Synopses & Reviews
This inaugural lecture argues that the modern university should foster the interdisciplinary approach of medieval texts and study.
Synopsis
In her inaugural lecture Gillian Evans discusses the interdisciplinary approach of medieval study and texts. She makes a convincing argument for the return to such an approach, showing how the modern university could benefit from the medieval methodology which fostered an unrestricted approach to learning.
Synopsis
In this inaugural lecture Gillian Evans discusses the interdisciplinary nature of medieval study and texts. The discussion shows the holistic and unfettered approach of medieval scholarship to be in sharp contrast to the compartmentalised approach of today's educational system which is bound by distinct disciplines. She argues that the modern university can benefit from breaking these bounds and looking to the medieval methodology which did not recognize separate disciplines but rather sought the pursuit of knowledge in an unrestricted manner.
About the Author
G. R. Evans is Professor of Medieval Theology and Intellectual History at the University of Cambridge. Her previous publications include The Church and the Churches (052146286X), Method in Ecumenical Theology (0521553040), Getting it Wrong: the medieval epistemology of error (Brill, Leiden, 1998), and Bernard of Clairvaux (Oxford University Press, 2000).