Annual Workshop Lecture Series

Each year CEMERS organizes an interdisciplinary “workshop” lecture series in which scholars from other institutions, along with our own faculty and doctoral students, present work-in-progress as well as polished material ready for publication.  This series is central in the Center’s mission to promote new scholarship and to foster an exchange across disciplinary boundaries.

CEMERS Workshop Lecture Series/Calendar of Events (Click for Calendars):

• Fall 2009
• Spring 2009
• Fall 2008
• Spring 2008
• Fall 2007

The Bernardo Lecture

Inaugurated in 1990 through the generosity of Aldo and Reta Bernardo, the Bernardo Lecture Series brings to campus distinguished scholars in medieval studies.  Now Emeritus, Professor Bernardo (Department of Romance Languages) co-founded CEMERS in 1966, at a time when he dominated Dante Studies.  Many of the Bernardo Lecturers have also made important contributions to this field of study, although the focus of the series is, broadly speaking, medieval literature.  The endowed lectures, which are open to the public, are also published and available for purchase (contact Global Academic Publishing at (607) 777-4495 or gporders@binghamton.edu).

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The Ferber Lecture

This annual lectureship (held in April) is named for the art historian Stanley Ferber, a specialist in medieval sculpture and Northern Renaissance painting who began teaching at Binghamton University in September 1962.  Known for his expertise in Christian, Islamic, and Jewish visual culture, Professor Ferber was very active in CEMERS programming in the 1970s.

Having published on a wide range of visual and material culture, from Carolingian ivories to the paintings of Pieter Brueghel, Professor Ferber was perhaps most widely known for the volume he compiled and edited in 1975, “Islam and the Medieval West,” which comprised a catalogue for a loan exhibition held in the Binghamton University Art Gallery, along with the papers and proceedings from the 9th annual CEMERS Conference, also titled “Islam and the Medieval West.”  

Professor Ferber died an untimely death in 1978, and the following year, the Annual Ferber Lectureship was established, to commemorate his scholarship and his humanity.  It is co-sponsored by the Art History Department.

For a complete list of Ferber Lectures, please click below...

Annual Ferber Lecture 2009 (.pdf, 481kb)
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