Welcome to MEMI

The Medieval and Early Modern Institute, an interdisciplinary group of scholars at the University of Alberta, seeks to promote contact among different disciplines and theoretical approaches involved in the investigation and critical representation of the medieval and early modern world.

MEMI Film Festival

2012-01-25
We are screening Alexander Nevsky (dir. Sergei Eisenstein, USSR 1938) on Wednesday, February 8th at Metro Theatre at the Garneau. The film will be introduced by Dr. Felice Lifshitz, and will be followed by a brief talk on the place of Nevsky in Russian culture and history by Dr. Jelena Pogosjan, of the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies. The program begins at 6:30pm.


Current MEMI Initiatives

2011-11-22
As a result of discussions preceding and during the AGM, the MEMI board is working to globalize the mandate of the group. We are also developing interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate certificate programs. Finally, we are working on a new model for a virtual annual comparative pre-modern studies conference, to be sponsored jointly with Athabasca University. Please contact the director (felice.lifshitz@ualberta.ca) if you would like to help with any of these initiatives.

MEMI Officers Elected

2011-10-12
At the Annual General Meeting held on October 6, 2011, the following individuals were elected as MEMI Officers:

Director: Felice Lifshitz
Liam Farrer
Patrick Kobek
Kristine Kowalchuk
Kaitlyn Plumb

Kris Calhoun continues on the Executive Board as Administrative Officer.

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Histories on the Margin: Contemporary Approaches to Conceptualizing the "Other"

From March 01, 2012 to March 02, 2012
Time: TBA
Location: TBA
A graduate student conference, co-sponsored by MEMI and the History and Classics Graduate Student Association. Keynote speakers: Dr. Nadia Altschul, from Johns Hopkins University, a specialist on postcolonial studies, temporality, and the “Middle Ages” in Latin America; and Dr. Richard Burgess, from the University of Ottawa, a specialist on late Roman chronicles, late Roman history and historiography, and late Roman coinage. The CFP is still open. Please submit your abstract and a CV to conference.hcgsa@gmail.com by 13 January 2012.
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