Arizona Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies
Arizona State
University, P.O. Box 874402, Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
Phone: (480) 965-5900
Fax: (480) 965-1681
Medieval Academy of America:
Committee on Centers and Regional Associations
Centers, Programs, and Committees
A - F
University of Arizona | Arizona State University | University of Arkansas | Ball State University | Binghamton University | Brandeis University | Brigham Young University | University of British Columbia | Brown University | California State University, Long Beach | University of California, Berkeley | University of California, Davis | University of California, Los Angeles | University of California, Santa Barbara | Catholic University of America | Central European University | University of Chicago | Claremont Colleges and Graduate University | Colorado College | Columbia University | University of Connecticut | Convivium (Siena College) | Cornell University | Drury University | Duke University | Emporia State University | Five College Medieval Studies Seminar | Florida International University | Fordham University
Quick Links
[Centers, G-O] [Centers, P-Z] [Regional Associations]
[Libraries and Research
Institutes]
[Cara Data Project Home Page] [Medieval Academy Home Page] [ACMRS Home Page]
The University of Arizona: Medieval,
Renaissance, and Reformation Committee
http://fp.arizona.edu/uamarrc/
Chair: Laura Hollengreen
School of Architecture
PO Box 210075, 1040 N. Olive
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721-0075
Phone: 520-621-6751
laurah@email.arizona.edu
Affiliated faculty: 35
Fellowships: Research/travel, 2-5 at $500 each (for faculty and
graduate students).
Financial aid: No more than $1000 in any year.
Symposia/workshops: 1 or 2 per year. Annual Work-in-Progress Symposia for UA
faculty and graduate students. Annual
International Symposia on medieval and early modern studies, organized by
Albrecht Classen of German Studies.
Lectures: 2-5 per year.
Special emphases: Sponsoring guest speakers; supporting
undergraduate and graduate students; encouraging collegial interchanges among
faculty and students; supporting faculty research. Criteria for membership: UA
faculty, staff, student.
Annual budget: $10,000, including travel/expenses for annual CARA
conference.
ACMRS
(Arizona Center for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies)
http://www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs/
Director: Robert E. Bjork
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 874402
Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
Phone: 480-965-5900. Fax: 480-965-1681
acmrs@asu.edu
Staff: William Gentrup, Assistant Director; Jennifer
Michaud, Research Coordinator; Todd Halvorsen, Manager of Design and
Production; Roy Rukkila, Managing Editor; Audrey Walters, Program Coordinator; Leslie
MacCoull, Editorial Assistant; 1-3 research assistants.
Affiliated faculty: see website
Undergraduate Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies:
Requirements: 4 semesters of language course work (2 semesters Classical Latin
and 2 semesters of Classical and/or Medieval Latin or of a vernacular language
of the period); 2 semesters of course work in medieval and Renaissance studies
outside the major discipline; thesis in the area of medieval or Renaissance
studies.
Graduate Certificate in Medieval Studies: The certificate is
offered at both the M.A. and Ph.D. levels. Requirements: 1 semester of Medieval
Latin (2 semesters for Ph.D.), with proficiency demonstrated either by
achieving a grade of 'B' or better in the medieval Latin course(s) or by
satisfactory performance on the medieval/Renaissance Latin examinations offered
by the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto (the requirement
presupposes 2 years of undergraduate training in Latin); 2 semesters (3
semesters for Ph.D.) of a medieval vernacular language; 1 semester of
paleography; 2 semesters of course work outside the major
discipline (3 semesters for Ph.D.); thesis or dissertation in the area of
medieval studies.
Graduate Certificate in Renaissance Studies: The certificate is
offered at both the M.A. and Ph.D. levels. Requirements: same as above except
that the language course requirement may be fulfilled in Renaissance Latin and
a modern language, and the thesis or dissertation is in the area of Renaissance
studies.
Fellowships and visiting appointments: 1 or 2 annually.
Financial aid: 1 graduate student travel award, and 1
undergraduate book award.
Research assistantships: 1 (50% time).
Publications: Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies (MRTS:
book series, consisting of editions, translations, reference works, and
studies); Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (book series,
published by Brepols); ACMRS Occasional Publications (book series including
works that are not necessarily scholarly in nature but have relevance to the
teaching and study of the Middle Ages and Renaissance); Studies in Medieval
and Renaissance History (journal, published annually by AMS Press); Early
Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal (with the Center for
Renaissance & Baroque Studies, University of Maryland, and the Society for
the Study of Early Modern Women); Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts in Microfiche
Facsimile (the project is making available all manuscripts containing
Anglo-Saxon); Iter (an on-line gateway to the Renaissance, co-sponsored with
the Renaissance Society of America and the University of Toronto); MRTS Online
(hosted by ITER at the University of Toronto).
Conferences: ACMRS Annual Interdisciplinary Conference each
February. 12th Annual Conference 16-18 February 2006
Symposia/workshops: An annual public symposium is held each fall
with the exception of this year. The next symposium will be Fall 2007 on the Real
and Fancied World of the Vikings.
Lectures/concerts/theater/exhibits: Busy schedule of sponsored
and co-sponsored events throughout the year; see website.
Fundraising/outreach: See ASU; symposia as above; medieval and
Renaissance excursions for kids; semi-annual newsletter.
Special emphases: ACMRS was established in 1981 by the Arizona
Board of Regents as a statewide research unit. ACMRS is housed centrally on the
campus of Arizona State University and is charged with coordinating and
stimulating the interdisciplinary exploration of medieval and Renaissance
culture. Its activities cover a period roughly from 400 to 1700 CE. ACMRS
coordinates programs at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona State
University in Tempe, and the University of Arizona in Tucson. These programs
include a fall and spring lecture series, a fall symposium, a spring
conference, and musical performances and art exhibitions. ACMRS has established
an exchange program at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge and at the University
of Copenhagen and the University of Kalmar.
University of Arkansas
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Contact: William A. Quinn, Director
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Kimpel Hall 333
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701
wquinn@uark.edu
Ball
State University: Committee for
the Advancement of Early Studies
Contact: Bruce W. Hozeski
Department of English
Ball State University
2000 W. University Ave.
Muncie, IN 47306-0460
Phone: 765-285-8456 (direct), 765-285-8584 (dept. office)
Fax: 765-285-3765
bhozeski@bsu.edu
Affiliated faculty: Robert Benson (landscape architecture),
Donald Gilman (modern languages and classics), Bruce Hozeski (English), William
Magrath (modern languages and classics), Andrew Seager (architecture), Dorothy Stegman
(modern languages and classics), Frederick Suppe (history), Ellen Thorington
(modern languages and classics). Participants are invited by the rest of the
committee on basis of discipline and specialty.
B.A. Minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies: 24 hours of
required and elective course work, including 15 hours of core classes and 9
hours from either English, modern languages and classics, or history.
Conferences: Annual interdisciplinary conference for
undergraduates, graduate students, new and established scholars (covering all
areas of Classical, medieval, and Renaissance studies) is held at Ball State
University on Friday and Saturday of the second or third week of October.
