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Arizona State
University, P.O. Box 874402, Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
Phone: (480) 965-5900
Fax: (480) 965-1681
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University
of Pennsylvania
Committee on Medieval Studies
Chair: E. Ann Matter
Dept. of History, Univ. of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6228
Phone: 215-898-8614
amatter@sas,upenn,edu
Affiliated faculty: Aditya Behl (South Asia studies), Lawrence
Bernstein (emeritus, music), Francis Brevart (German), Kevin Brownlee (Romance
languages), Rebecca Bushnell (English), Thomas Connolly (emeritus, music), Rita
Copeland (classical studies, English), Michael Cole (history of art), Margreta
DeGrazia (English), Karen Detlefsen (philosophy), Emma Dillon (music), Jamal
Elias (religious studies), Anthony Esposito (Romance languages), Nancy Farris
(emeritus, history), Antonio Feros (history), Talya Fishman (religious
studies), Barbara Fuchs (Romance languages), Jessica Goldberg (history),
Campbell Grey (classical studies), Gary Hatfield (philosophy), Renata Holod (history
of art), Victoria Kirkham (Romance languages), Alan Kors (history), Zachary
Lesser (English), Linda Levin (Van Pelt Library), Albert Lloyd (emeritus,
German), Joseph Lowry (Near Eastern languages and civilization), E. Ann Matter
(religious studies, Associate Dean), Robert Maxwell (history of art), Michael
Meister (history of art), Charles Minott (emeritus, history of art), Ann Moyer
(history), Karl Otto (emeritus, German), Robert Ousterhout (history of art),
Edward Peters (history), Phyllis Rackin (emeritus, English and general honors),
Annette Reed (religious studies), James Ross (philosophy), David Ruderman
(history), Julia Rudolph (history), Thomas Safley (history), Melissa Sanchez,
(English), Larry Silver (history of art), Norman Smith (emeritus, music),
Michael Solomon (Romance languages), Peter Stallybrass (English), Emily Steiner
(English), David Stern (Near Eastern languages and civilization), Cecil Striker
(emeritus, history of art), Margo Todd (history), Gary Tomlinson (music),
Daniel Traister (Van Pelt Library), Robert Turner (emeritus, English), Julia
Verkholantsev (Slavic languages and literature),Bernard Wailes (emeritus,
anthropology), Thomas Waldman (adjunct, history), David Wallace (English),
Siegfried Wenzel (emeritus, English).
Degrees: The Ph.D. is offered through individual departments.
Fellowships and visiting appointments: 1-2.
Financial aid: There are no funds available specifically for
medieval studies. Medievalists are funded in their departments.
Pennsylvania
State University
Center for Medieval Studies
Chair: Vickie Ziegler
S 327 Burrowes Bldg., Pennsylvania State Univ.
University Park, PA 16802
Fax: 814-863-8349
VLZ1@psu.edu
University
of Pittsburgh
Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
http://www.pitt.edu/~medren
Director: Jennifer Waldron
Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
University of Pittsburgh
1328 Cathedral of Learning
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
Phone: 412-624-5220
Fax: 412-624-6532
.
Staff: Departmental secretary (20% time).
Affiliated faculty: 34; see website.
B.A. major: Requirements: 36 credits in a self-designed
curriculum.
Certificate: Requirements for undergraduate certificate: 15
credits in designated courses; must meet distrubution requirements. Ph.D.
candidates may pursue the certificate as a special degree option through their
individual department. Certificates awarded in 2005: 5
Financial aid: Occasional travel money to conferences and the
Newberry Library is available for graduate students.
Lectures: 2007-08: Ruth
Evans (University of
Stirling, Scotland), “Crossing the Road with Margery Kempe;” David J. Rothenberg (Case Western
Reserve) “A Maiden, a Shepherdess, and a Queen: The Parisian Assumption Vespers
Services and Two Thirteenth-Century
Motets;” Ramie Targoff (Brandeis),
“Love in the Renaissance;” Deanna Shemek
(UC Santa Cruz), “From Document to Text and Back Again: Renaissance Women's
Letters and the Interpretive Shuttle;” Timothy Hampton (UC Berkeley), “The Useful and the Honorable:
Literature, Diplomacy, and the Ethics of Mediation in the Late Renaissance;” Edith Balas (Carnegie Mellon
University), “The Mother Goddess in Italian Renaissance Art;” SARA LIPTON (SUNY Stony Brook), “Jewish
Eyes, 1140-1180;” François Rigolot (Princeton
University), “Rabelais and the Renaissance Interpretation of Dreams;” Richard Strier (University of Chicago),
talk on Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors;
Pamela Sheingorn (City University of
New York), “Was Jesus’ Foster-Father a Martyr? Constructing the Death of Joseph
the Carpenter;” and Jean Howard (Columbia
University), talk on Theater of a City: The Places of London Comedy,
1598-1642.
Publications: Biannual Newletter
Conferences: Two Symposia on Florence Cathedral (speakers
included Ralph Mathisen, Thomas F. X. Noble, Thomas Head, Patrick Geary, John
Howe)
Plymouth
State College
Medieval Studies Council
http://www.plymouth.edu/psc/medieval/
Director: Karolyn Kinane
Dept. of English--MSC #40
17 High St.,
Phone: 603-535-2402
Fax: 603-535-2584
Affiliated faculty: Elaine Allard (Librarian), Naomi Kline (Art History), Barbara
Lopez-Mayhew (Spanish), Michael Allen (Philosophy), Robert Swift (Music), JoAnn
Guilmet (Lamson Learning Commons), Karolyn Kinane (English)
B.A. Minor: Humanities
with a concentration in Medieval Studies.
Conferences: Annual Plymouth State Medieval and Renaissance Forum in mid-April
with papers that both relate to the conference themes or other topics. Next:
"Time, Temporality, History" April 16-17, 2010. Keynote: Carolyn
Dinshaw,
Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies
http://www.pims.ca
President: Richard
Alway
59 Queen's Park Crescent
East
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C4 Canada
Phone: 416-926-7142
Fax: 416-926-7292
barbara.north@utoronto.ca
Officers: T. Allan Smith, Registrar; Michael
Powers, Treasurer
Staff: Barbara North,
Institute Secretary; James K. Farge, CSB, Librarian; Michael Sloan, Library
Technician; Bill Harnum, Director of Publications; Fred Unwalla, Editor; Jean
Hoff, Editor; Jonathan Black, Editor of Mediaeval Studies; Angela MacAloney,
Publications Secretary.
