Conference on fourteenth-century universities, to mark the 700th anniversary of the establishment of the King's Scholars, taking place at Trinity College and open to all.
The King’s Scholars, Cambridge and the Fourteenth-Century Universities
A Conference to mark the Septcentenary of the Establishment of the King's Scholars in the University of Cambridge on the Foundation of King Edward the Second
Except where otherwise stated, sessions will take place in the OLD COMBINATION ROOM, TRINITY COLLEGE
The conference is open to everyone who is interested. For the public lectures, please simply come. If you wish to attend any of the papers, it would be helpful if you e-mail John Marenbon at jm258@cam.ac.uk, though it is not essential.
Tuesday 4 July 2017
9.45 Welcome
10.00 King’s Hall. Its architecture and physical setting. Gabriel Byng (with tour) [Unfortunately, the places on this tour are limited, and have now been taken]
11.30 Coffee break
12.00 Fourteenth century Legal Education in King’s Hall, Cambridge Richard Helmholz
13.00 Buffet lunch
14.30 Theology in the early Fourteenth-century Universities Richard Cross (with response from Antonia Fitzpatrick)
16.00 Tea
16.30 Public Lecture 1: King's Hall and Michaelhouse in the Context of Fourteenth-Century Cambridge William Courtenay – Winstanley Lecture Theatre (followed by reception in Blue Boar common room)
Wednesday 5 July
10.30 Logic in the early Fourteenth-century Universities Sten Ebbesen
11.30 Coffee break
12.00 Medicine in the early Fourteenth-century Universities Danielle Jacquart
13.00 Buffet lunch
14.00 Visit to special exhibition in the Wren Library (guided by Nicolas Bell)
14.30 Fourteenth-century Cambridge and its Manuscripts Rodney Thomson
15.30 The Aristotelian Curriculum (ethics, natural science, metaphysics) in the early Fourteenth-century Universities Iacopo Costa
16.30 Tea
17.00 Public Lecture 2: Thinking Inside and Outside the Universities in the Fourteenth Century Philip Knox and John Marenbon – Winstanley Lecture Theatre (followed by reception in Blue Boar common room)