Profs & Pints DC: Medieval Monsters

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Medieval Monsters,” with Lilla Kopár, a professor of medieval literature and culture at Catholic University who teaches courses on medieval monster lore and Norse mythology.

Bar the door and clutch your sword. Profs and Pints is about to bring you a Halloween-season visit from the monsters that kept medieval people awake throughout long, dark nights.

Your guide in touring this menacing menagerie will be Dr. Lilla Kopár, an expert on early medieval England and Scandinavia who teaches Catholic University’s students about things that terrified in days of yore. Her illustrated talk will explore the origins of medieval monster lore in the classical, biblical, and Norse mythological traditions. It also will give us a much more nuanced understanding of monsters, explaining how we don’t just fear them, but love them and badly need them in our lives.

Among the questions Dr. Kopár will tackle: What, exactly,…