Afiliated faculty: See
website.
Programs and degrees: The Licence in Mediaeval Studies (LMS) is
offered to post-doctoral students. See website.
Fellowships and visiting appointments: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation of New York City has
made a substantial grant to fund post-doctoral Mellon Fellows.
Fellowships. Visiting Fellowships are available for scholars who have held a
doctorate or its equivalent for more than five years. Research Fellowships are
offered to scholars who have earned a doctorate within the past five years.
These fellowships last for one year but may be renewed for a second year. Guest
status is available for doctoral candidates who wish to pursue research at the
Institute for a time period of less than an academic year. These positions
offer the use of the facilities of the Institute, and, whenever possible, an
office in the Institute or its research library, but they are not remunerated
at present.
Publications: "Mediaeval Studies" (annual journal) as
well as 6-8 books each year.
Mailing List: The Publications Department maintains an updated mailing
list of 5,500 names. The list can be purchased for US $90.00 per 1000 labels
(one-time use only).
Princeton
University
Program in Medieval Studies
http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/dvma/index.html
Director: D. Vance Smith
209 Scheide Caldwell House
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Phone: 609-258-4086
Fax: 609-258-4086
dvsmith@princeton.edu
Administrator: Peggy Reilly
mjreilly@princeton.edu
Webmaster: Carolyn Hoeschle
Affiliated faculty: 30; see WWW site.
Degrees: All Ph.D.s are offered in the traditional departments.
There is a medieval component in all humanities departments, and the program
endeavors to facilitate communication between departments, provide guest
lecturers, and create an atmosphere of interdisciplinary study and cooperation.
In curricular terms, however, the program is an undergraduate program that
provides for a certificate in combination with the student's departmental
major.
Certificates awarded: 2 in 2009-10.
Graduate colloquium: Held annually in fall or spring. Most
recently: "Law and Legal Culture in the Middle Ages." 4/04/09.
Symposia/workshops: Two or three per year, in conjunction with
the Index of Christian Art or other Princeton institutions as well as
independently.
Lectures: JeremyJ. Smith (University of Glasgow); Lynn Staley
(Colgate University/Institute for Advanced Study); rita Copeland (University of
Pennsylvania); Simon Gaunt (King’s College, London); Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski
(University of Pittsburgh); Herbert Broderick (Lehman College, City University
of New York); Judith Oliver (Colgate University).
Purdue
University
Medieval Studies Committee
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/medieval-studies/
Contact: Paul Whitfield White, Chair
Department of English
Heavilon Hall, Room 324
500 Oval Drive
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2038
Phone: 765-494-3740 (English Dept.).
pwhite@purdue.edu
Staff: Delayne Graham
Affiliated faculty: 32; see MARS Directory at
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/medieval%2Dstudies/directory/
MARS Major: Requirements: 33 hours (or 11 courses) from among 70
courses in the departments of English, Foreign Languages and Literatures,
History, Philolosphy, Political Sicence, and Visual and Performing Arts. It also requires 3 hours of interdisciplinary
coursework. See MARS website for
details.
MARS Minor: Requirements: 15 hours of coursework, consisting of
12 hours of departmental courses and 3 hours of interdisciplinary courses. See MARS website for details.
Conferences: Annual Comitatus Medieval Studies Conference
(graduate student), featuring keynote speaker; Renaissance Prose Conference
(graduate student), featuring keynote speaker.
Symposia: Annual Fall Symposium series, features two
distinguished speakers invited from outside the university.
Lectures: MARS Mondays: a series of 10 informal research
presentations by faculty and graduate students; Renaissance Reading Series:
faculty and grad students meet 5 or 6 times in Fall and Spring to discuss a
book in the field.
Community outreach programs: All of our events are free and open
to the public.
Special emphasis: Interdisciplinary undergraduate courses such as
"The World of King Arthur," "Robin Hood: The Man, the Myth, the
Movies," "Medieval Outlaws," "Joan of Arc,"
"Love, Sex, and Gender in the Western World."
Annual budget: Operating budget: $4000.00
Medieval Studies Program and
Workshop
http://www.medieval.rice.edu
Director: Jane Chance
Dept. of English (MS 30)
Rice University
PO Box 1892, 6100 Main St.
Houston, Texas 77251-1892
Phone: 713-348-2625
Fax: 713-348-5991
jchance@rice.edu
Affiliated faculty: Jane Chance (Middle English Literature),
David Cook (Religious Studies), Gilbert Cuthbertson (Political Science), Eva
Haverkamp (Judaic Studies; History), Shih-Shan Huang (Chinese Art History,
Asian Studies), Peter Loewen (Music History), Michael Maas (Byzantine History
and Ancient Mediterranean Studies), Scott McGill (Medieval Latin), Donald
Morrison (Philosophy), Linda Neagley (Gothic architecture), Deborah
Nelson-Campbell (Middle French Literature), Nanxiu Qian (Chinese literature,
Asian Studies), Carol Quillen (Italian Renaissance), Paula Sanders (Islamic
History), Sarah Westphal (Middle High German)
Number of Administrative Staff: Associate Director, Humanities Research
Center (in support of the Workshop); Secretary, Dean of Students (shared; in
support of the Program)
B.A. in Medieval Studies: This interdisciplinary major enables students
to compare medieval cultures, noting both their differences and their common
traditions, in the period between 500 and 1500 A.D. The program combines a
broad background in various aspects of medieval culture with more specialized
study in a selected field. Fields of emphasis include art history, history,
literature (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian and Latin),
music, philosophy, and religion. Requirements: Students majoring in medieval
studies must complete at least 30 semester hours (10 courses); the minimum for double
majors is 24 hours. Students select one course from medieval literature, one
from art or music, and one from history or philosophy; three courses (at least
two at the 300 or 400 level) must be selected in a field of emphasis. All
majors must complete five (5) medieval studies courses at the 300 or 400 level.
