We started with the story of the Giraffe recently killed, publicly dissected, and then fed to lions by the Copenhagen Zoo. Apart from the practical angles of…
First we thought about Azra Raza’s outcry against “Mouse Models” on The Edge, and Jeremy England’s Thermodynamic account of the origins of life. The first story complicates…
Day 1 The first class covered the following topics: A recommendation of several books and scholars, including Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter, Leslie Kordecki’s book on…
I’m told I’m 31% finished with Graham Harman’s Weird Realism. As a dabbler in speculative realism, and, especially, as an old-time Lovecraft fan forced by critical…
Creation of Adam, quadrupeds looking on. Initial framed by Wildman and Mermaid. Guyart des Moulins, Bible historiale (Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, Ms-5212 réserve, 6v. Before 1403) Medieval…
Remember the Middle Ages covers a LOT of ground. We’re talking about Europe, but not only Europe, from roughly the fall of the Roman Empire…
by KARL STEEL Over the past few months, as a kind of preparation for NCS Iceland, and also just for fun, I’ve read, in translation,…
by KARL STEEL When I teach the Prioress’s Tale, as I did twice last semester, I have typically liked asking the students “who kills the…
Finally, the medieval vernacular translation of the Bible by ANTICHRIST that we’ve all been awaiting. With assistance, no surprise, from the Saracens. From here. BnF fr. 6447.…
From here. Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 1/1, f. 5r. Guyart des Moulins, Bible Historiale, c. 1400-1450. For another pair of fish, less silly, see here,…
