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The Multilingual Mediterranean: 28 February - 1 March 2025

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more information of the schedule to be posted soon!

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Medieval Studies News

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: CFP: The Multilingual Mediterranean at Illinois, 28 February - 1 March 2025
CFP: The Multilingual Mediterranean at Illinois, 28 February - 1 March 2025
The Mediterranean Seminar (www.mediterraneanseminar.org) is seeking proposals for its Spring 2025 Workshop, to be held at the University...
Read article: Recruiting Actors for UIUC's Contributions to the York Cycle in Toronto, 7 June 2025
Recruiting Actors for UIUC's Contributions to the York Cycle in Toronto, 7 June 2025
In January, pageant masters and Medieval Studies professors Rob Barrett and Carol Symes will hold auditions for UIUC's medieval acting troupe: a group of students, faculty, and staff who will rehearse and perform two of the fifty pageants that make up the Corpus Christi Cycle performed annually in...
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.