Conference includes a plenary speaker, book and art displays, concerts, and
sometimes other performances.
Special emphases: All areas of early, medieval, and Renaissance
studies.
Binghamton
University: Center for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
http://cemers.binghamton.edu/cemers-hp.html
Director: Karen Barzman
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton University
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Phone: 607-777-2130
Fax: 607-777-4373
cemers@binghamton.edu
Secretary: Anna DiStefano adistefa@binghamton.edu.
Affiliated faculty: Barbara Abou-El-Haj (art history), Karen E.
Barzman (art history), Charles Burroughs (art history), John Chaffee (history),
Zu Yan Chen (German, Russian, and East Asian languages; Director of Asian
Studies), Marilynn Desmond (English, comparative literature), Bonnie Effros
(history), Shin Yi Hsu (geography), Saul Levin (classics), Michael C.
Mittelstadt (classics), Samuel Morell (Judaic studies), Rosemarie Morewedge
(German), Francis X. Newman (English), Thomas O'Connor (Romance languages),
Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit (classics/comparative literature), Dora Polachek (Romance
Languages), Anthony Preus (philosophy), Don Quataert (history, Middle East and
North African Studies Program), Lawrence Roberts (philosophy), Michael Sharp
(English), William H. Snyder (linguistics), Dana Stewart (Romance languages),
Sandro Sticca (Romance languages), Albert H. Tricomi (English), Elizabeth C.
Tucker (English), Nancy Um (art history), Alvin P. Vos (English), Gayle
Whittier (English), Daniel Williman (classics).
Curriculum: The medieval studies curriculum includes 4 core
courses and electives in 4 tracks: Foundations of Western Law and Government;
England and the North; Mediterranean Cultures and Literatures; Visual Culture
in Social Context.
Degrees/certificates: B.A. major in medieval studies:
Interdisciplinary, structured around the cultures of medieval western Europe
and adjoining regions. 11 courses are required, including 1 seminar. B.A.
minor: Requires 6 approved courses from at least 3 separate departments. Majors
or minors in medieval studies may be combined with other programs, such as
women's studies, anthropology, or history.
Publications: Mediaevalia (biennial journal); Bernardo Lecture
Series.
Conferences: Regular conferences and workshops. 35th conference:
"Theater and the Visual Arts in the Middle Ages and Renaissance: Aspects
of Representation" 10/20-21/06; 34th conference: "Science,
Literature, and the Arts in the Medieval and Early Modern World"
10/22-23-04; 33rd conference: "Recovery: An Interdisciplinary Conference
on Pre-Modern Responses to Catastrophe and Convulsion," 11/1-11/2/02.
Lectures: Annual Aldo S. Bernardo Lecture and Annual Ferber
Lecture. 2006 Ferber Lecture: Medina Lasansky (Cornell University) 4/6/06; 2005
Ferber Lecture: Samuel Kinser (Northern Illinois University) 4/28/05; 2004
Ferber Lecture: Richard C. Trexler (Binghamton University), 4/15/04; 2005 Bernardo
Lecture: Nancy Regalado (New York University) 11/18/05; 2004 Bernardo Lecture:
Rachel Jacoff (Wellesly College), 3/4/04.
Workshops: Ali Bounani (Binghamton University), 2/25/04; Sarah
French (Wells College), 3/24/04; Dana Stewart (Binghamton University), 4/21/04.
Community donors: Aldo Bernardo, Anthony Pellegrini, plus 10-12
other community members.
Brandeis
University
Program in Medieval Studies
Contact: William E. Kapelle
Dept. of History, Brandeis Univ.
Waltham, MA 02254-9110
kapelle@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Brigham
Young University: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies (MARS) Group
Coordinator: Gideon O. Burton
Dept. of English, Brigham Young Univ.
3081 JKHB
Provo, UT 84602-6116
Phone: 801-378-3525.
Number of members: 35-40.
Statement of purpose: The Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MARS)
Group is a collegium of faculty and staff devoted to the study of the arts,
sciences, history, religions, and languages of the East and West throughout the
Middle Ages and Renaissance. MARS is interdisciplinary by design and seeks to
bring together scholars from diverse fields, including history, literature and
comparative literature, philosophy, musicology, classics, codicology, art
history, and others. Through scholarly exchange among its members and with
visitors outside the group, MARS promotes understanding of the Middle Ages and
the Renaissance that transcends disciplinary limitations and illuminates the
complex yet cohesive nature of these periods. MARS sponsors colloquia at which
members can report on their work in progress, discuss methodology, exchange
ideas, and entertain reports from visiting scholars. MARS is also committed to
the use, study, and publication of the unique collection of manuscripts,
incunabula, and early printed books in the Special Collections of the Harold B.
Lee Library at Brigham Young University. MARS does not offer courses or degrees
in medieval or Renaissance studies, but most of its colloquia are open to the
university community and the public. Membership in MARS is open to any member
of the Brigham Young University faculty and staff involved in work appropriate
to the group or interested in its aims. MARS is directed by an executive
committee and administered by a coordinator under the direct sponsorship of the
College of Humanities and associated colleges.
Committee on Medieval
Studies
Director: Richard W. Unger
Department of History
University of British Columbia
1297 - 1873 East Mall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1
CANADA
Phone: 604-822-5178
Fax: 604-822-6658
richard.unger@ubc.ca
Affiliated faculty: Leslie Arnovick (English), Leanne Bablitz
(Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies), Patricia Badir (English),
Paul Bartha (Philosophy), Daniela Boccassini (French, Hispanic and Italian Studies),
Courtney Booker (History), Laurel Brinton (English), Paul Burns (Classical,
Near Eastern, and Religious Studies), Derek Carr (French, Hispanic, and Italian
Studies), Robert Daum (Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies), Sian
Echard (English), Alexander Fisher (Music), Nam-Lin Hur, (Asian Studies), Carol
Knicely (Art History, Visual Art and Theory), Evan Kreider (Music), Richard
Menkis (Classical, Near Eastern and Religious Studies), Joshua Mostow (Asian
Studies), Stephen Partridge (English), Chantal Phan (French, Hispanic and
Italian studies), Arlene Sindelar (History), Richard Unger (History), Mark
Vessey (English), Gernot Wieland (English), E. Hector Williams (Classical, Near
Eastern, and Religious Studies), Brownwen Wilson, (Art History, Visual Art and
Theory), Mava Yazigi (Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies), Karl
Zaenker (Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies).
Degrees: A B.A. with a major in Medieval Studies is offered.
Requirements: 4 introductory core courses selected from approved list; 10
upper-level courses in the Middle Ages, to be chosen from 2 or more departments
in consultation with the medieval studies advisor. It is possible to specialize
in the Middle Ages and/or the Renaissance in M.A. or Ph.D. programs in most
relevant departments in the Faculty of Arts, as well as in the School of Music,
but there is no graduate program in medieval studies.
