UWP Lecturers Fwd: Mythic Heroes of the Middle Ages

[John Ganim]

>MYTHIC HEROES OF THE MIDDLE AGES
>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.”
>
>As a prelude to the symposium, there will be a 
>screening of Robert Zemeckis’ film Beowulf on 
>Friday, April 16, from 7 – 9 pm, in Royce 314.
>
>Saturday, April 17, 2010
>Royce 314, UCLA
>Program
>
>9:30  Coffee and Baked Goods
>
>9:45  Welcoming Remarks
>
>10:00 Robert Bjork (Arizona State University, 
>Tempe), “Beowulf: The Hero of the Multitudinous Faces”
>
>11:00  Break
>
>11:15  Katherine McLoone (UCLA), “Roland’s Time and Place”
>
>11:45 Kendra Willson (UCLA), “Inside and Outside in Gísla saga Súrssonar”
>
>12:15 – 1:30 Lunch Break
>
>1:30  Heather Maring (Arizona State University, 
>Tempe), “Christ as Hero in the Old English 
>Advent Lyrics and the Dream of the Rood ”
>
>2:30  Break
>
>2:45 Anna Pagé (UCLA), “Heroes and Heroic 
>Families: The Kinship Relations in Math uab Mathonwy”
>
>3:15  Malcolm Harris (UCLA), “Self-Consuming Heroism in Beowulf ”
>
>3:45  Antone Minard (California State 
>University, Northridge), “Irish Heroes and Monsters in Bricriu’s Feast”
>
>4:15  Break
>
>4:30 John Miles Foley (University of Missouri, 
>Columbia), “The Genus ‘Hero’ in South Slavic Oral Epic”
>
>5:30  Conclusion
>
>
>Advance registration is not required. Please 
>sign the attendance sheet at the door. No fee. 
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>
>For more information, contact CMRS at 
>310-825-1880 or <mailto:cmrs at humnet.ucla.edu>cmrs at humnet.ucla.edu.
>
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