On September 12, 2025, the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts will host a day-long symposium commemorating Elizabeth (Peggy) A. R. Brown’s extraordinary legacy in the field of Medieval Studies. The event will also mark the official launch of the Elizabeth A. R. Brown Medieval Historians’ archive, a new initiative at Penn Libraries to collect the professional papers of scholars of the Middle Ages and of associated professional organizations. The goal of the symposium is to honor Peggy’s legacy and gift by celebrating research on her area of specialty, namely Medieval France.

The symposium will consist of three panels of short papers devoted to subjects featured in Peggy’s work: source and archive; politics and kingship; and liturgy and sacred image.

The day will also include an introduction to the research possibilities and historical interest of the medievalists’ archive at Penn, presented by the Elizabeth A.R. Brown Archivist, an endowed position in the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts. The day will conclude with reminiscences by friends, students, and mentees, and a reception for all attendees.

Co-organized by Nicholas Herman (Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies) and Ada Kuskowski (Department of History). Closing reception generously sponsored by the New York Medieval Society.

Click here to make a donation to the Elizabeth A. R. Brown Medieval Historians’ Archivist Fund.

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September 12, 2025, 10:00am – 7:00pm

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts (Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt Library, University of Pennsylvania) & Online

Open to the Public

Source : Penn Libraries