Workshop: 37th Medieval Workshop, “Measurable Advantages: Transportation, Trade, and
Technology between the Ancient and Modern Worlds,” 02/04-03/04/08; 36th
Medieval Workshop, “The Performance of the Past: History and Histrionics
in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages,”10/27-10/28/06; 35th Medieval
Workshop: "Cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Fresh
Perspectives, New Methods," 10/28-10/29/05; 34th Medieval Workshop:
"Medieval Authorship: Theory and Practice" (2004); 33rd Medieval
Workshop, "Noble Ideas and Bloody Realities: Warfare in the Middle Ages,
378-1492," (2003); 32nd Medieval Workshop: "Promised Lands: The
Bible, Christian Missions, and Colonial Histories in Latin Christendom from the
Late Roman Empire to the European Settlement of North America," (2002);
31st Medieval Workshop: "Women and Early Modernity in Europe and Asia
(10-18th Century)," (2001)
Lectures: Warren C. Brown,
California Institute of Technology, “The Norms of Violence in Medieval France during the
Tenth and Eleventh Centuries,” 14/09/07; Peter C.M.
Hoppenbrouwers, Universities of Amsterdam and Leiden, “Holland’s advance: a triumph
over post Black Death economic contraction,” 12/10/07.
Brown
University
Program in Medieval Studies
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Medieval_Studies/
Chair: Joseph Pucci
Department of Classics and Department of Comparative Literature
Box 1905
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Phone: 401-863-2958 (direct), 401-863-1994 (dept.)
Program Manager: Maria_Sokolova@Brown.edu
Participating faculty: See WWW site.
Degree programs: B.A. is offered. Concentration in Medieval
Cultures Requirements: Ten courses approved by the Program in Medieval Studies
including two courses in medieval history and one 100 or 200 level course that
uses primary texts in a medieval language other than Middle English. Concentration
in Late Antique Cultures Requirements: Two courses, one each in Roman History
and Medieval History. One course at the advanced level in one approved language
(Latin, Greek, Hebrew or one of the medieval vernaculars). Six other courses
drawn from appropriate offerings and with the approval of the concentration
advisor. These courses
should support a concentrational area of interest. Honors in both
concentrations are awarded to those students who complete the required courses,
present a meritorious Honors Thesis, and meet the academic standards for Honors
in the department of the thesis advisor.
Research Assistantships: Undergraduate Research and Teaching
Assistantships administered through the Dean of the College Office.
Teaching Assistantships: Available in home departments of
faculty.
Lectures: Stephen A. Mitchell, Department of Germanic Languages and
Literatures and Program in Folklore and Mythology, Harvard University, “Viking
Age Tales of Adventure and History”; Stratis Papaioannou, Brown University “Eros, Rhetoric and
Performance: The Myrrha Story in Twelfth-century Constantinople”; Sharon Kinoshita, University of
California, Santa Cruz, “Old French Literature and New French Studies in the
Medieval Mediterranean”; Ian Straughn, Brown University “When Baghdad Ruled the
World, What Happened to Syria: Archaeology, Economics and the Abbasid Empire”; James McIlwain, Professor of Neuroscience,
Emeritus, Brown University, “Anglo-Saxons on the Brain”
Community Outreach
Programs:
California State University, Long Beach
Center of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
http://www.csulb.edu/centers/med-ren/index.html
Contacts: Lloyd Kermode and Martine Van Elk
c/o English Department
1250 Bellflower Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90840
Phone: 562-985-4212 / 562-985-4222
Fax: 562-985-2369
lkermode@csulb.edu;
mvanelk@csulb.edu
Other administrators: Sharon Olson
Affiliated faculty: see www site.
Minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies: The Minor consists of
a minimum of 21 units selected in consultation with the program advisor in
addition to demonstrating competence in a foreign language appropriate to the
area of concentration. The 21 required units include 12 units of core classes
in History, Literature and Art History, along with 9 electives chosen from
courses in these disciplines as well as from Music, Political Science,
Religious Studies and Theatre. The minor is available to undergraduates only.
See www site
for more information.
Certificate in Medieval and Renaissance Studies: The Certificate
consists of a minimum of 24 units selected in consultation with the program
advisor in addition to demonstrating competence in a foreign language
appropriate to the area of concentration. The 24 required units include 12
units of core classes in History, Literature and Art History, along with 9
electives chosen from courses in these disciplines as well as from Music,
Political Science, Religious Studies and Theatre, and three units of directed
research. The certificate is available to both undergraduate and graduate
students. See www
site for more information.
Lectures and events: see www site.
Annual budget: $500 and additional funding for events and outside
speakers.
Program in Medieval Studies
http://ls.berkeley.edu/dept/medieval
Contact:
Program in Medieval Studies
CASMA
7229 Dwinelle Hall #2520
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-2520
Phone: 510-642-4218
Fax: 510-643-2959
casmaoff@berkeley.edu
Chair:
Professor Steven Justice
English Department, 322 Wheeler
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1030
Phone: 510-642-2764
sjustice@berkeley.edu
Graduate
Advisor: Professor Elaine Tennant, Department of German; Professor
Steven Justice, Department of English
Executive
Committe: Professors Niklaus Largier, (German), Maura Nolan (English),
Jesus Rodriguez-Velasco (Spanish & Portuguese), Elaine Tennant (German)
Staff:
Susan Pulliam, Management Services Officer, CASMA; several other staff
positions are shared with other units.
Affiliated
faculty: See website.
Program
description: The Medieval Studies Program at the
Requirements
for the Joint Doctorate: There are three requirements for the Joint
Degree in Medieval Studies. (1) Advanced competence in Latin, as demonstrated
either through a special examination or through approved coursework.. (2)
Graduate seminars in two fields outside the student's home department. One of
these fields must be History. Students whose home department is History
substitute another field in consultation with the graduate advisor. (3) A
special committee for the Ph.D. qualifying examination. Candidates for the
Joint Degree in Medieval Studies must have on their Ph.D. orals examination
committee a representative from Medieval
Studies in addition to the other members of the committee.
Courses
Offered: Certain courses are offered directly by the Program. These
include Medieval Studies 150 (an upper-division course) and Medieval Studies
250 (a graduate seminar), both of which are taught by the Distinguished
Visiting Professor in Medieval Studies. Every other year the Program offers
Medieval Studies 200, a team-taught graduate proseminar, and it occasionally
offers a special seminar offering students the opportunity to work closely with
the Digital Scriptorium, an electronic archive of manuscript images that is
being developed jointly by U.C. Berkeley and
Visiting
Appointments: The Committee on Medieval Studies traditionally hosts a
Distinguished Visiting Professor who is in residence for either the fall or the
spring semester. Normally this is a preeminent senior scholar whose permanent
residence is outside the
Lectures/Seminars:
Recent visiting speakers sponsored or co-sponsored by the program have included
Ralph Hanna (
University
of California, Davis
The Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program
http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/
Contact: Claire Waters
Department of English
University of California
Davis, CA 95616-8685
Phone: 530-752-0432
Fax: 530-752-5013
cmwaters@ucdavis.edu
Staff: Claire Waters, Chair; Terry Antonelli, Management Services
Officer; Program Commitee in Charge: Joan Cadden, Seeta Chaganti, Frances
Dolan, Margaret Ferguson, Deborah Harkness, Adrienne Martin, Marijane Osborn,
Larry Peterman, Kevin Roddy, Brenda Deen Schildgen, Kathleen Stuart, David
Traill, Georges Van Den Abbeele, Claire Waters, Winder McConnell..
