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SUMMARY:Talk by Dr Jane Gilbert: Maps and Monsters in the Middle Ages - Dr
 . Jane Gilbert\, Senior Lecturer in French at UCL
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CONTACT:Patrick Baert
DESCRIPTION:Who lived on the edge of the medieval world\, and what lay at 
 its centre? What journeys – real or imaginary – did medieval cartograp
 hy enable? Starting from copies of actual medieval mappaemundi (world maps
 )\, we will explore a world that came before such modern ideas as national
 ism or eurocentrism\, and visit some of the weird and wonderful beings who
  populate its edges. \n\nBiography:\nJane Gilbert is Senior Lecturer in Fr
 ench at UCL. She is a specialist in medieval French and English literature
 \, and in modern critical theory. She is especially interested in how the 
 strange qualities and practices of the Middle Ages can throw light on the 
 strangeness of today’s.\nFor more information\, email us at info.allianc
 e.cam@gmail.com or call us on 01223 561 854.\n
LOCATION:Alliance Francaise 60 Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1LA
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