The Henry Charles Lea Lecture

This lecture series honors Henry Charles Lea (1825-1909), one of America's greatest historians of the Middle Ages.

Lea's Library and papers are housed in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The lecture has been hosted annually by the Penn Libraries since 2004.

2008-2009 Lea Lecture:
Ruth Mazo Karras, Professor of History, University of Minnesota, author of Sexuality in Medieval Europe (2005).

"Priests and their Partners"

Date: Friday, November 21, 2008
Time and location: 5:00PM, Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library

Past Lea Lecturers:

2008: Jonathan Riley-Smith, University of Cambridge
"Some Modern Approaches to the History of the Crusades"

2007: Pawel Kras, Catholic University of Lublin
"John Wyclif's Writings in Fifteenth-Century Bohemia and Poland"
This lecture is available as a free podcast.

2006: Dyan Elliott, Vanderbilt University
2005: Peter Biller, University of York
2004: R.I. Moore, University of Newcastle