Affiliated faculty: Art: Jeffrey Ruda (Italian Renaissance).
Classics: Emily Albu (Normans), Lynn Roller (Greek archaeology), David Traill
(medieval Latin).Comparative Literature: Brenda Deen Schildgen (Dante, Gospel
of Mark). English: Caron Cioffi (Chaucer, Dante, and Ovid), Marijane Osborne
(Beowulf), Winfried Schleiner (Renaissance medicine). French: Georges van den
Abbeele (Age of Exploration). German: Winder McConnell (the Germanic hero),
History: Joan Cadden (medieval science), Kathy Stewart (marginalization in
early modern period). Italian: Dennis J. Dutschke (the Laudarii). Linguistics:
Lenora Timm (Breton literature). Music: Anna-Maria Busse-Berger (memory in
transmission and composition), David Nutter (16th-century Italy), Christopher
Reynolds (papal patronage at St. Peter's). Political Science: Larry Peterman
(Dante's Monarchia). Spanish: S. G. Armistead (Sephardic ballads), Cristina
Gonzales (romances), Adrienne Martin (Golden Age literature).
B.A. in Medieval Studies: Requirements: 56 upper-division units
in departmental offerings. Degrees conferred: 5 in 2003-04, 6 in 2002-03, 3 in
2001-02, 3 in 2000-01, 2 in 1999 -00, 3 in 1998-99.
Teaching assistantships: 1
Publications: Davis Medieval and Renaissance Studies (Boydell and
Brewer); Emphasizing Medieval Science and Technology.
Fundraising/outreach: Support Drive for DMRS; High School
outreach.
Director: Brian P. Copenhaver
302 Royce Hall
Box 951485
University of California
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1485
Phone: 310-825-1880
Fax: 310-825-0655
cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu
Contact: Karen Burgess (kburgess@ucla.edu)
Staff: Karen Burgess, Program Coordinator and Assistant to the
CMRS Director; Benay Furtivo, Administrative Analyst; Blair Sullivan, Principle
Editor; Brett Landenberger, Webmaster and Project Assistant
Affiliated faculty: See website.
Degrees/certificates: None.
Financial aid: Contact the Center for application and eligibility
requirements.
Fellowships:
Research assistantships: 3 research assistant positions awarded
annually.
Publications: Viator, Cursor Mundi, Comitatus, Repertorium Columbianum,
and various monographs.
Conferences, Symposia, and Lectures: The following programs are
presented annually: The History of the Book Lecture, the Hammer Foundation Art
History Lecture, the Will and Lois Matthews Samuel Pepys Lecture, the
Shakespeare Symposium, the Rebecca Catz Memorial Lecture, the Distinguished Visiting
Scholar Lecture series (8 to 10 lectures per year), the UCLA Sounds Early Music
series (3 concerts each year), the California Medieval History Seminar (3
sessions per year), and the
University
of California, Santa Barbara
Committee for Medieval Studies
http://medievalstudies.ucsb.edu
Executive Director: Edward D. English
5056 HSSB
Department of History
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9410
Phone: 805-893-3167
Fax: 805-893-8795
Affiliated faculty: C. Edson Armi (History of Art and
Architecture), Juan Bautista Avalle-Arce (Spanish and Portuguese), Cynthia
Brown (French), Debra Blumenthal, Chair of the Medieval Studies Committee for
2006-2007 (History), Francis Dutra (History), Jody Enders (French), Sharon
Farmer (History), Aranye Fradenburg (English), Richard D. Hecht (Religious
Studies), R. Stephen Humphreys (History), Carol Lansing (History), Michael
O'Connell (English), Carol Braun Pasternack (English), Giorgio Perissinoto
(Spanish and Portuguese), Dwight Reynolds (Religious Studies), Harvey Sharrer (
Spanish and Portuguese), Jon R. Snyder (Italian), William Prizer (Music), and
Barbara Holdrege (Religious Studies).
Degrees: B.A. in Medieval Studies; Ph.D.: Emphasis in Medieval
Studies. For requirements see website.
Graduate financial aid: By department, some recruitment and travel funding from
the Medieval Studies Program.
Conferences and Colloquia: Recent speakers included David Abulafia, Robert
Swanson, Robert I. Moore, Chris Wickham, Pamela Long, and Jocelyn Wogan-Browne.
Recent conferences and colloquia included "The Medieval Pilgrimage:
History, Art, Literature, and Virtual Reality" in October 2004 with John
Dagenais, James D'Emilio, M. Alison Stones, and Sarah Kay; "Travel in the
Middle Ages" in February 2005 with Suzanne Akbari, Jay Rubenstein, Marina
Tolmachëva, and Daniel Birkholz; and "Death and the Hereafter" in
February 2006 with Diane Wolfthal, Leor Halevi, Alan E. Bernstein, Steven
Botterill, Mark Miller, Vance Smith, Jody Enders, and Aranye Fradenburg. We
also sponsor an Annual Graduate Student Conferences: "Manuscript Culture
in the Middle Ages: Production, Transmission, & Use" in April 2006
with Thomas Forrest Kelly as the main speaker and "Identity Formation in
the Middle Ages: Images, Literature, and Culture" in April 2005 with R.
Howard Bloch as the main speaker.
Annual budget: approximately $40,000.
Catholic
University of America
Medieval and Byzantine Studies Program
http://arts-sciences.cua.edu/mdst/
Director: Timothy Noone
noonet@cua.edu
Center for Medieval and Byzantine Studies
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 20064-0001
Phone: 202-319-5794
Fax: 202-319-6609
cua-cmbs@cua.edu
Interdisciplinary steering committee: Dr. Uta-Renate Blumenthal (Medieval Latin History), Dr. Leonora Neville (Byzantine History), Dr. Lourdes Alvarez (Modern Languages, Medieval Spanish Arabic), Dr. Kenneth Pennington (Canon Law, Law & Church History), Dr. Kevin White (Medieval Latin Philosophy), Dr. Eustratios Papaioannou (Byzantine Greek and Literature), and Thérèse-Anne Druart, (Medieval Arabic and Islamic Philosophy).
Staff: a part-time administrative assistant.
