Date: Monday, September 16th, 2024, from 12:15-1:45PM  

Location: Calder Lounge (Uris Hall 107)

Series: Patriarchal Violence

Speaker: Eleanor Johnson (Columbia University)

Patriarchal violence in the home has a long and profoundly troubling history. Recent and contemporary American law and culture have made great strides in identifying and responding to acts of violence in the home. But progress has been slow, and slowing down in the face of new mechanisms and technologies of abuse. In order to understand and respond to current modes and forms of domestic violence, we need to look back—way back to the English Middle Ages—to see the practical and ideological origins of domestic violence. Getting into the core religious and social beliefs that medieval people held about women's rights to autonomy and safety in the home sheds an uncomfortable but important light on social values and jurisprudence since the 1960s.

Free and open to the public

Registration is required - Please register in advance to reserve your spot

Due to current campus access levels, all prospective attendees must register by 9:00PM on Sunday, September 15th. Registration will close at that time.