It is recommended, but not required, that students take two semesters at the
college level in an appropriate language (or languages), in particular, Latin.
Undergraduate
Symposium in Medieval Studies: Sarofim Grant for Undergraduate Teaching
(2005-7) (two prizes a year to support conference attending); Medieval Studies
Film Series (2005-6)
Workshops: Neil J. O'Brien
Symposium/Lecture Series (endowed funds)/Humanities Research Center/Center for the Study of Cultures
Workshops/Symposia: The Middle Ages: History, Legend, or Myth? (2007-8);
The Da Vinci Code (2006-7); Women Medievalists and the Academy (2005-6); The
Medieval City in the Late Middle Ages (January 2005); Memoria: Memory and
Commemoration in Medieval Christianity and Judaism (April 2002); Constructing
Hildegard. Reception and Identity 1098-1998 (November 1998); The Body of Christ
in the Late Middle Ages (November 1995); Writing Women, Women Writing: Gender
and Text in the Middle Ages (January 1991); Imitation and Invention in the
Middle Ages ( January 1990); Dante in Word and Music (1987)
Other
Guest Lectures: Israel Yuval, John Garth (2003/2004);
Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (2002); Jeffrey Hamburger (1998); Mary Carruthers, Geraldine
Heng (1997); Thomas Shippey (1996).
Speakers and Titles for 2007-2008: The Middle
Ages: History, Legend, or Myth? (2007-8)
The
Legend of Arthur:
Geraldine Heng, Perceval Fellow in Medieval Romance, Historiography, and
Culture, and Director, Medieval Studies, University of Texas, "The
Invention of Race in Medieval Romance"
The Legend of Charlemagne
Bailey Young, Professor of History, Eastern Illinois University,
"From Gaul to Francia: Archaeology, Legend, and Ideology in the
Construction of Frankish Identity"
The Legend of Thomas
Aquinas
M. Michèle Mulchahey, Leonard E. Boyle Chair of Manuscript Studies,
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, “The Image of Thomas
Aquinas in Dominican Painting.” Keynote Speech, Third Annual Medieval Studies
Undergraduate Symposium, cosponsored by the Philosophy Department.
Budget:
$4500
from the Humanities Research Center (for the Workshop); $1500 from the Dean of
Humanities for the Program; $3000 from the O’Brien Endowment Fund for Medieval
Studies ($200 from Philosophy in support of the Mulchahey lecture)
University of Rochester
The Medieval House
Contact: Sarah Higley
Dept. of English, Univ. of Rochester
Rochester, NY 14627
slhi@troi.cc.rochester.edu
Rutgers
University
Program in Medieval Studies
http://medieval-studies.rutgers.edu
Director: Larry Scanlon
Program in Medieval Studies
Rutgers University
Dept. of English, Murray Hall
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
medieval@rci.rutgers.edu
Phone: 732-932-8250
Fax: 732-932-6763
Executive committee: Samantha Kelly, Ana Pairet, Stephen Reinert,
Sarolta Takacs.
Staff: ad hoc graduate student help as needed
Affiliated faculty: 30 faculty from 11 departments. See website
for details.
B.A. in Medieval Studies: The major in medieval studies requires
30 credits of course work, as follows: (I) 3 credits in medieval Latin or a
Medieval vernacular other than Middle English from the following: Old English,
Medieval French Literature, German Literature of the Middle Ages, German
Civilization I: Fifth through Fifteenth Century, Italian Literature of the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, Dante, Medieval Latin, Medieval Spanish
Literature. (II) 6 credits in introductory courses on medieval European
civilization. (III) 3 credits in the seminar in Medieval Studies. (IV) 18
credits in six elective courses chosen from approved cognate courses on
medieval Europe offered in affiliated departments. Of the six elective courses,
at least four must be at the 300-level or above. No more than three elective
courses may be from any one department.
Certificate: Graduate Certificate requirements: At least two
courses in a medieval subject within the student's own degree program, with no
grade lower than B. At least three other courses in medieval culture from other
participating degree programs, with no grade lower than B. Demonstration of a
reading knowledge of at least two languages in the forms common during the
Middle Ages. Completion of a master's thesis, doctoral thesis, or an expanded
seminar paper on a topic in medieval civilization.
Lectures: 1.) Lecture Series on popular religion: John Van Enghen
(Notre Dame); Katherine French (SUNY New Paltz); Kathleen Kamerick (Iowa); Miri
Rubin (London).
2.) Conference on Christine de Pizan: Kevin Brownlee (Penn); Thelma Fenster
(Fordham); Andrea Tarnowski (Dartmouth).
3.) Other sponsored lectures; Glenn Burger (CUNY); Richard Gyug (Fordham); Paul
Strohm (Columbia).
Exhibit: Selection of manuscripts and replica manuscripts on
display in the McDonnell Seminar Room in Alexander Library.
Membership criteria: affiliation with Rutgers University
Annual budget: $5,000.
Saint
Louis University
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
http://www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/cmrs/Homepage.htm
Director: David T. Murphy
Humanities Building, Suite 140
221 North Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63103-2097
Phone: 314-977-7180
Fax: 314-977-3704
murphydt@slu.edu
Staff: Director (one-third time), assisted by Secretary Pool
Affiliated faculty: Paul Acker (Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian
literature, manuscript studies), Wendy Love Anderson (Medieval Theology),
Simone Bregni (Medieval and Renaissance Italian Literature), Susan
Brower-Toland (Medieval Philosophy, Ockham), Vincent Casaregola (History of
Rhetoric), Ronald Crown (Medieval Philosophy and Theology), Anthony C. Daly, S.