Affiliated faculty: Lourdes Alvarez (Medieval Spanish and Arabic), Uta-Renate Blumenthal (Institutional History), Peter Casarella (Theology), Catherine Chin (Latin Patristic), Thérèse-Anne Druart (Arabic, Greek, and Latin philosophy), Brian Ferme (Canon Law), Michael Gorman (Medieval Philosophy and Theology), Joan Tasker Grimbert (Medieval French and Occitan), Tobias Hoffman (Dusn Scotus, Aquinas), Katherine Jansen (Medieval Religions and Cultural History, History of Women and Gender), William E. Klingshirn (History of Late Antiquity), Frank A. C. Mantello (Medieval Latin, Latin Paleography, Textual Criticism), Angela McKay (Thomistic Ethics), Timothy B. Noone (Franciscan Philosophy, Augustine), Eustratios Papaioannou (Byzantine Greek and Literature, Greek Paleography), Kenneth Pennington (Canon Law), Lawrence R. Poos (Social and Economic History), Philip Rousseau (Early Christian Studies), R. Mark Scowcroft (Old English, Old Norse, Old Irish, and Celtic civilization), Brian Shanley (Thomas Aquinas), Matthias Vorwerk (Plotinus, Neoplatonism and Hellenistic Philosophy), Grayson Wagstaff (Medieval Music), Susan Wessel (Greek Patristic), Kevin J. White (Medieval Latin Philosophy, De anima Tradition), John F. Wippel (Thomas Aquinas, Parisian Condemnations, Godfrey of Fontaine), Stephen K. Wright (Middle English, Drama).
Undergraduate concentration: The interdisciplinary undergraduate concentration in medieval studies includes a senior seminar, tutorial style in the fall, and a senior thesis in the spring. Latin is required. Students must be part of the University Honors program. A concentration in Byzantine studies may also be arranged, substituting Greek for Latin. The same is considered for Islamic studies and Arabic.
M.A.: All students must take 21 hours of required courses (Latin or Greek, Introduction to Medieval and Byzantine Studies that includes an interdisciplinary paper, History, Philosophy, and Theology) and additional elective courses, as determined by their choice between the thesis and non-thesis options. Demonstrated reading knowledge of modern French or German is required. There are comprehensive written examinations. A substantial research paper is required of non-thesis candidates.
Degrees conferred: two in 2002-2003 and one in 2003-2004.
Certificate: Students seeking the certificate in medieval studies will follow the curriculum for the M.A. (thesis option) but are not required to complete a thesis.
Ph.D.: Requirements: 60 hours of graduate credits, competence in pertinent medieval languages and in modern French and German, comprehensive examination. The students select one major field and two minor fields to ensure interdisciplinarity.
Financial Aid: Three-year scholarships and half-tuition grants are awarded competitively. There is also an Elizabeth Cella Memorial grant; Stipends of $15,000 a year are awarded competitively.
Lectures: There is an annual lecture series with normally three lectures in the fall and three in the spring. In 2004 for the spring: Elizabeth Aubrey (music), Clive Foss (Byzantine History), and Jo Ann Moran Cruz (History). For the fall: Brian Ferme (Canon Law), Augustine Thompson (Italian History), Michael Sells (Islamic mystical poetry), and Beatrice Gruendler (Arabic literature and poetics).
Central
European University
Medieval Studies Department
http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/medstud.html
Contact: Joseph Laszlovsky, Head
Dept. of Medieval Studies, Central European Univ., P.O. Box 1082
Budapest 1245, Hungary
Phone: 36-1-327-3024/3051. Fax: 36-1-327-3055.
medstud@ceu.hu
Other administrators: István Perczel, Director of Ph.D. progam;
Anna Ádam, Program Coordinator.
Other staff: 1 Program Coordinator, 1 Ph.D. Program Coordinator,
1 Office Manager, 1 M.A. Program Assistant, 1 Library/AV Curator, 1 Curator of
Visual Lab, 2 Librarians.
Affiliated faculty: 9; see WWW site.
M.A.: Requirements: 1 year (40 credit hours) of course work and a
short thesis (40-50 pp.). Core curriculum amounts to 27 credits; the others are
acquired in advanced language courses and various electives. Degrees conferred:
26 in 1995-96; 26 in 1996-97. Number of M.A. recipients continuing graduate
study for 1997-98: 15.
Ph.D.: Requirements: M.A. in medieval studies, working knowledge
of 1 medieval language (Latin, Greek, Old Church Slavonic), successful
completion of a Latin proficiency test, 20 credits of course work, field
examination, and a dissertation. Degrees conferred: 4 in 1998; 4 expected in 1998-99.
Certificates: "Certificates of Attendance" for M.A.
students who have not submitted a thesis but are otherwise in good standing;
5-8 annually, some of whom submit later.
Fellowships: Full fellowships are available for all students from
the former "socialist" countries.
Financial aid: Full and partial tuition waivers are available for
western students on a competitive basis, and full-tuition waivers are available
to those students with which the University has student-exchange agreements.
Limited work/study arrangements are available.
Publications: Annual of Medieval Studies at Central European
University, 1996-97; Women and Power: Medieval and Modern, special issue of
East Central Europe/L'Europe de Centre-Est/Eine wissenschaftliche Zeitschrift,
vols. 20-23 (1993-96) Pt. 1; The Man of Many Devices, Who Wandered Full Many
Ways, festschrift in honor of János M. Bak, CEU Press, 1999; Gesta Hungarorum:
The Deeds of the Hungarians, Simon of Kéza, trans. László Veszprémy and Frank
Schaer, CEU Press, 1999. The Elefánthy: The Hungarian Nobleman and his Kindred,
Erik Fügedi, ed. Damir Karbic.
Teaching assistantships: none.
Symposia: 2/19-2/21/99, "Constructing and Deconstructing
Frontiers"; 2/26-2/28/99, "Expanding the Frontiers of Medieval Latin
Christianity: The Crusades and the Military Orders"; 7/3-7/23/99,
"The Many Cultural Centres of the Early Medieval Oikumene: Shifting
Centres, Encounters, Barriers, Borderline Conditions."
Lectures: 1998-99 Series: "Approaches to Medieval
Manuscripts" (Samuel Rubenson, Gerhard Jaritz, Yuri Zaretsky, Hans
Petschar, Richard C. Hoffmann, Richard G. Newhauser, Jacqueline Hamesse; 1999
Series: "Questions and Methods in Medieval Studies" (Brian Patrick
McGuire, Werner Beierwaltes).
Annual budget: personnel, $400,000; operating, $80,000.
