Inventing Paris: The Birth of a Cultural Capital in the Long 14th Century

Date/Time
Date(s) - 25 Oct 2011
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location
La Maison Francaise, NYU

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Stephen G. Nichols, James M. Beall Professor of French and Humanities at The Johns Hopkins University speaks on “Inventing Paris: The Birth of a Cultural Capital in the Long 14th Century.”

Professor Nichols also served as Director of the School of Criticism and Theory, based at Cornell, from 1995-2000. A specialist in medieval literature, art, and history, he is the author of Romanesque Signs: Early Medieval Narrative and Iconography (James Russel Lowell Prize, MLA) , among other works.