Premodern Walls Archives - Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

UF Intersections: Walls: A History of Civilization in Blood and Brick – David Frye

How do walls—man-made and otherwise—define global-cultural limits? How do the physical/material characteristics of walls bear on/inform/reflect/etc. their religious, political, social, and economic meanings, and vice versa? How do walls mark […]

UF Intersections: Archaeology, Walls, and Charting Premodern Technospheres – David Frye

In this workshop, Professor Frye discusses his ongoing archeological concerns with walls and their functions and how these help us map premodern technospheres. David Frye is Professor of History at […]

UF Intersections: Panel Discussion on Premodern Walls: Literal and Figurative Functions with David Frye and UF Faculty

Following his public lecture on How Ancient Walls began Modern Barriers, David Frye will participate in a Panel discussion with other UF faculty to discuss various perceptions of premodern walls. […]