University
of Chicago
Committee on Medieval Studies
http://humanities.uchicago.edu/humanities/medieval/medieval.html
Contact: Christina von Nolcken
Dept. of English
1115 E. 58th St.
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: 773-702-7977
Fax: 773-702-2495
mcv4@uchicago.edu
Affiliated faculty: Some 30 faculty from various disciplines: in
2005-06 these will include Michael I. Allen (classical languages), Robert Bird
(Slavic languages), Robert Dankoff (Near Eastern languages), Arnold Davidson
(philosophy), Daisy Delogu (Romance languages), Fred M. Donner (Near Eastern
languages), Constantin Fasolt (history), Rachel Fulton (history), Norman Golb
(Near Eastern languages), Ryan Giles (Romance languages), Richard Hellie
(history, Russian civilization), Dick Hemholz (law), D. Hristova (Slavic
languages), Norman W. Ingham (Slavic languages, East European and
Russian/Eurasian studies), Samuel P. Jaffe (Germanic languages), Wadad Kadi
(Near Eastern languages), Walter E. Kaegi (history), Robert Kendrick (music),
Joel Kraemer (Divinity School), Mark Miller (English), Michael J. Murrin
(English, Divinity School, comparative literature), Lucy Pick (Divinity
School), Tahera Qutbuddin (Near Eastern languages), Anne Walters Robertson
(music), Jay Schleusener (English), Justin Steinberg (Romance languages), Josef
Stern (philosophy), Noel M. Swerdlow (astronomy and astrophysics, history),
Christina von Nolcken (English), Elissa Weaver (Romance languages), Donald
Whitcomb (Near Eastern languages), John E. Woods (history, Near Eastern languages).
Degrees: B.A. only; Ph.D.s are done in various departments, such
as English, history, art history, Romance languages and literatures, and
Germanic languages and literatures.
Mailing list: Available upon request from Christina von Nolcken.
Workshops: Year-long interdisciplinary Medieval Studies Workshop
for advanced graduate students, to which outside faculty speakers are invited
regularly. The Workshop also sponsors occasional conferences. For details, see
our website at http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/medieval/.
Lectures: Visiting lecturers on an ad hoc basis.
Outreach: All medievalists in the Chicago area are invited to
attend our Workshop.
Annual budget: Funding is on an ad hoc basis.
Claremont
Colleges and Graduate University
Consortium for Medieval and Early Modern Studies
http://fac.cgu.edu/~vandeusn/
Director: Nancy van Deusen
Faculty of Music,
Claremont Graduate University,
925 N. Dartmouth Street
Claremont, CA 91711-4405
Phone: 909-621-8081
Fax: 909-621-8390
Nancy.vandeusen@cgu.edu
Colorado
College
Medieval Studies Minor
Contact: Carol Neel
Dept. of History, Colorado Coll., 14 E. Cache la Poudre
Colorado Springs, CO 80903-3298
Phone: 719-389-6523. Fax: 719-389-6524
cneel@colorado.educneel@colorado.edu
Affiliated faculty: Art: Edith Kirsch (manuscript illumination),
Ruth Kolarik (Byzantine mosaics). English: Regula Evitt (medieval literature,
women and gender studies), Jane Hilberry (Chaucer, romance). History: Carol
Neel (monasticism, historiography, family history), Robert McJimsey (English
constitution). Music: Richard Agee (Gothic song, manuscript and early printed
notation). Political science: Timothy Fuller, Dean of the College (political
theory).
B.A. minor: The medieval studies minor focuses on the social,
intellectual, and artistic development of medieval Europe. Emphasis is placed
on the interaction of cult elements in Latin Christendom. Comparative study of
earlier and later as well as contemporary Byzantine and Islamic experiences.
Requirements: students must complete either divisional distribution
requirements or a thematic minor. Degrees conferred: Since 1987, 10 students
have completed a medieval studies minor (2 in 1995-96).
Columbia
University: Interdepartmental Committee on
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Chair: Alan Stewart
Dept. of
English and Comp. Lit.
617 Philosophy Hall
Columbia University
MC 4927
New York, NY
10027-4927
Phone: 212-854-6420
Program
information: www.columbia.edu/cu/medren
(contains all the information in the headings below)
Affiliated
faculty: Printed
brochure containing all specialists in medieval and Renaissance/early-modern
subjects is available by request.
Graduate certificate: Requirements: 12 points (4 courses) outside the
home department; proficiency in 2 languages, one of which should be Arabic,
ancient Greek, Hebrew, or Latin; a research paper supervised and evaluated by
members of 2 departments. Certificates conferred: two-three annually.
Introductory Course: Each year the committee designates an
interdisciplinary seminar as its recommended introduction for new students.
Financial
aid: Summer
grants-in-aid of graduate research.
Lectures: Normally, one each semester.
Description: The program encourages students to look past departmental
and disciplinary divisions, and to consider Europe and the Middle East, ca.
500-1700, in more integrated ways.
University
of Connecticut
Medieval Studies Program
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/medievalstudies/
Co-chairs: Robert Hasenfratz and Thomas J. Jambeck
Box U-25, Univ. of Connecticut
Storrs, CT 06269-1025
Phone: 860-486-1525 (Hasenfratz); 860-486-2356 (Jambeck).
Fax: 860-486-1530
medstu1@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Staff: Christine Cooper, Program Assistant
Faculty: See WWW site.
M.A. in Medieval Studies: Requires 24 credits and oral
examination. Degrees conferred: 2 in 2000-01; 1 in 2001-02. M.A. recipients
continuing graduate study: 7 in 2001-02.
Ph.D. in Medieval Studies: Requires 24 credits beyond the M.A,
reading proficiency of 3 scholarly languages, normally Latin and 2 European
languages relevent to the student's program; written and oral examination.
Degrees conferred: 1 in 1998-99; 1 in 2000-01; 1 in 2001-02. 10 students are
currently enrolled. Ph.D. graduates currently employed full-time: teaching, 4;
other, 1.
Fellowships: Offered through the Program: the Fred A. Cazel, Jr.
Fellowship. Offered through the Graduate School: the Outstanding Graduate
Student Fellowship, pre-doctoral fellowships, and summer fellowships are
available for especially qualified students who intend to pursue the doctorate.
Research assistantships: 2.5 teaching/research assistantships. In
addition, students may apply for teaching assistantships in the departments of
their major emphasis.
Visiting appointments: 1 annually. 2001 Charles A. Owen Visiting
Professorship: Derek Pearsall (Harvard); 2002 Donald Scragg (Manchester); 2003
James Simpson (Cambridge).
Conferences: The New England Medieval Conference, "Fraud and
Propaganda in the Middle Ages," 11/8-11/9/97. 18th Annual Medieval
Graduate Student Conference, Spring 2000.
Lectures: Richard Emmerson, Kathryn Lynch, Sahra Tolmi, Derek
Pearsall, Piero Boitani, Jorge Garcia.
Community outreach programs: Seminars for secondary school
teachers on teaching the Middle Ages: "The Emergence of a World Religion:
Islam in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages," 4/12/02.
Annual budget: $3500, not including teaching assistantships,
Visiting Distinguished Professorship, or Lecture and Research Funding.
Convivium
Center for Medieval
and Early Modern Studies
http://www.siena.edu/convivium
Director: Pamela J. Clements Ph.D., Professor of English
Convivium, Siena College
515 Loudon Rd, Loudonville NY 12211-1492
Phone: 518-783-2325
Fax: 518-782-6548
clements@siena.edu
Affiliated faculty: Please see our website.
