The Henry Charles Lea Lecture
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:
"'A Scandal to the Whole Clergy': Priests and their Partners"
Ruth Mazo Karras, Professor of History, University of Minnesota, author of Sexuality in Medieval Europe (2005).
Date: Friday, November 21, 2008
Time and location: 5:00PM, Rosenwald Gallery, 6th floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library
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