J. (Greek Patristics), John P. Doyle (Late Scholastic Philosophy, Suarez) ,
Paul Garcia (Spanish Medieval and Renaissance literature), Philip Gavitt
(Renaissance and early modern Italian history), James R. Ginther (Medieval
Theology, Grosseteste), Jay Hammond (Franciscan Studies), Anthony Hasler (Chaucer
and 15th-century drama), Wayne Hellmann, O.F.M. (Medieval Theology, Church
History), James Hitchcock (Early Modern British history), Susan L'Engle
(Illuminated Medieval Legal Documents), Julia Lieberman (Spanish Renaissance
and Sephardic literature), Kathleen M. Llewellyn (Early Modern French
Literature), Jennifer MacDonald (Classical Philology), Thomas Madden (Medieval
Venice, Crusades), J. C. Marler (Classical and Late Medieval Philosophy),
Colleen McCluskey (Late Medieval Scholasticism, Nominalism), Clarence Miller
(Renaissance Humanism), Thomas Moisan (Renaissance Literature, Shakespeare),
Ana Montero (Medieval Spanish Literature), Wynne Moskop (Political Theory),
David Murphy (Slavic Linguistics, Old Czech Literature), Charles H. Parker
(Dutch Reformation), Kenneth Parker (English Reformation), Gregory A. Pass,
(Special Collections, Medieval France), Claude Pavur, S. J. (Classical and
Post-Classical Latin), Maureen Quigley (Medieval Art), Jack Renard (Medieval
and Early Modern Islam), Albert Rottola, S.J. (Musicology), Thomas Shippey
(Arthurian Literature, Chaucer), Paul Shore (Early Modern Central European
History), Kenneth Steinhauser (Latin Patristics), Cynthia Stollhans
(Renaissance Art), Donald Stump (Renaissance Literature, Spenser), Eleonore
Stump (Thomistic Philosophy), Warren Treadgold (Byzantine History), Sara van
den Berg 17th Century English Literature), Thomas Walsh (Renaissance Humanism);
Hayrettin Yucesoy (Medieval Middle East History).
Certificates: Undergraduate Certificate in Medieval Studies.
Requirements: 21 hours, including an introductory one-credit course,
Latin through the intermediate level, one three-credit course from each of five
different disciplines, and a two-credit capstone research project. Graduate
Certificate in Medieval Studies; Graduate Certificate in Renaissance/Early
Modern Studies. Requirements: 15 credit hours, including 6 credit
hours from home department, 6 credit hours from other departments, 3 credit
hours from Intellectual Foundations of the Renaissance World/Medieval World;
zero-credit Capstone Project.
Fellowships: 4-6 NEH Research Fellowships: five-week or 10-week
commitments, includes travel, housing, and stipend; topic and research skills
appropriate for work in Vatican Film Library or Rare Book Collection; Andrew W.
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships, administered by Vatican Film Library (contact
Gregory A. Pass, Ph.D. at passga@slu.edu).
Publications: Donald T. Critchlow and Charles H. Parker, eds., With
Us Always: A History of Private Charity and Public Welfare (Rowman and
Littlefield, 1998); Thomas E. Moisan, ed., Allegorica, a Journal of Late
Medieval and Early Modern Literature.
Conferences: 32nd Conference on Manuscript Studies, October
14-15, 2005, sponsored by the Vatican Film Library of Pius XII Memorial
Library; Annual CARA Conference, September 30 - October 1, 2005, contact
Gregory A. Pass, Ph.D. at passga@slu.edu.
Lectures: Annual Byzantine, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies
Lectures for 2005-06 (to be announced).
Santa Clara University
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
http://www.scu.edu/SCU/MRS
Director: Michael A. Zampelli, S. J.
Center of Performing Arts
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA 95053
Phone: 408-554-2175
Fax: 408-554-2171
mzampelli@scu.edu
Program Council: Blake DeMaria, Fabio Lopez-Lazaro, Catherine
Murphy, Richard Osberg, Tonia Riviello
Staff: 1 Administrative Assistant shared with the Center of
Performing Arts.
Affiliated faculty: Rose Marie Beebe (Modern Languages), Phyllis
Brown (English), Blake DeMaria (Art and Art History), William Dohar (Religious
Studies), Diane E. Dreher (English), Judith Dunbar (English), John Dunlap
(English), James Felt, SJ (Philosophy), Barbara Fraser ( Theatre and Dance),
Dorothea French (History), Jill Gould (English), John Heath (Classics), Nancy
Wait Kromm (Music), Arthur Liebscher, SJ (History), Kathleen Maxwell (Art and
Art History), Michael McCarthy, SJ (Religious Studies/Classics), Catherine
Mitchell (History), Asa Mittman (Art and Art History), Barbara Molony
(History), Catherine Montfort (Modern Languages), Catherine Murphy (Religious
Studies), Barbara Murray (Theatre and Dance), Richard Osberg (English), Andrea
Pappas (Art and Art History), David Pinault (Religious Studies), Sita Raman
(History), Tonia Riviello (Modern Languages), David Skinner (History), Russell
Skowronek (Anthropology/Sociology), Frederick Tollini, SJ (Theatre and Dance),
Thomas Turley (History), Victor Vari (Modern Languages), Cory Wade (English),
Michael Zampelli, SJ (Theatre and Dance).
B.A. Minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Requirements:
Seven (7) courses required for the minor may be selected from over 80 courses
in thirteen different disciplines (see http://www.scu.edu/mrs/). A maximum of
three courses can be lower-division. The four remaining courses must be upper
division and must be selected from three different departments. One of the
upper-division courses must require an interdisciplinary research paper based
on source materials and secondary works dealing with a topic rooted in the
medieval and/or Renaissance periods. Alternatively, this research paper
requirement may be fulfilled under the supervision of an affiliated faculty
member and the program director. Study of French, German, Greek, Italian,
Latin, and/or Spanish is strongly recommended but not required. Students should
consult with the program director to determine the cluster of courses best
suited to their personal interests and preparation. Completion of the minor is
noted on the student's transcript, and students receive a certificate
acknowledging their accomplishment.
Publications: Annual newsletter, "Santa Clara University
Medieval-Renaissance Studies"
Recent Lectures and Presentations: Francis X. McAloon, SJ,
"All Shall Be Well: The Anchoritic Spirituality of Julian of
Norwich"; Catherine Murphy, "Absolute Community and Absolute Poverty:
The Apocalyptic Economies of the Dead Sea Scrolls Community and the Franciscan
Spirituals"; Frederick Tollini, SJ, "Scene Design at the Court of
Louis XIV"; David Pinault, "Indonesia's Buddhist Heritage and the
Question of Indonesian National Identity"; Blake DeMaria, "Art and
Culture in Renaissance Venice"; Dedication and celebration of SCU's newly
planted medieval "St. Clare Garden"; Medieval-Renaissance Film
Festival.
