“FRACTALS, FRAGMENTS, AND LACUNAS: MINDING THE GAP IN MEDIEVAL WORLD(S)”

The 11th Annual Colloquium of the UW-Madison Graduate Association of Medieval Studies (GAMS) will take place on April 5th, 2024, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., in the Conrad A. Elvehjem Building and Special Collections in Memorial Library. The theme of the conference is “Fractals, Fragments, and Lacunas: Minding the Gap in Medieval World(s).” Events will include three panels and a Special Collections workshop and keynote lecture by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis, Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America, entitled “Blank Space: Filling Lacunae in Codices and Fragments.”

Click here for a schedule, and register for the Special Collections workshop here.

The conference is made possible by generous support from Associated Students of Madison (ASM), as well as the Medieval Studies Program, the Religious Studies Program, and the Departments of English, History, Art History, and German, Nordic, and Slavic+ (GNS+). For more information, please contact GAMS President Helen Smith (hesmith7@wisc.edu).