Fellowships and visiting appointments: Convivium Post-Doctoral
Teaching Fellow (one academic year) ABD or recent Ph.D. As of 2005-2006, the
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship has been indefinitely suspended.
Publications: Inaugural Address by Cary J. Nederman, December 9,
1999 (in house, copies available).
Conferences: "Children of Abraham: Christians, Jews, Muslims
in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras" (10/7-8/05); "Popular Culture,
Then and Now" (10/10-11/03); Poverty and Wealth in the Middle Ages and
Renaissance (10/12-13/01); "Power and Pageantry in the Middle Ages and
Renaissance" (10/13-14/00).
Symposia/Workshops: Siena Popular Book Series, (2005); Regional
Round Table and Lectures (2002, 2003); Inaugural Lecture December 9, 1999.
Exhibits: Sixteenth-Century Bateau (2004); Viking Ship (2001);
Falconry Demonstration (Spring 2000, 2001).
Performances: Second Shepherds Play (student group 4/7/01); Renaissance
Dance Demonstrations (student group 4/7/01; 4/20/01).
Community outreach programs: Renaissance Fair (including Viking
ship, performers etc) 4/6-7/01. 16th-Century Bateau sponsored by Convivium,
built by Junior Maritime Academy, donated to Mabee Historic Farm, Rexford, NY.
Community donors/members: 10
Special emphases of unit: (Excerpt from Mission Statement):
"The name Convivium refers to a feast; a "banquet of the mind."
In a pragmatic and practical world, it reminds us that learning at its best is not
only functional, but is filled with joy and wonder. Founded in 1999, Convivium
is a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural academic center focussed on the study
of medieval and early modern life, in association with a range of departments
and programs at Siena College. The Center's activities cover a period roughly
from 400 C.E., the fall of the Roman Empire, to 1700 C.E. Convivium offers
students the opportunity to do individual research and to take courses with
faculty who are nationally active in medieval and Early Modern studies across a
variety of disciplines; Convivium also fosters a regional community of
teacher-scholars, attracts visiting fellows and scholars to Siena, enriches
Siena's Library, and sponsors an annual conference and a program of publications."
Cornell University
Medieval Studies Program
http://www.arts.cornell.edu/medieval
Director: Andrew Galloway
Medieval Studies Program
259 Goldwin Smith Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-3201
Phone: 607-255-8545
medievalst@cornell.edu
Contact: Dianne Ferriss, Administrator/Graduate Field Coordinator
Affiliated faculty: Frederick M. Ahl (Classics), Ross Brann (Near
Eastern Studies), Charles F. Brittain (Classics), E. Wayles Browne
(Linguistics), Oren Falk (History), Andrew Galloway (English), Arthur Groos
(German Studies), Kim Haines-Eitzen (Near Eastern Studies), Wayne Harbert
(Linguistics), Thomas D. Hill (English), TJ Hinrichs (History), Cary Howie
(Romance Studies/French and Italian), Paul Hyams (History), William J. Kennedy
(Comparative Literature), Scott MacDonald (Philosophy), Sturt Manning
(Classics), Marilyn Migiel (Romance Studies/Italian), John M. Najemy (History),
Judith Peraino (Music), Simone Pinet (Romance Studies/Spanish), David S. Powers
(Near Eastern Studies), Masha Raskolnikov (English), Eric Rebillard (Classics),
Cynthia Robinson (History of Art), Carin Ruff (Medieval Studies/English),
William Sayers (Comparative Literature), Savely Senderovich (Russian
Literature), Shawkat Toorawa (Near Eastern Studies), Ding Xiang Warner (Asian
Studies), Michael L. Weiss (Linguistics), Samantha Zacher (English). Emeriti:
Alice Colby-Hall, Carol V. Kaske, J. J. John, Peter I. Kuniholm,
Undergraduate concentration: Undergraduates interested in
medieval studies can do a concentration, which consists of five courses in at
least two different disciplines, or an Independent Major, in which they devise
their own curriculum.
M.A.: We do not offer a terminal Master's Degree. Our Ph.D.
students receive a Special Master's upon completion of their course work,
passing exams in their major and minor areas, and acceptance of their
dissertation proposal at an oral exam. The terminal M.A. is occasionally
granted to those submitting a thesis who do not wish to continue their studies.
Ph.D.: Each year Cornell admits ca. 2-4 students to individual
interdisciplinary courses of study leading to the doctorate in medieval
studies. Cornell's unusual committee system for supervision of graduate
education provides great latitude for students to design their own curriculum;
there are very few fixed requirements. Major and minor fields of study are
available in virtually all the principal disciplines. Areas in which Cornell is
strong include Old and Middle English, history, philosophy, Latin paleography,
and literature and philology. Instruction is available in the following
medieval languages: Medieval Latin, Old English, Middle English, Gothic, Old
Saxon, Old High German, Middle High German, Old Norse-Icelandic, Old Irish,
Middle Welsh, Old Occitan (Provençal), Old French, Medieval Spanish, Medieval
Italian, Old Russian, Old Church Slavonic, Classical Arabic, Medieval Hebrew,
Classical Chinese, Classical Japanese. Requirements: Each Ph.D. student
elects his/her own special committee, consisting of (usually) three members,
which determines the entire program, beyond the basic requirements as below.
All must demonstrate reading proficiency in Latin (by passing the University of
Toronto's Medieval Latin exam at the M.A. level) and in at least two foreign
languages needed for their course of study. A course in Latin paleography is
normally required. Teaching is required of all Ph.D. candidates. Students are
strongly encouraged to pursue interdisciplinary work in other medieval fields
than their major. Comparative programs combining several major medieval
literatures are common (e.g., major in Old French with minors in Middle English
and Italian).
Financial aid: Full financial support for five years, consisting
of a mix of year-long fellowships and teaching assistantships through the John
S. Knight Writing Institute; these courses give our students the opportunity to
develop pilot versions of what will be their specialist courses when they gain
teaching posts.
Conferences: Each year various departments hold conferences of
interest to our medievalists. Two annual events are the Cornell Summer
Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy, and the School of Criticism and Theory held
each summer under the auspices of the Society for the Humanities.
Symposia/workshops: Monthly seminars during regular term focus on
student research or a predetermined reading or topic; weekly Old Norse reading
group; and annually a widely enjoyed Celebration of Medieval Readings (in the
original languages) at the end of the Fall Semester; Student Colloquium in
March; pre-Kalamazoo workshop in May for student presenters and foreign
visitors.
Lectures: Quodlibet, a student organization, arranges for two or
three lectures by outside speakers each term.
Library facilities: Cornell's libraries have rich holdings in all
the areas of medieval study in which courses are offered, including manuscripts
and incunabula, and the following special collections are internationally known
for their excellence: the Fiske, Dante, Petrarch, and Icelandic Collections;
the Witchcraft Collection; and the History of Science Collections.
