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MYTHIC HEROES OF THE MIDDLE AGES<br>
</b>Sponsored by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, in
conjunction with the General Education Cluster Course 30, “Neverending
Stories: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Myth.”<br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2>As a prelude to the symposium, there will be
a screening of Robert Zemeckis’ film<i> <b>Beowulf</i> on Friday, April
16, from 7 – 9 pm, in Royce 314</b>.<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>Saturday, April 17, 2010<br>
<dd>Royce 314, UCLA</b></font><br>
<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>Program<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>9:30 Coffee and Baked Goods<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>9:45 Welcoming Remarks<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>10:00 Robert Bjork (Arizona State
University, Tempe), “Beowulf: The Hero of the Multitudinous Faces”<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>11:00 Break<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>11:15 Katherine McLoone (UCLA),
“Roland’s Time and Place”<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>11:45 Kendra Willson (UCLA), “Inside and
Outside in Gísla saga Súrssonar”<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>12:15 – 1:30 Lunch Break<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>1:30 Heather Maring (Arizona State
University, Tempe), “Christ as Hero in the Old English Advent Lyrics and
the Dream of the Rood ”<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>2:30 Break<br><br>
<dd>2:45 Anna Pagé (UCLA), “Heroes and Heroic Families: The Kinship
Relations in Math uab Mathonwy”<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>3:15 Malcolm Harris (UCLA),
“Self-Consuming Heroism in Beowulf ”<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>3:45 Antone Minard (California
State University, Northridge), “Irish Heroes and Monsters in Bricriu’s
Feast”<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>4:15 Break<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>4:30 John Miles Foley (University of
Missouri, Columbia), “The Genus ‘Hero’ in South Slavic Oral Epic”<br>
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<dd><font face="Verdana" size=2>5:30 Conclusion<br>
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<font face="Verdana" size=2>Advance registration is not required. Please
sign the attendance sheet at the door. No fee. Seating is limited,
available on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking: Please use the
Self-Pay Parking in UCLA Lots 2, 3, or 4. Parking information and maps
are available online at
<a href="http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/portal/1002187">
http://map.ais.ucla.edu/go/portal/1002187</a>.<br>
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For more information, contact CMRS at 310-825-1880 or
<a href="mailto:cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu">cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu</a>.<br>
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