MARS Events – Medieval and Renaissance Studies – Carleton College

Thursday, Jan 18, 2024 - Friday, Jan 17, 2025

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January 2024

Thu 18

5:15pm Ira T. Wender Lecture in Middle East Studies: From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language in the Middle East by Professor Jack Tannous, Princeton University - 1h Leighton 305

Sat 20

11:30am MARS Fiber Arts Workshop II: Knitting Your Own Plague Rat - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 236
4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h (event repeats) Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

Wed 24

4:30pm Talk by Dr. Joshua Mugler, “Preserving the World’s Cultural Heritage in Minnesota: The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library.” - 1h In-Person • Gould Library Athenaeum

Sat 27

11:30am MARS Fiber Arts Workshop III: Knitting Your Own Plague Rat - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton 236

Sun 28

3:00pm Don't Fret...Viola da Gamba Masterclass - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31

February 2024

Thu 1

12:00pm That Dark and Ominous Grove: The Anti-Garden of Seneca's Thyestes - 1h In-Person • LDC 244 • from Classics

Sun 4

3:00pm Don't Fret...Viola da Gamba Masterclass - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31

Tue 6

12:00pm The Past in Public Space: Monuments and Memory in Antiquity and Today - 1h In-Person • LDC 104 • from Classics

Thu 15

6:30pm History, Religion, and Urban Change in Medieval and Renaissance Rome Info Session - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304 • from Off-Campus Studies
6:30pm Mysticism as a Way of Being - 1h 45m In-Person • Weitz 236 • from Office of the Chaplain

Wed 21

4:30pm Herbert P. Lefler Winter Lecture - Since Time Immemorial: Native Custom and Law in Colonial Mexico - Yanna Yannakakis - 1h 30m In-Person • Leighton Hall 305 • from History

Thu 22

12:00pm Public Talk: Dr. Christopher Saladin, "Visualizing Roman Carthage: Digital Mapping in an Ancient North African City" - 1h In-Person • LDC 104
7:30pm History Movie Knight! - Monty Python & The Holy Grail - 2h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from History

Thu 29

5:00pm Public Talk: Benjamin Hansen (U of MN): Christians and Others in Umayyad Palestine: Religious Interaction, Competition, and Cooperation - 1h In-Person • Laird 205

March 2024

Mon 25

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31

Tue 26

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31

Wed 27

4:00pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31

April 2024

Thu 4

12:00pm Ships and Sea Chests and Swords, Oh My! 3D Scanning in German Museums for the Virtual Viking Longship Project - 1h In-Person • Leighton 304

Sat 6

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

Wed 10

4:00pm Embodiment and Racial Bias in "Brendan's Voyage" - 1h In-Person • Leighton 305 • from Digital Arts and Humanities

Sat 13

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

Sat 20

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

Wed 24

5:00pm Flowing, Firm: Nature and Mastery in Bernini's Braids with Karen Lloyd - 1h In-Person • Boliou 104 • from Art & Art History

Sat 27

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

May 2024

Sat 4

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

Sat 11

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

Sat 18

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

Sat 25

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

June 2024

Sat 1

4:00pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • KRLX.org (88.1 FM)

September 2024

Thu 12

3:30pm MARS First Year Info at Academic Fair - 1h 30m In-Person • Carleton College Recreation Center

Tue 17

4:30pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity M31.

Wed 18

4:30pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity M31.

Thu 19

11:40am CGRS Welcome Ice Cream Social - 1h 40m In-Person • CGRS Lounge Leighton 4th Floor • from Center for Global and Regional Studies (CGRS)
4:30pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz Center for Creativity M31.

October 2024

Tue 1

12:00pm Can You Dig It? Summer Fieldwork and Research - 1h In-Person • Anderson 121 • from Classics

Sat 5

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM

Sat 12

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM

Thu 17

12:00pm Dr. Seamus Dwyer: Scripts and Literature: Graphic Design and Literary Criticism in the Manuscripts of England and France, 1370-1425 - 1h In-Person • LDC 104
3:00pm Making Meaning of Manuscripts. A Manuscript Workshop with Dr. Seamus Dwyer - 1h 30m In-Person • Gould Library 171 (Special Collections)
6:30pm Majors and Minors Fair with MARS SDAs - 1h 30m In-Person • Great Hall

Sat 19

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM

Tue 22

5:00pm Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship Presentations - 1h In-Person • TBA

Sat 26

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM
6:15pm Visit to Early Music Concert: Sospiri--A Concert of Birds - 4h 15m In-Person • Olivet Congregational Church ● 1850 Iglehart, Saint Paul, MN

Tue 29

5:00pm Boyd-Niles Travel Fellowship Celebration - 1h 15m In-Person • Leighton 330

Thu 31

9:00am Dress Rehersals of the Minnesota Opera's “Romèo et Juliette” - 6h In-Person • Ordway Music Theater 345 Washington St St Paul, MN 55102 • from Classics
5:00pm Early Modern Aesthetics: A Missing Link by Susan Byrne - 2h In-Person • The Athenaeum (Gould 406) • from Spanish

November 2024

Sat 2

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM

Fri 8

2:30pm Mapping the World Before Mercator: A Pop Up Map Show - 1h 30m In-Person • Gould Library 170, Special Collections

Sat 9

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM

Sat 16

2:30pm MARS Radio Hour - 1h Virtual • On KRLX 88.1 FM

Tue 19

2:00pm Carleton's Community Archaeology Day 2024 - 2h In-Person • Anderson Atrium and Anderson 121 • from Archaeology

January 2025

Tue 7

12:00pm Early Music Instrument Petting Zoo - 1h In-Person • Weitz M31 (lower level)

Wed 8

3:45pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 (lower level)

Thu 9

3:45pm Early Musical Instruments Petting Zoo - 1h 30m In-Person • Weitz M31 (lower level)

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