Lecture. Kenneth Brown: “When is a 'Christian' Medieval and Early Modern European Text a 'Jewish' Text?”
Department of French, Italian and Spanish, University of Calgary
In his presentation, with the aid of the latest imaging technology coupled with a holistic philological analysis, Prof. Brown will visually demonstrate how five medieval and early-modern canonical literary and artistic works of Spanish literature and
Professor Kenneth Brown teaches at the University of Calgary. His research interests include: Spanish Golden-Age literature, the Catalan Baroque and Sephardic Studies. He is the author of Lo que sabía Cervantes del judaísmo, del criptojudaísmo manchego y de ser converso en la España áurea (Editorial Academia del Hispanismo, 2012).
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. For further information, please contact the Centre for Medieval Studies at (416) 978-4884.