Letter from the Organizers:
To all Stanford medievalists:
Greetings!
We would like to announce the formation of a new club on the campus, the
Stanford Medieval Club! This club has been founded to address the
following pressing issues facing the Stanford Community, so far as the
Middle Ages are concerned:
- the general lack of awareness of the Medieval Studies Program among
members of the Stanford community;
- the general lack of familiarity with, and indifference towards the
Middle Ages, that is prevalent among members of the Stanford community;
In the spirit of the great and enduring papal and monastic reforms of the
eleventh and twelfth centuries, we have created, therefore, an organization
whose underlying purpose is to address these lamentable conditions.
Specifically, the core objectives for the Stanford Medieval Club shall be:
- To foster and to increase a greater awareness and appreciation of the
Middle Ages amongst members of the Stanford Community, as well as a
greater awareness of the Medieval Studies Program at Stanford;
- To encourage undergraduates to enroll in greater numbers in the
available medieval studies classes; and
- To increase and to enhance faculty-student interaction, at the
undergraduate level, for students in the Medieval Studies Program at
Stanford.
The Club hopes to attain these objectives through hosting numerous
activities and events throughout the school year, including but certainly
not limited to: a movie series on medievalism and its continuing influence
and spell on the modern psyche, experience, and imagination; a faculty
speakers' series; a medieval studies cafe night; and two faculty-student
luncheons.
If you are interested in having your name added to the Medieval Club's
electronic mailing list, simply send an e-mail to majordomo@lists, with
the following message typed within the body of the message: "subscribe
medieval-club". People who subscribe to the list will receive all of the
club's news about group meetings, and upcoming events and activities.
Although the four founders of the club are all undergraduates, one of the
central goals of this club is to increase a sense of community amongst
those affiliated with the Medieval Studies Program at Stanford, whether
they be faculty members, post-doctoral fellows, graduate students, or
undergraduate students. Therefore, everyone is encouraged, and is more
than welcome to join, by subscribing to the e-mailing list.
Sincerely,
Jeffrey Hom ('01, medieval studies)
Lily Kao ('00, medieval studies)
Lyra Chidoni ('02, medieval studies)
Nancy Alvarez ('01, medieval studies)
The border of this page is based on the ornament from The Book of Kells--an illuminated manuscript of the four Gospels, produced in the early 9th century by Irish monks in the scriptorium of Iona.
