Autumn Colloquium: Jerusalem

November 21

(Venue Information)

Transport for London will be conducting engineering work on Saturday 21st November.  To check the scheduled works please visit the tfl website www.tfl.gov.uk and follow the link to weekend engineering work.  You should then be able to enter the date of the Colloquium and view what tfl intend.

10.30 - 11
Coffee and Registration

Morning Session

11.00 – 11.45
Ora Limor (Open University of Israel)
One Holy Site Shared by Three Religions: The Case of Pelagia's Tomb in Jerusalem

11.45 – 12.20
Eyal Poleg (Centre for the History of the Book,University of Edinburgh)
The Maccabees, Piety and Fundraising: A Little-Known Poem from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem

12.20 – 12.25
Anthony Bale (Birkbeck College, University of London)
The Prison of Christ and the Red Mountain Chapel: Rebuilding Jerusalem in the Later Middle Ages

12.55 – 1.40
Lunch, bring your own; tea and coffee available

Afternoon Session

1.40 – 2.15
Yossef Rapoport (Queen Mary, University of London)
Jerusalem as a Muslim City

2.15 - 2.50
Ann Nichols (Winona State University)
De locis sanctis in CCCC, MS 426, f. 72r (f. 155r)

2.50 – 3.25
Liz Mylod (Institute for Medieval Studies, University Leeds)
Pilgrim Descriptions of Jerusalem in the Thirteenth Century

3.25 – 3.55  Tea

3.55 – 4.30
William Purkis (University of Birmingham)
TBA

4.10 – 5  Dicussion and Close