Upcoming Events: Hosting 2004 October CARA meeting.
Special emphases: The program emphasizes cross-disciplinary and
interdisciplinary courses not only on Europe's medieval and Renaissance periods
but also on analogous eras elsewhere in the world.
Annual budget: $2,000 (operating budget).
St.
Thomas More College
Classical,
Medieval, and Renaissance Studies Program
http://artsandscience.usask.ca/cmrs/
Program Research Director: Dr. Sharon Wright
Research, CMRS
Department of History,
7th Floor Arts, 9 Campus Drive
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK, Canada
S7N 5A5
Phone: 306-966-8933
Fax: 306-966-8904
Siena
College: Convivium
www.siena.edu/convivium/
Director: Pam Clements
Convivium, Siena College
515 Loudon Rd.
Loudonville, NY 12211-1462
Phone: 518-783-2325 (dept.), 518-783-2359 (office)
Fax: 518-782-6548
clements@siena.edu
For further details on Siena College: Convivium please see listing under Convivium.
Smith College
Medieval Studies Council
http://www.smith.edu/medieval/
Director: Craig R. Davis
Professor of English Language & Literature
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
Phone: 413-585-3327
Fax: 413-585-3322
cradavis@email.smith.edu
Staff: Lyn Minnich, Administrative Assistant
Affiliated faculty:
Christine Geiler Andrews, Lecturer in Art
Ibtissam Bouachrine, Assistant Professor of Spanish & Portuguese
Nancy Mason Bradbury, Professor of English Language & Literature
Brigitte Buettner, Professor of Art
John Connolly, Professor of Philosophy
Craig R. Davis, Professor of English Language & Literature
Eglal Doss-Quinby, Professor of French Studies
Michelle Herder, Lecturer in History
Suleiman Ali Mourad, Assistant Professor of Religion
Alfonso Procaccini, Professor of Italian Language and Literature
Vera Shevzov, Associate Professor of Religion
Degrees: A major and a minor in medieval studies are offered.
Requirements for the major: 10 courses, excluding a minimum of two courses in
Latin; distributional requirements in history, religion, art or music, language
and/or literature.
Degrees conferred: 2 in 2004; 3 in 2005; 2 in 2006; 4 in 2007.
Southern Methodist University
Medieval Studies Program
www.smu.edu/medievalstudies
Director: Bonnie Wheeler
English Department
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275-0432
Phone: 214-768-2949
Fax: 214-768-1158
bwheeler@smu.edu
Affiliated faculty: Jeremy duQ. Adams (history), William
Babcock (religious studies), Annemarie Weyl Carr (art history), Jo Goyne
(English), Valerie Hotchkiss (Bridwell Librarian); Donna Mayer-Martin (music),
Pamela Patton (art history), David Price (history); Stephen Shepherd (English);
Bonnie Wheeler (English).
Degrees: B.A. minor and major; M.A.
Publications: Arthuriana, ed. Bonnie Wheeler.
Lectures: Frequent lectures by visiting medievalists;
annual Bridwell Medieval Lecturer.
Dallas Consortium: The Dallas Area Medieval Association
Consortium gives credit to students for medieval courses offered by any of the
participating medieval programs (University of Dallas, University of Texas at
Dallas, and Southern Methodist University). About 20 faculty members are
participating.
Stanford
University
Medieval Studies Program
http://www.stanford.edu/dept/cmems/
Associate
Director:
Michael Wyatt
Office 260-205
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2018
Phone: 650-721-4099
ganymede@stanford.edu
Committee in charge: Philippe Buc, Hester Gelber, Hans Ulrich
Gumbrecht, Robert P. Harrison, Nancy S. Kollmann, Seth Lerer, William Mahrt,
Bisserra Pentcheva, Jennifer Summit, Rega Wood.
Staff: Monica Moore, Administrator; Jan Hafner, Academic
Assistant
Affiliated faculty: Cecile Alduy (French & Italian), Theodore
Andersson (German Studies), Vincent Barletta (Spanish & Portuguese),
Shahzad Bashir (Religious Studies), Carl Bielefeldt (Religious Studies), George
H. Brown (English), Philippe Buc
(History), Steven Carter (Asian Languages), Charlotte Fonrobert (Religious
Studies); Hester Gelber (Religious Studies), Avner Greif (Economics), Hans
Ulrich Gumbrecht (French & Italian), Robert Harrison (French &
Italian), Michelle Karnes (English), Nancy S. Kollmann (History), Seth Lerer
(English, Comparative Literature), Mark E. Lewis (History), William Mahrt
(Music), David Malkiel (Religious Studies), Michael Markham (Music), Kathryn A.
Miller (History), Patricia Parker (Comparative Literature, English), Bissera
Pentcheva (Art and Art History), Orrin W. Robinson III (German Studies), Jesse
Rodin (Music), Behnam Sadeki (Religious Studies), Stuart Sargent (Asian Languages),
Jeffrey Schnapp (French and Italian), Carolyn Springer (French & Italian),
Jennifer Summit (English); Rega Wood (Philosophy).
Degrees: Undergraduate major and minor. Requirements for major:
core course; 9 courses that meet distribution requirements; language
proficiency, plus choice of 4 additional related courses. Requirements for
minor: core course; 5 courses that meet distribution requirements; 1 course of
classical and/or medieval vernacular language study. Graduate study in medieval
fields is based in departments, although much of the work is inter- and
cross-disciplinary.
Conferences: Hosted the Medieval Association of the Pacific and
the Medieval Academy of America, 3/26 - 3/28/98
On-campus participants: 30.
Community participants: 20.
See as well: Medieval
Studies at Stanford University Libraries, Richard Rufus of Cornwall, Paleography, and The Medieval Word
Swarthmore
College
Medieval Studies Program
Chair: Ellen M. Ross
Religion Department
Swarthmore College
500 College Ave.
Swarthmore, PA 19081-1397
Syracuse
University
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Contact: Kenneth Pennington
Dept. of History, Syracuse Univ.
