Researching Charlemagne

An introductory series of undergraduate-aimed lectures on new methodologies for studying the Carolingian world.

For any info, please reach out to Martina Carandino at: mailto:martina.carandino@history.ox.ac.uk
Type: Seminar Series
Series organisers: Conrad Leyser, Martina Carandino
Timing: Fridays at 14:00

Talks:

Friday 2 May 2025

The World of Charlemagne
Date: 2 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Martina Carandino (Worcester College, Oxford)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Memorial Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Tuesday 6 May 2025

Carolingian Augustinianism: Politics after Augustine in Alcuin of York and Hincmar of Reims
Date: 6 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Alberto Garzoni (Keble College, Oxford)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Memorial Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 16 May 2025

The Carolingian Renaissance. Education and Learning
Date: 16 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Martina Carandino (Worcester College, Oxford)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Staircase 5 Lecture Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 23 May 2025

Context of Carolingian Commerce: Trade and Coinage on the fringes of the Ninth Century
Date: 23 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Nathan Websdale (Wolfson College, Oxford)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Memorial Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 30 May 2025

Carolingian imperial expansion and religious minorities. Christian-Jewish relations under Charlemagne and Luisthe Pious
Date: 30 May 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Pilar Rivett (Lincoln College, Oxford)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Staircase 5 Lecture Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 6 June 2025

Tolle Lege. Discovering Carolingian Manuscripts at the Bodleian Library
Date: 6 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker s: Martina Carandino (Worcester College, Oxford), Matthew Holford (Bodleian Library)
Venue: Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Friday 13 June 2025

Legal Perspectives on the Tangible (and Decentralized) Manifestations of Charlemagne’s Empire
Date: 13 June 2025, 14:00 - 15:00
Speaker : Paolo Costa (Department of Law, University of Genoa)
Venue: Worcester College, Walton Street OX1 2HB
Venue Details: Memorial Room
Organisers: TBA
Hosts: TBA

Editors: Laura Spence, Belinda Clark