When:
Saturday, October 25, 2014
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CT
Where: Block Museum of Art, Mary and Leigh, Pick-Laudati Auditorium, 40 Arts Circle Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: M $9/G $12/ST Free
Contact:
Tom Burke
(847) 491-7946
Group: Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Category: Academic
History is full of unintended effects—especially when it comes to women. Medieval Christendom was a particularly striking instance, ushering in the downfall of pious women, from “Christ’s brides” to the “Devil’s concubines.” Northwestern University professor Dyan Elliott discusses this dire movement in the history of religion.