2021-10-20 - To celebrate the Program's 20th anniversary, Medieval Studies is proud to welcome back some of our distinguished alumni for a virtual lecture series throughout 2021-2022. For the third event in our Alumni Lecture series, we welcome Dr. Laura J. Whatley, Associate Professor of Art History in the...
2021-04-26 - Virtual Medieval Mayfest May 1st, 2:00-2:45 on the Urbana Free Library Facebook page Come learn about medieval May Day customs as we sing and dance our way into spring! Watch performances of troubadour songs on period instruments, join in a sing-a-long, and learn about ancient dances...
2018-11-14 - The Global Prehumanisms conference, an Interdisciplinary Conference Sponsored by the Program in Medieval Studies, was held on October 18-20 at the Levis Faculty Center and brought together scholars in a variety of disciplines and institutions to discuss how the premodern world offers ways to...
2018-09-19 - Marianne Kalinke, Professor Emerita of Medieval Studies and Scandinavian Studies, received Iceland’s highest honor — the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Falcon — from President Guðni Th. Jóhannesson of Iceland at the International Saga Conference. She was honored for her work...- 2018-03-16 - The Advisory Committee of the Program in Medieval Studies is composed by: Paula Carns (Library), Craig Koslovsky (History), Bonnie Mak (iSchool), Katherine Norcross (English), Carol Symes (History).
2017-09-11 - The Getty Foundation has awarded a major grant, as part of its Connecting Art Histories initiative, to The Cyprus Institute in support of a new research project: “Mediterranean Palimpsests: Connecting the Art and Architectural Histories of Medieval and Early Modern Cities.” Directed by Nikolas...
2015-09-17 - Medieval Studies faculty member Martin Camargo has been honored with a Festschrift published by Brepols: Public Declamations: Essays on Medieval Rhetoric, Education, and Letters in Honour of Martin...
2015-08-03 - Bonnie Mak (Assoc. Prof., GSLIS) will be a visiting senior fellow at Penn State's new Center for Humanities and Information for the academic year 2015-16. While in residence at Penn State she will be working on a second book-length project, Confessions of a 21st-Century Memsahib...