The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast

Will Beattie, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Reed O'Mara, & Logan Quigley
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast

The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast brings medievalists from all professional and disciplinary tracks together to think and talk about the too-oft-unsung diversity of the Middle Ages. We offer public-facing, open access content directed at experts and non-experts alike to present updated, accurate, and culturally responsible accounts of the plurality of the medieval period. Series producers: Will Beattie, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Loren Lee, Reed O'Mara, and Logan Quigley. Our podcast is made possible by our partnership with the Graduate Student Committee of the Medieval Academy of America. Our Speculum Spotlight series is produced in partnership with Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, and we are especially grateful for the support of Speculum’s Editor, Katherine L. Jansen. For more information about The Multicultural Middle Ages, visit our website: https://www.multiculturalmiddleages.com For more information about the Medieval Academy of America and the work being done by its Graduate Student Committee, visit: https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/Graduate_Students.

  1. Speculum Spotlight: The Medieval Academy of America Centennial Issue

    JAN 4

    Speculum Spotlight: The Medieval Academy of America Centennial Issue

    In this episode, Will Beattie speaks with the co-editors of a special issue of Speculum: A journal of Medieval Studies (100.1) that coincides with the centennial of the Medieval Academy of America. Together, Roland Betancourt, Karla Mallette, and Will reflect on one hundred years of medieval studies and what the future may hold for the field.

    48 min
  2. Medievalists Go Online

    12/25/2024

    Medievalists Go Online

    Have you ever Googled something about the Middle Ages? Clicked a link to find out the best medieval books of 2024? If so, then you have probably found yourself on Medievalists.net at some point. In this episode, Reed and Loren interview the site’s co-founder, Peter Konieczny, to find out the history of the media outlet and what goes into building content for it. For more information, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

    39 min
  3. A Queer Look at Manuscript Illumination: Metamorphosis, Imagination, and the Ovide Moralisé

    11/25/2024

    A Queer Look at Manuscript Illumination: Metamorphosis, Imagination, and the Ovide Moralisé

    In this episode, art historian Christopher T. Richards chats with Jon and Reed about what we can learn from medieval theories of art-making and sexuality from illuminations found in manuscripts of the Ovide moralisé, an anonymous French poem composed in the fourteenth century. For more information about this conversation, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

    57 min
  4. The Medieval Peasantry: A Homogeneous Whole or a Space of Social Diversity?

    10/25/2024

    The Medieval Peasantry: A Homogeneous Whole or a Space of Social Diversity?

    What knowledge exists about medieval peasants and their lives? How do we know what we know? In this episode, Elías Carballido González explores various historical approaches to thinking about the peasantry, considers the state of the field in the present day, and discusses a handful of examples with a focus on northwest Iberia. For more information about Elías, medieval peasants, or this podcast, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

    37 min
  5. The Textual Cult of Richard Rolle: Writing Contemplation in Later Medieval England

    10/01/2024

    The Textual Cult of Richard Rolle: Writing Contemplation in Later Medieval England

    In this episode, Andrew Albin and Andrew Kraebel, the editors of Speculum's essay cluster on the textual cult of fourteenth-century mystic Richard Rolle, chat with MMA series producer and host Jonathan Correa-Reyes about Rolle's life, his works, and the contemplative life that he practiced. This episode is a collaboration with Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. For more information about Richard, Andrew, and Andrew, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

    51 min
  6. Cosmic Ecologies and Animalities in the Jewish Middle Ages

    09/25/2024

    Cosmic Ecologies and Animalities in the Jewish Middle Ages

    In this episode, MMA series producer and host Reed O'Mara chats with organizers of and participants in Cosmic Ecologies: Animalities in Premodern Jewish Culture, a recent symposium held at Northwestern University and the Newberry Library. The conversation explores medieval Jewish art and culture, particularly cosmic ecologies and their continuities across the animal-human-divine-demonic spectrum. Special thanks to Elina Gertsman, David Shyovitz, Julie A. Harris, Beth Berkowitz, and Sara Offenberg. For more about this topic and the speakers' research, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

    1h 2m
  7. The Paintings of the Hall of Kings at Alhambra, Spain

    09/25/2024

    The Paintings of the Hall of Kings at Alhambra, Spain

    Art and politics have long been intertwined in Spain. From the early medieval Visigoths to the Umayyad Caliphate to the fall of Granada under Muhammad XII in 1492, political, cultural, and artistic landscapes were continually reshaped as successive groups took power. Ghadi Amer explores the relationship between politics and art movements in medieval Spain, focusing on the paintings of the Hall of Kings in Alhambra, Spain. For more about Ghadi's research and this topic, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

    35 min
  8. Making Afghanistan Medieval

    08/25/2024

    Making Afghanistan Medieval

    Afghanistan today is often called medieval: “a broken 13th-century country” (Liam Fox), “delayed by a few centuries” (Thomas Barfield), ruled by “a medieval band of degenerate savages” (Senator Cotton). How did this label come to take hold, and where do we go from here? Join scholars Tanvir Ahmed and Sabauon Nasseri as they discuss how Afghanistan has been made out to be medieval from the British Empire to the War on Terror, and how Afghan historical writing offers multiple escapes from the historiographical trap. For further reading and more information on Tanvir, Sabauon, and this topic, visit www.multiculturalmiddleages.com.

    31 min
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About

The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast brings medievalists from all professional and disciplinary tracks together to think and talk about the too-oft-unsung diversity of the Middle Ages. We offer public-facing, open access content directed at experts and non-experts alike to present updated, accurate, and culturally responsible accounts of the plurality of the medieval period. Series producers: Will Beattie, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Loren Lee, Reed O'Mara, and Logan Quigley. Our podcast is made possible by our partnership with the Graduate Student Committee of the Medieval Academy of America. Our Speculum Spotlight series is produced in partnership with Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies, and we are especially grateful for the support of Speculum’s Editor, Katherine L. Jansen. For more information about The Multicultural Middle Ages, visit our website: https://www.multiculturalmiddleages.com For more information about the Medieval Academy of America and the work being done by its Graduate Student Committee, visit: https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/Graduate_Students.

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  • Creator
    Will Beattie, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Reed O'Mara, & Logan Quigley
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    36
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Will Beattie, Jonathan Correa Reyes, Reed O'Mara, & Logan Quigley
  • Show Website
    The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast

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