Community outreach programs: Our graduate students and faculty
offer occasional classes at Ithaca High School.
Contact: Shelley A. Wolbrink
900 N. Benton Ave.
Springfield, MO 65802
Phone: 417-873-7387
Fax: 417-873-7435
swolbrin@drury.edu
Duke
University: Center for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
http://www.medren.aas.duke.edu/cmrs
Director: Laurie Shannon
351 Trent Hall, Duke Univ.
Box 90656
Durham, NC 27708
Phone: 919-681-8883
Fax: 919-681-9298
CMRS@duke.edu
Contact: Michael Cornett, Program Coordinator
Other staff: Clare Woods, Director of Undergraduate Studies; Marc
Schachter, Director of Graduate Studies; two undergraduate assistants and three
graduate assistants.
Affiliated faculty: David Aers (English), Sarah Beckwith
(English), Kalman Bland (religion), Thomas Brothers (music), Caroline Bruzelius
(art history), Elizabeth Clark (religion), Diskin Clay (classical studies), A.
Leigh DeNeef (English), Martin Eisner (Romance studies), Valeria Finucci
(Romance studies), Miguel Garci-Gómez (Romance studies), Ruth Grant (Political
Science), Margaret Greer (Romance studies), Hans Hillerbrand (religion), Andrew
Janiak (Philosophy), Susan Keefe (religion), Norman Keul (Germanic languages),
Michčle Longino (Romance studies), Seymour Mauskopf (History), Kerry McCarthy
(Music), Walter Mignolo (Romance studies), Kristen Neuschel (history), Francis
Newton (classical studies), Joseph Porter (English), Maureen Quilligan
(English), Dale Randall (English), Ann Marie Rasmussen (Germanic languages),
Kent J. Rigsby (classical studies), Thomas Robisheaux (history), Marc Schachter
(Romance studies), Tad Schmaltz (Philosophy), Laurie Shannon (English), Joseph
Shatzmiller (history), Peter Sigal (History), Alexander Silbiger (music), Irene
Silverblatt (cultural anthropology), Helen Solterer (Romance studies), Fiona
Somerset (English), David Steinmetz (religion), Hans Van Miegroet (art
history), Annabel Wharton (art history), Ronald Witt (history), J. Clare Woods
(classical studies).
B.A.: Undergraduate students may major or minor in Medieval and
Renaissance Studies. The major requires 10 courses distributed across 4 subject
areas (fine arts, history, philosophy and religion, language and literature).
Majors are encouraged to write an honors thesis. The minor requires 5 courses.
Degrees conferred: 5 in 2006-7. Current enrollment for 2007-8: 22.
Ph.D.: The University Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
does not offer a separate graduate degree; all students associated with the
program are Ph.D. candidates in traditional arts and sciences departments.
Students must apply directly to, and are admitted into, one of these
departments. Graduate students from each department may obtain a formal Graduate
Certificate in Interdisciplinary Medieval and Renaissance Studies upon
successful completion of core program requirements, including three Medieval
and Renaissance courses outside of the candidate's primary department,
participation in the graduate colloquium, the presentation of a paper to a
cross-disciplinary audience, and completion of a dissertation in the field.
Current enrollment: 57. Degrees conferred: 4 Ph.D.s in 2006-7.
Fellowships: The Program in Medieval and Renaisance Studies
awards each year 2 competitive dissertation fellowships of $10,000.
Occasionally, other support is provided, especially for research travel.
Students normally receive other fellowships, scholarships, and assistantships
from their home departments and other university and outside sources.
Publications: Journal of
Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Duke University Press).
Conferences: In 2006-7, Coastal
Carolina/Duke/UNC Symposium in Honor of Michael McVaugh, “Between Text and
Patient: The Medical Enterprise in Medieval and Early Modern Europe,” featured
talks by Vivian Nutton, Nancy Siraisi, Monica
Green, Anne van Arsdall, Luke Demaitre, Jon Arrizabalaga, Walt Schalick, Linda
Voigts, Francis Newton, Joseph Shatzmiller, Charles Burnett, Danielle Jacquart,
Laura Nuvoloni, Fernando Salmón, Ann Carmichael, Joan Cadden, and Peter Murray
Jones. North Carolina Graduate Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern
Studies, “Dissent and
Dissonance,” featuring over 30 students from several institutions, with keynote
address by Bruce Holsinger (Univ. of Virginia), “Neomedievalism and the
Historical Logic of Torture.”
Symposia/workshops: In 2006-7, “Producing
the Renaissance Text: A Symposium on Editing—the Theory and the Practice,” featuring Peter Stallybrass, George Walton Williams, Joseph A. Porter, David Lee Miller,
Albert Rabil, Valeria Finucci, Janel Mueller, Margaret Greer, Ann Rosalind
Jones, Leah Marcus, Andrew Janiak, Martin Eisner, Marc Schachter, and Jeffrey
Masten. Medieval and Renaissance Studies Graduate
Colloquium, meets three times each semester.
Lectures: In 2006-7, Lecture series “Before the Disciplines: Formations
of Knowledge before Modernity,” featuring Katharine Park (Harvard Univ.),
“Itineraries of the ‘One-Sex Body’: A History of an Idea”; George Saliba
(Columbia Univ.), “The European Renaissance and the World of Islam”; Alan
Stewart (Columbia Univ.), “The Collaborations of Francis Bacon: Science and
Politics in Early Modern England”; and Valerie Traub (Univ. of Michigan),
“Historicizing the Normal.” Other invited lectures included Roberta Gilchrist (Univ. of Reading), “Magic for the Dead: The Archaeology of Magic in Later Medieval
Burials”; John Gillingham (London School of
Economics), “The Place of the Twelfth Century in the
Course of British and Irish History”; Margaret
Rosenthal (Univ. of Southern California), “A Merchant
Fashion: Venetian Clothing Customs and Commercial Markets in Cesare Vecellio’s Habiti
antichi et diversi (1590)”; and Steven
Ozment (Harvard Univ.), “Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553):
Germany’s First Renaissance Man.”
Annual budget: $65,000.
Emporia
State University
Committee on Medieval Studies
Contact: Mel Storm
Dept. of English, Emporia State Univ.
Emporia, KS 66801
Phone: 620-341-5216. Fax: 620-341-5547.
stormmel@emporia.edu
Five
College Medieval Studies Seminar
Directors:
Jenny Adams Michael Papio
Department of English Department of French and Italian
University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts
Bartlett Hall Herter Hall
Amherst, MA 01003 Amherst, MA 01003
jadams@english.umass.edu
Phone: 413-545-5516
Description:
The Five College Medieval Studies Seminar is a faculty discussion group that meets roughly two times each semester to hear each others' papers, participate in a colloquium, or attend a talk by an outside speaker. It has no dues or members per se, just a mailing list. The duties of the Directors (handling the mailing list and soliciting funds from the umbrella Five College organization) are passed around among the members. The five colleges in the group are Amherst, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke, Smith, and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.