person event.
Questions about this event? Email us at medinst@nd.edu
Schedule
9:45 a.m. Refreshments
10:00 a.m. Colloquium begins
11:45 a.m. Lunch provided
12:30 p.m. Speaker roundtable and Q&A
1:30 p.m. Conclusion
N.B. The order of speakers will be added shortly.
Originally published at medieval.nd.edu.