Syracuse, NY 13244-1090
Phone: 315-443-4750
Fax: 315-443-3503
penningk@maxwell.syr.edu
Degrees: B.A. with medieval/Renaissance major. Requirements: 30
credits. Degrees conferred: 3 in 1994-95; 2 in 1997-98. Majors enrolled in
1997-98: 7. M.A. and Ph.D. in medieval/Renaissance studies are not offered.
Financial aid: Undergraduate financial aid only.
University
of Tennessee
Medieval Studies Program
and the MARCO Project
(Medieval and Renaissance Curriculum and Outreach)
http://web.utk.edu/~medieval
Chair of Medieval Studies: Laura Howes
Director of the Marco Institute
Department of English
McClung Tower, third floor
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
lhowes@utk.edu
Phone: 865-974-6954
Fax: 865-974-6926
Faculty and affiliates: Paul Barrette (emeritus, French), Robert
Bast (history), Jane Bellamy (English), Anne Bridges (UT Libraries), Palmira
Brummett (history), Thomas Burman (history), D. Allen Carroll (emeritus,
English), Sheldon Cohen (emeritus, philosophy), Bryant Creel (Spanish), J.P.
Dessel (history), Salvatore Di Maria (Italian), Mary Dzon (English), Rachel
Golden (musicology), Robert Gorman (political science), Rosalind Gwynne
(Arabic), Thomas Heffernan (English), Heather Hirschfeld (English), Laura Howes
(English), Gregor Kalas (architecture), Gregory Kaplan (Spanish), Katherine
Kong (French), Maura Lafferty (classics), Roy Liuzza (English), J.L. McIntosh
(history), Chauncey J. Mellor (German), Amy Neff (art), Jay Rubenstein
(history), Kathryn Salzer (history), J. Clerk Shaw (philosophy), Christine
Shepardson (religious studies), Robert E. Stillman (English), David Tandy
(classics), Joseph Trahern (emeritus, English), Aleydis Van de Moortel
(classics), Anthony Welch (English). Associates: Brian Carniello (history),
Nicole Hamonic (medieval studies), Samantha Murphy (English).
Degrees: B.A. in medieval studies is offered (no separate degree
offered in Renaissance studies). Degrees awarded: 2 in 1993-94. Average number
of majors enrolled in a given year: 5. Minors are available as well, but their
numbers are not recorded. Enrollment in the 2-semester introductory medieval
course is about 450. There is no Ph.D. in medieval studies. Ph.D. degrees are
given by departments. Average number of Ph.D.s awarded: 2 per year.
Teaching assistantship: 1 per year.
Lectures: Approximately 6 speakers per year.
Conferences: 1 conference per year, under the auspices of the
Marco Institute.
Mailing list: Approximately 50 people in the Knoxville area
interested in medieval matters.
Budget: Approximately $30,000. The operating budget is $1,500.
The rest is applied to courses taught by the program and for the released time
of 1 course for the Chair of the program.
University
of Texas at Austin:
Medieval Studies Program
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/medievalstudies/
Contact: Dr. Jorie Woods
Department of English
University of Texas
Austin, Texas 78712
Phone: 512-475-6356
Fax: 512-471-4909
jorie@mail.utexas.edu
Director: Geraldine Heng (heng@mail.utexas.edu)
Affiliated faculty: see website.
Ph.D. in Medieval Studies: Requirements: 30 hours of course work
beyond the master's, including 2 required seminars. See website for additional details.
Fellowships: Two $1500 summer research stipends; two $1000
fellowships for Chaucer research; University Recruitment Fellowships for
exceptionally qualified applicants; University Continuing Fellowships for
outstanding performance.
Teaching assistantships: Available through individual departments
on a competitive basis.
Conferences: We hosted the Medieval Academy of America, 2000.
Symposia: Symposium on the Lancelot-Grail cycle of French
Arthurian Prose Romances. Graduate symposia in 1999, 2002, 2003;
professionalization workshop in 2004.
Lectures: Scheduled through individual departments. Recent
lecturers include Eugene Vance, Seth Lerer, Carolyn Dinshaw, David Wallace,
Richard Emmerson, Winthrop Wetherbee, Helmut Puff, Christopher Baswell, Xinru
Liu, Ray Kea, Christopher de Hamel, Marilyn Miguel.
Exhibits: A permanent exhibit of medieval art and artifacts on
long-term loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art is on display at the
Humanities Research Center. This building also houses an extensive collection
of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and incunabula, including the
Pforzheimer Collection, which can be viewed and consulted by interested
scholars.
Concerts: Regular concerts by the Early Music Ensemble, directed
by Daniel Johnson. Recent concert by Istanpitta.
Performances: Play of Herod performed most years by the Texas
Early Music Project, directed by Daniel Johnson. TEMP also offers a varied
program of performances two to four times a year, including seasonal offerings.
Benjamin Bagby of Sequentia has staged performances of Beowulf in recent
years.
University of Texas at Tyler
Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Center
http://www.uttyler.edu/Arts/history/CCMRS%20Pages/CCMRShome.htm
Director:
Victor I. Scherb
Dept. of Literature and Languages
The
Phone: 903-566-7374
Fax: 903-565-5700
vscherb@mail.uttyl.edu
Affiliated faculty: Jill Blondin (Art History), Michael
Eidenmuller (Speech), Jeffrey Emge (Music); Stephen Krebbs (Classical and
Renaissance Philosophy), Randy LeBlanc (Political Science), James Murphree
(Colonial History), Chantal Roussel-Zuazu (Spanish and French Language and
Culture), Victor I. Scherb (Old and Middle English literature), David Strong
(Dante, Medieval Philosophy, Langland, and Shakespeare), Paul Streufert (Latin
and Greek language and culture), Edward Tabri (Roman, Medieval, and Renaissance
History), Gregory Utley (Spanish language and culture)
Minor in Classical Studies: Requirements: 18 credit hours
Minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Requirements: 18
credit hours. See website for details on minors.
Scholarships: $1000 yearly scholarship for graduate or
undergraduate study with minor or concentration on a classical, medieval or
Renaissance topic.
Conferences: “A Useful Past: History, Politics, and Literature
from Classical Antiquity to the Present Day” (held March 28th,
2009).
University
of Toledo
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
http://www.utoledo.edu
Adviser: Dr. Roger D. Ray
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH 43606-3390
Degree: The Medieval and Renaissance Studies offers a BA degree.
