The 2023 Conway Lectures: Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages (DAY ONE)

The annual Conway Lectures bring senior scholars of international distinction to Notre Dame each fall to speak on topics across a variety of disciplines. This year, our speakers discuss “Women and Knowledge in the Middle Ages.” On Day One, Sara Ritchey (UT–Knoxville) presents a talk “Notes on Performed Knowledge in Late Medieval Women’s Religious Communities,” and Linda G. Jones, (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) presents “Contested Female Authority and the Transmission of Knowledge in Medieval Sunni Islam.”