Congratulations to Medieval Studies professor, Carol Symes, for being named University Scholar in her role as the History Department's director of graduate studies during the pandemic. You can find the original article here in the Fall 2023 issue of The Quadrangle.
Medieval Studies Fall Conference: Premodern UnfreedomsJoin us for the 2023 Fall Conference: Premodern Unfreedoms: Global Approaches to Exploitation, Enslavement, and Trafficking, October 27-28.
Find your community with Medieval Studies events!The Program in Medieval Studies offers a robust slate of events to pique all kinds of interests.
Online exhibit celebrates 20 years of Medieval Studies at Illinois
Prestigious JournalsOur faculty edit prominent scholarly journals in Medieval Studies
On April 21, Medieval Studies partnered with the Spurlock Museum for a film screening and falconry demonstration, and attendees flocked to the event! Local falconry enthusiasts joined the Medieval Studies community for a screening of the 2020 documentary film Overland, as well as a talkback with the film's director, Revere LaNoue, and...
The Program in Medieval Studies is excited to partner with the Program in Jewish Culture & Society and the Unit for Criticism & Interpretive Theory to welcome Professor Geraldine Heng (University of Texas at Austin) to the University of Illinois on January 26. Professor Heng will deliver the Krouse Family Visiting Scholar in Judaism and Western Culture Fund lecture, entitled "Race Before...
More Department News
- On August 15, 2023, Brepols released a new book: Sources of Knowledge in Old English and Anglo-Latin Literature: Studies in Honor of Charles D. Wright. For 32 years, Professor Charlie Wright taught in the English department at the University of Illinois, serving as Associate Head of...
- Affiliates and friends of the Program in Medieval Studies gathered in early December to celebrate the end of the fall semester. Guests enjoyed holiday snacks and beverages while catching up with friends and colleagues. The highlight of the event was a celebration of seasonal poetry, with both...
- "The Saint and the Emir: Christian-Muslim Encounters in Early Medieval Italy" Within the incredibly diverse political, cultural, and linguistic landscape of early medieval southern Italy, Muslims lived and worked alongside Christians (both Latin and Greek) and Jews. While most of...
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The latest issue of The Medieval Globe, founded and edited by Medieval Studies faculty member Carol Symes (History), reveals a new timeline for the origin of the Black Death. Read more here, and access The Medieval Globe at https://www.arc-humanities.org/journals/the-medieval-globe/.