Degree Requirements: This humanities major provides
interdisciplinary study of the Medieval and Renaissance civilizations including
the Western World, the Byzantine and Islamic worlds, and Late Greco-Roman and
Christian Antiquity. It offers formal courses and many possibilities for
independent study in art history, English, foreign languages and literature,
history, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. The chairperson of the
Committee on Medieval and Renaissance Studies serves as the academic adviser.
The program requires 60 hours of study, distributed as follows: A) HIST 3100,
3110, 4030, 4040 (12 hours); B) Electives (39 hours). With the assistance of
the adviser, the student must elect a truly interdisciplinary array of courses.
If the student cannot satisfactorily read one of the learned
or vernacular languages (other than modern English) of the Middle Ages and the
Renaissance, some elective hours must be used to remove the deficien-cy; C)
Final Project (9 hours). This is a research or creative activity leading to a
formal paper or an artistic expression. As a rule it requires the reading of
primary sources in the original language. The hours may be spread over a full
academic year, distributed between two semesters or earned entirely in one. The
committee on Medieval and Renaissance Studies approves the written proposal and
appoints a faculty supervisor. The project may be concentrated in one field,
such as philosophy; but an interdisciplinary committee of three faculty
members, including the project supervisor,
grades it.
University
of Toronto
Centre for Medieval Studies
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/medieval/
Director:
John Magee (Director)
University of Toronto
125 Queen's Park, 3rd fl.
Toronto, ON M5S 2C7
Canada
Phone: 416-978-4884
Fax: 416-978-8294
medieval.studies@utoronto.ca
Executive
officers: David Townsend, Associate Director; E. Ruth Harvey, Ph.D.
Co-ordinator.
Staff: Rosemary
Beattie, Manager; Grace Desa, Graduate Administrator; Elizabeth Pulickeel,
Office Assistant.
Affiliated faculty: Approximately
60, not including 30 emeritus and associate members; see website.
M.A. in Medieval Studies:
Requirements: 4 full courses (including
a Latin requirement), or 3 full courses (including a Latin requirement) and a
thesis.
Ph.D. in Medieval Studies:
Requirements: 3 full courses; a pass in
Level Two Latin and in French and German; Major Field examination;
dissertation.
Admissions/financial aid: A schedule of
fees and the regulations governing their payment are to be found in the
Calendar of the School of Graduate Studies (issued annually): in 2009-10,
$7,439 CDN for full-time domestic students, $16,416 CDN for full-time
international students. Admissions and
financial aid are administered by the Centre's Committee on Awards and
Fellowships under the chairmanship of the Associate Director. All students admitted
to the doctoral program are guaranteed a minimum level of financial aid, which
will in many cases include teaching and research assistantships. The minimum
level for 2009-10 is $15,000 CDN plus tuition and incidentals.
Publications/conferences/lectures: The Centre
coordinates a program that includes certain resources of the Pontifical
Institute of Mediaeval Studies and a wide variety of participating departments
and programs in the University of Toronto. The Centre also sponsors major
research projects (e.g., the Dictionary of Old English), publication series
(Toronto Medieval Latin Texts, Toronto Medieval Texts and Translations, Toronto
Old English Series, Publications of the Dictionary of Old English, Toronto
Studies in Medieval Law, and a student journal (Fons Luminis). There are
annual conferences and lecture series, as well as talks given by distinguished
visitors each year. The 2009 annual conference was “ Nostra Eruditio: Current
Work at the Centre for Medieval Studies”; information for the 2010 conference
will be posted on the Centre’s website.
The Centre co-sponsors an annual graduate student conference with
Harvard University, under the title "Vagantes." The 2009-10
conference will be held at the University of New Mexico on 11-13 March 2010.
Special emphases: The education
of aspiring medievalists requires both training in basic skills and the
fostering of certain qualities of mind and imagination. It includes: the acquisition of those skills, linguistic
and ancillary, that provide access to the literary remains of the medieval past,
as well as the development of both the disciplinary and interdisciplinary
methods requisite to the interpretation of those remains. An ability to read Latin—as well as Latin and
vernacular manuscripts—is regarded by the Centre as an essential tool for scholars
working in the Middle Ages. Latin has
always been at the core of the Centre’s research activities; recent ventures
include the Journal of Medieval Latin,
the availability to scholars outside Toronto of a Latin accreditation service,
and a summer Latin school for external students. The Centre also administers a collaborative
program in Editing Medieval Texts (Alexander Andrée, Director). The program,
available only at the doctoral level, is open to students both in the Centre
and in the departments of Classics, English, French, History, Italian Studies,
Music, Philosophy, Religion, and Spanish.
Students at the Centre may also register for collaborative programs in
Book History and Print Culture, Women's Studies, Sexual Diversity Studies,
Women and Gender Studies, Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, and Jewish Studies.
University of Toronto
Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies
http://www.crrs.ca
Director: Professor Jane Couchman
71 Queen's Park Cr. East
Toronto ON, M5S 1K7
CANADA
Phone: 416-585-4484
Fax: 416-585-4584
crrs.vic@utoronto.ca
Contact: Dr. Stephanie Treloar, Assistant to the Director
Staff: Kelli Carr (Administrative Assistant, Publications); Karen
Read (Administrative Assistant, Finance)
Affiliated Faculty: Please see website under "People"
and then under "Committees."
Degree programs: CRRS administers the Victoria University
undergraduate program in Renaissance Studies, which offers Pass, Honours, and
Specialist options. We are in the process of developing a graduate
collaborative certificate in Early Modern Studies.
Fellowships and visiting appointments: 1. Non-Stipendiary
Fellowships: one year (renewable), for recent post-docs and PhD candidates in
the ABD stage. Application form available upon request to Assistant to the
Director. 2. Visiting Fellowships: terms of tenure of under one year
(renewable); for PhD candidates, graduates and established scholars.
Application form available upon request to Assistant to the Director. Although
both forms of Fellowship are non-stipendiary, they do carry free library
privileges at all
Financial aid: 1 - 3 Graduate Fellowships per year, worth approximately $4,800
(CAD); 12-13 Iter Graduate Fellowships per year, worth $5,000 (CAD); travel
assistance for Visiting Fellows to a maximum of $500 (CAD) through the
Eisenbichler Fund.
