Faculty note: Sherman

Prof. Heidi Sherman of Humanistic Studies and History will present the paper “Doubtful Commerce: Did Novgorod Export Flax and Linen to Western Europe in the Middle Ages?” at the invitational workshop, Textiles and Economy in the Middle Ages, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark April 19 – 21.  The workshop is sponsored by the Danish Research Council and the Center for Textile Research.  The papers will be published in summer 2012.  More information on the workshop, including paper abstracts.