History of Art Professor Karl Whittington will be speaking at a symposium at OSU on “Medieval and Renaissance Maritime Humanities.” This event brings together six scholars from OSU and around the country to discuss issues centered on medieval and Renaissance maritime humanities. Papers from historical, literary and environmental perspectives will address such topics as underwater archaeology and the ethics of recovering historic shipwrecks; evolving patterns of fishing and consumption; shipboard entertainers; and the representation of the sea in the poetry of Dante. A day of talks on Friday will be followed by a roundtable discussion on Saturday morning. All are welcome to participate.
The keynote speaker will be Dr. Roberta Morosini (European Languages and Transcultural Studies, UCLA), presenting “Between Discordant Shores: Mobility, Blu Humanism and the Futures of Europe, from Dante to Petrarch."
For the full schedule, talk titles and bios, go to the event web page.
