Description: The idea for the Bloomfield Lectures was...[to] reflect to some extent Morton Bloomfield's wide and varied interests--in literature, in the history of philosophy, in language studies, in Judaic studies.
Brief description: Daniel Donoghue is a Professor of English at Harvard University specializing in Old English literature. James Simpson is the Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Professor of English at Harvard University focusing on late medieval and early modern Western Literature. Nicholas Watson is a Professor of English at Harvard University with research interests in medieval English literature, theology, and intellectual history.