Calendar - Fall 2007
September 10, 2007
10:00 am – 12:30 pm;
2:00 – 4:30 pm,
5:30 – 7:00 pm
Dauer Hall, Room 215: Reception
and Film Screening
Europa Europa: Europe in Philosophy,
History, Literature, Music and Film, aA conference to
discuss Europe, and its “alterities”. Co-sponsored
by the Center for Jewish Studies and the Center
for European Studies.
September 19
1:55 – 2:45 pm, Dauer Hall, Room 215
Long Mantles and Short Coats: Charlemagne and Roland in
the Window at Chartres, a slide lecture on the Charlemagne
window at the cathedral of Chartres in France presented by
Dr. Mary Jane Schenck, University of Tampa.
Studies of the Charlemagne window at Chartres have accepted that the iconography is based on three Latin texts that retell important episodes in the Emperor’s life. Although The Song of Roland is not considered a textual source, Roland has been identified in so many panels in the window that he seems to eclipse Charlemagne. Only the intense modern interest in the epic explains the distortion, not iconographic evidence. This lecture will argue that the figure with the long red mantle in four contested panels is Charlemagne, whereas Roland, who makes few appearances, is clothed in a short coat of mail. The identification of the Christian warrior in three of these panels has been debated, but the mounted single combat (#16), is so well known as Roland that it is an icon for his legend. The traditional wisdom is overturned through a careful comparison of costumes, color, and helmet style. The lecture will also introduce the idea that the vernacular, not Latin version of the Pseudo-Turpin Chronicle is a source. This new reading repositions Charlemagne as the focal point of the window and offers insights into individual panels, especially the famous rondel with Roland, Durendal, the oliphant, and a surprise enemy.
October 2-6, 2007
Visit of His Excellency, Dr. Henri Lopes, Ambassador of the Republic of Congo to France, and internationally-renowned author. Co-sponsored by the Center for African Studies and the France-Florida Research Institute.
October 3, 2007,
Dauer Hall 219, 4:00 – 5:00 pm
L'Ecrivain africain aujourd'hui
Conférence
en Français/Lecture
in French
October 5, 2007, Dauer
Hall 219, 3:30 – 5:00
pm
Baraza. Reception following the lecture.
November 8, 2007
4:00 pm, Gerson Hall 126
“The Social Dimension
of Globalization: the Role of the International Labor Organization
(ILO)”, presented by Jean-Francois Trémeaud,
former Director of ILO. Co-sponsored by the UF
International Center, the Center
for European Studies, and the France-Florida
Research Institute.
