Franciscans, Lovers and Critics in Medieval and Early Modern Europe

 

A Conference in Honor of John V. Fleming

 

Friday, 21 April 9:00 - 5:30
Saturday, 22 April 9:00 - 5:00
McCormick 106, Princeton University

Friday

8:30 Coffee
9:00-9:15 Welcome and Opening Comments

Session 1: Preaching

9:15-10:45 McCormick 106
 

“Observing the Observants:  Preachers, Teachers, Apostles, and the Jugglers of the Lord.”
Katherine Jansen, Catholic University.
 

“Louis IX: Preaching to Franciscan and Dominican Brothers and Nuns.”
William Jordan, Princeton University.
 

Respondent: Holly Grieco, Bryn Mawr College.
Chair: Michelle Garceau, Princeton University.

Session 2: Meditating and Remembering

11:00-12:30 Dickinson 211
 

“Between the Lines of Exile:  Expulsion, Memory, and the Poetry of Piedmontese Jews.”
Susan Einbinder, Hebrew Union College/Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati.
 

“Meat, Metaphor and Mysticism: Some Thoughts on The Doctrine of the Hert.”
Vincent Gillespie, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.
  Respondent: Rita Copeland, University of Pennsylvania.
Chair: Stefan VanderElst, Princeton University.

12:30 Lunch - Dickinson 210

Session 3: Exegesis

1:45-3:15 McCormick 106
 

“Franciscan Learning: University Education and Biblical Exegesis.”
William Courtenay, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
 

“Tobit's Dog and the Dangers of Literalism: William Woodford, OFM as Critic of Wycliffite Exegesis.”
Alastair Minnis, Ohio State University.
  Respondent: Sarah Kay, Princeton University.
Chair: Wes Yu, Princeton, University.

3:15-3:45 Break

Session 4: Possession and Power

3:45-5:15 McCormick 106
 

“Langland and the Franciscans on dominium.”
Lawrence M. Clopper, Indiana University.
 

“Using, not owning; duties, not rights: the consequences of some Franciscan perspectives on politics.”
Janet Coleman, London School of Economics.
 

Respondent: Daniel Heller-Roazen, Princeton University.
Chair: Harold Ramdass, Princeton University.

Exhibition, Talk, and Reception

5:30 Rare Books and Manuscripts Gallery, Firestone Library.
 

“Franciscan Books and Manuscripts in the Firestone.”
Don Skemer, Firestone Library.

Saturday

Session 5: Antifraternalism

9:00-10:30 McCormick 106
 

“Si sind all glichsner: Antifraternalism in Medieval and Renaissance German Literature”
Geoffrey Dipple, Augustana College.
  “Kicking the Habit: The Campaign against the Friars in Omne Bonum.”
Penn Szittya, Georgetown University.
 

Respondent: Michael Curschmann, Princeton University.
Chair: Guy Geltner, Princeton University.

10:30 Break

Session 6: Spirituals and Opponents

10:45-12:15 McCormick106
 

“Angelo of Clareno’s Chronicle as a Franciscan Apocalypse.”
David Burr, Virginia Tech.
 

“Pope John XXII in Franciscan Literature.”
Patrick Nold, Monumenta Germaniae Historica.
 

Respondent: Guy Geltner, Princeton University.
Chair: Aaron Hostetter, Princeton University.

12:30 Lunch - Dickinson 211

Session 7: After Francis

2:00-3:30 McCormick 106
 

“Imitatio Francisci.”
Lester K. Little, Smith College.
 

“Francis of Assisi, Deacon? An Examination of the Claims of the Earliest Franciscan Sources (1226-1235).”
Michael Cusato, Franciscan Institute.
 

Respondent: Giles Constable, Institute of Advanced Study.
Chair, Juliet O’Brien, Princeton University.


3:30 Break
3:45 Roundtable Discussion

5:00

Final Reception

Exhibition curated by Don Skemer, Firestone Library.

Supported by The Center for the Study of Religion; The Office of the Provost; The Council of the Humanities; The Department of English; The Office of the President, The Davis Center; Program in Italian Studies; Program in Medieval Studies.