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Dr. Brian FitzGerald is Lecturer on Medieval Studies and the Study of Religion at Harvard University. A scholar of medieval history, his research focuses on the intellectual and religious culture of Europe from the twelfth to the fo­urteenth century.  His first book, Inspiration and Authority in the Middle Ages: Prophets and their Critics from Scholasticism to Humanism (2017), examined how medieval intellectuals in France, England, and Italy sought to understand and resolve competing claims of divine inspiration or prophecy.  His other research interests include medieval historical consciousness, medieval literary theory, interactions between eastern and western Christianity, and the history of education. 

Join us for this talk, hosted by Sattler’s student-run Anthropos Society, in which Dr. Brian FitzGerald will consider the question: How have Christians in the past understood the role of learning and the preservation of culture in the face of continual historical change?