Medieval French Seminar (Thu. 29th Oct.)

Picture1On Thu. 29th Oct. at 5pm, the Cambridge Medieval French Research Seminar will welcome Professor Emma Dillon from King’s College London to give a paper on ‘Music and the medieval French romance tradition’. The venue is the Audit Room, King’s College, Cambridge. Papers last between 20 and 50 minutes, and are followed by discussion. Wine and water will be served.

Professor Emma Dillon is Professor of Music. She worked at the Music Department at the University of Pennsylvania until 2012 first as an Assistant Professor and later as a Full Professor, and also served as Chair of the Department. She has been a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley, a Member and Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Studies (School of Historical Studies) in Princeton, and a Visiting Scholar at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. She joined the Music Department at King’s in 2013, and is also an active member of the Centre for Late Antique and Medieval Studies.