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Florida Southern College hosts
medieval symposium

 
LAKELAND, Fla. (Oct. 18, 2002) - Florida Southern College hosts an all-day medieval symposium on "Celtic Contributions in the Middle Ages," Nov. 1 in the William M. Hollis Seminar Room on campus. The program runs from 10 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. with registration beginning at 9:30 a.m. 

This year's symposium explores the Celts of the Middle Ages, a culture that influenced the literature, art and religion of western Europe. They lived in present-day Great Britain, France, Switzerland and throughout western Europe. But their culture was dominated by the later peoples who moved across their lands, whether Roman or German or other--yet that culture never completely died, surviving in force in more remote locales such as Ireland and Wales or creeping into other cultures through motifs in music, art and literature.

The Florida Southern College medieval symposium brings together students and faculty from central Florida schools, colleges and universities (as well as members of the community at large) and, through focusing on a specific topic, introduces the audience to some particular aspects of medieval life and to the greater scholarly interest in medieval studies. Presentations by guest speakers are introductory in nature, offering overviews of the following areas of study: 

"Creating the Celt: An Odd Journey through a Debated History," presented by Dr. Kimberley Reiter, Stetson University. 

"The Tristram Cycle in Celtic Literature," presented by Ms. Susan Eschrich, University of South Florida. 

"Celtic Mythology and Spirituality," presented by Ms. Patricia McCabe-Remmell, University of South Florida. 

"Celtic Elements in Arthurian Literature," presented by Dr. Alexander M. Bruce, Florida Southern College. 

The symposium is free and open to students and faculty from central Florida schools, colleges, and universities as well as the community at large. Lunch will be available at a nominal cost. For further information, please contact Dr. Alexander Bruce at (863) 680-4440 or abruce@flsouthern.edu. Symposium information may also be obtained from at www.flsouthern.edu/eng/symposium.htm. 

About Florida Southern College
Florida Southern is a four-year, private, co-educational liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. The college offers more than 40 undergraduate majors and a master of business administration degree accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Located in Lakeland, Fla., the college is home to the largest, single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture in the world. 

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