Upcoming

30 October 2026, 4:00–6:00 PM. Natalie Clifford Barney at 150. University of Dayton.

Past

Poet Talk on WMUA. Hosted by Ellen Miller-Mack, podcast episode. 11 June 2026, 6:00–7:00 PM.

Christine de Pizan in Translation(s) (A Roundtable). Sponsored by the International Christine de Pizan Society North American Branch, 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies. Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI. 16 May 2026, 10:30 AM–12:00 PM.

Sappho in Trouble: A Roundtable. Headmistress Press. Zoom. 9 May 2026, 12:30 PM.

French Lesbian Icons: Mireille Best, Natalie Barney, and Translators. Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni’s Room, Philadelphia, PA. 5 May 2026, 6:00–7:30 PM.

Mad Poets First Wednesdays. Mad Poets Society. Community Arts Center, Wallingford, PA. 3 December 2025, 7:00 PM.

Vintage Sapphic Poetry Workshop. Sappho Women Festival. Town Hall, Skala Eresou. 19 September 2025, 10:00–11:00 AM.

Vintage Sapphic Poetry Workshop. Sappho Women Festival. Town Hall, Skala Eresou. 13 September 2025, 12:30–1:30 PM.

Cultivating Voices Pride Parade. Hosted by Sandy Yannone. Zoom (1:13:30). 15 June 2025.

Some Say Sappho, reading with the winners of Sappho’s Prize in Poetry. Hosted by Mary Meriam. Zoom. 30 June 2024.

Cultivating Voices Pride Parade. Hosted by Sandy Yannone. Zoom (1:13:40). 16 June 2024.

Love and Letters. Hosted by Elliott BatTzedek. Featured readers: Anne Myles and Moira Egan. Main Point Books, Wayne, PA. 2 June 2024.

Poetry reading with open mic. Hosted by Dorit Avganim. Manzanita, Philadelphia, PA. 24 May 2024.

“ ‘Take Warning, All You Ladies, By My Fate’: Speakers and Listeners in Christine de Pizan’s Cent ballades d’amant et de dame and Lai mortel.” 49^th Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, The University of the South, Sewanee, TN. April 2024.

“Natural Punctuation: Reading Verse in the Manuscripts of Christine de Pizan.” Manuscript (He)Art: A Research Group for Manuscript Evidence Symposium in Thanks to Jesse Hurlbut, online. February 2024.

Dr. Claire Schwartz in conversation with Dr. Samantha Pious. JSP Meltzer Internship Event, organized by David Katz. Philomathean Society, University of Pennsylvania. 17 April 2023.

“Sentement, a Theme and Variations: Self-Quotation in Christine de Pizan’s Cent ballades d’amant et de dame.” Tenth International Christine de Pizan Colloquium. Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France. June 2019.

“ ‘I have not written, father, as I should’: Suor Lucia’s Prose Style in the Life and the Revelations.” Patristic, Medieval, and Renaissance Conference. Villanova University. 2016.

“From Sentement to ‘Sentiment’: Translating Christine de Pizan’s Authorial Self-Representation in 100 Ballades: Lover & Lady.” Ninth International Christine de Pizan Colloquium. Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. 2015.

Scheduling

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