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The Multilingual Mediterranean: 28 February - 1 March 2025

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The program for this exciting event is now available, and registration for participants is open. Space is limited, so do register soon!

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Medieval Studies Event Calendar

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Medieval Studies News

Read article: Auditioning Actors for UIUC's Contributions to the York Cycle in Toronto, 7 June 2025
Auditioning Actors for UIUC's Contributions to the York Cycle in Toronto, 7 June 2025
Friday, January 31 & Saturday, February 1 from 3:00-6:00pm, location TBA: pageant master Carol Symes (Director of the Program in Medieval Studies) will hold auditions for UIUC's medieval acting troupe: members of...
Read article: Illinois Scholars Publish Leading Article in the 100th Issue of *Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies*
Illinois Scholars Publish Leading Article in the 100th Issue of *Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies*
The newest issue of Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies *Volume 100, Number 1* (January 2025), marks the Medieval Academy of America's Centennial with a spotlight on "Medieval Studies and Its Institutions." The lead article is a collaboration among three scholars representing the...
Read article: Medieval Studies Welcomes New Faculty Affiliates
Medieval Studies Welcomes New Faculty Affiliates
This fall, we are thrilled to have added thirteen new faculty to the Program in Medieval Studies: scholars from...
Read article: Renée R. Trilling returns to give inaugural Lux Veritatis Lecture on September 13th
Renée R. Trilling returns to give inaugural Lux Veritatis Lecture on September 13th
Materia Medica and the Globalization of Knowledge in Early Medieval England Early Medieval England boasts the earliest collection of vernacular medical texts north of the Alps. Many are translations of classical materials; others are native Old English “folk” medicine, charms, prognostics, and...
Read article: Hermann von Hesse, new Medieval Studies faculty affiliate, wins an ACLS fellowship
Hermann von Hesse, new Medieval Studies faculty affiliate, wins an ACLS fellowship
The Program in Medieval Studies is delighted to congratulate Prof. Hermann von Hesse, whose recent fellowship award will support the research and writing on his book project: Love of Stone Houses: Urban Merchants, Ancestral Spaces and Sacred Objects on Africa’s Gold Coast, 1700-1890.
Read article: Prof. Padraic Rohan -- Transforming Empire: The Genoese from the Crusades to Columbus
Prof. Padraic Rohan -- Transforming Empire: The Genoese from the Crusades to Columbus
Prof. Padraic Rohan -- Transforming Empire: The Genoese from the Crusades to Columbus
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James Terrasi (B.A. Medieval Studies and History)

James Terrasi graduated in 2022 with a major in both Medieval Studies and History. His History honors thesis (advised by Carol Symes and examined by Eleanora Stoppino and Brian Walters) provided a new translation and analysis of the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum, an anonymous account of the First Crusade. In the autumn of 2022, he began a Master's program in Medieval Studies at Fordham University, where he developed an interest in the social and economic history of the medieval Mediterranean. At Fordham, he had the opportunity to do archival work in...

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The Program in Medieval Studies offers a robust slate of events to pique all kinds of interests. Our mission is to foster the interdisciplinary and collaborative study of histories, literatures, languages, beliefs, ideas, arts, environments, and archaeologies across the medieval globe.