Research assistantships: 3 to 5 Robson Research Assistantships
per year, worth approximately $2,000 (CAD);
1 to 2 Corbet Undergraduate Research Assistantships each year, worth
approximately $2,000 (CAD)
1 Treboute
Undergraduate Research Assistantship each year, worth approximately $2,000
(CAD)
Publications: see http://www.crrs.ca/new/publications/publications.htm
for currently available publications. Recently released and forthcoming from
CRRS Publications in 2009-2010:
* Renaissance Medievalisms. Ed. Konrad Eisenbichler. Essays and
Studies 18
* Ars reminiscendi: Mind and Memory in
Renaissance Culture. Essays and Studies 19
* Sport and Culture in Early Modern Europe / Le Sport dans la Civilisation de l’Europe
Pré-Moderne. Essays and Studies 20
* Faith and Fantasy in the
Renaissance: Texts, Images, and Religious Practices. Essays and Studies 21
* Connell,
William J. and Giles Constable. Sacrilege and Redemption in Renaissance
Florence: The Case of Antonio Rinaldeschi. (revised second edition). Essays
and Studies 8
* Moliere. The Lavish Lovers. Trans. David Edney.
Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation 41
* Journey of Five Capuchin Nuns. Ed. And
Trans. Sarah Owens. The Other Voice 1
* Giovan Battista Andreini: Love in the Mirror.
Ed. and Trans. Jon Snyder. The Other Voice 2
* Oliva Sabuco de Nantes Barrera: The True
Medicine. Ed. and Trans. Gianna Pomata. The Other Voice 3
* Two Women of the Great Schism: The
Revelations of Constance de Rabastens by Raymond de Sabanac and Life of the Blessed Ursulina of Parma by
Simone Zanacchi. Ed. and Trans. Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski and Bruce L.
Venarde. The Other Voice 4
Conferences: 16-17 October 2009, "To Have and to
Hold: Marriage in Premodern Europe 1200-1700"
Symposia/Workshops: see website for dates & speakers.
* Friday Workshops: 45 minute presentations by Fellows; all in Northrop Frye
Hall, room 205 at
* Paleography: dates and languages TBA.
Lectures:
* Annual Erasmus Lecture: 15 October 2009 at 4 p.m. in Alumni Hall, Old
Victoria College, by George Bernard on "The King’s Painter: Holbein the
Erasmian"
* Distinguished Visiting Scholar: March 2010 (date TBA), Patricia Demers.
* Fourth Annual William R. Bowen Concert: February 26, 2010 at
7:30 pm in Vic Chapel, Old Victoria College.
* Toronto Renaissance and Reformation Colloquium (all lectures in the Burwash
Hall Senior Common Room at 4:00 p.m.) Speakers and titles will be posted on the
CRRS website
Special holdings: specialized collection of 20,000 books and periodicals
on the Reformation and Renaissance. Emphasis on editions, reference works and
fields of humanism, gender studies and book history. Sub-collection of works by
and about Erasmus; rare collection of 4,000 books printed between 1500 and
1800. Sub-collection of works by Erasmus and his circle; extensive microfilm
and microfiche holdings, including Complete State Papers Domestic,
Flugschriften, and Early Books Printed in Low Countries, France and Germany
(among many other smaller collections; see http://www.crrs.ca/Emr/index.htm);
periodicals collection of approximately 75 titles. Both collections are reading
only. No special card is required to use rare books. All periodicals and books,
including rare books, are catalogued and may be searched online through the U
of T Libraries site at http://www.library.utoronto.ca/.
Microfilm collections appear in the U of T online catalogue as a whole, but
individual titles within collections must be researched by card catalogue and
listings as provided by vendors. Cataloguing system: Library of Congress
Published catalogues of holdings: Early Editions of Erasmus at
the Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Toronto compiled by
Jacqueline Glomsky and Erika Rummel (Toronto: CRRS Occasional Publications #7,
1994); Early Modern Resources at the University of Toronto compiled by Mark
Crane (Toronto: CRRS, 2002); available online at
http://www.crrs.ca/Emr/index.htm
Fundraising activities: One fundraising letter annually offers a
choice of 6 funds (3 are directed to the acquisition of library materials) into
which donations may be directed. All donations are tax-receipted. Gifts in kind
of books suitable to the CRRS collections are accepted, evaluated, and
receipted.
Community outreach programs: Up to 6 undergraduate students are
hired through the Ontario Work-Study program as database researchers for Iter:
Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance and as publications assistants.
Number of community donors or members: For 2008-2009, 36
individuals donated funds and in-kind gifts to the CRRS. Our newsletter goes to
an international mailing list of approximately 650 individuals.
Criteria for membership: Scholarly interest in the European
Renaissance and Reformation; membership is free and voluntary. Please contact
Assistant to the Director for further information.
Special emphases or features: Reformation, especially Northern
European; Erasmus (large collection of early printed Erasmiana in the CRRS Rare
collection); gender studies; history of the book.
Annual budget: $330,000
University of Toronto
St. Michael's College
Undergraduate Program in Medieaval Studies
http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/med/
Program Director: Mark McGowan
St. Michael's College
81 St. Mary Street
Toronto, ON
M5S IJ4
Phone: 416-926-1300 x7102
Fax: 416-926-2330
mark.mcgowan@utoronto.ca
Other administrators: Joseph Goering, Program Coordinator (goering@chass.utoronto.ca)
Phone: 416-926-1300
Michael O'Connor, Programs Administrator
Jean Talman, Programs Assistant (jean.talman@utoronto.ca)
Phone: 416-926-1300 x7145
Programs: Specialist (12 courses); Major (7 courses); Minor (4
courses). Entry is in second year. St. Michael's College offers a compulsory
gateway course (The Mediaeval Tradition), six Foundational Courses on a cycled
basis, and several courses under the categories of History, Thought, Literature
and the Arts (also on a cycled basis). Many other courses available through
University of Toronto departments are also available to students. Latin is a
required part of the Specialist program. A brochure, produced annually,
contains detailed information on requirements and courses, and can be requested
from the Program Assistant at the address above.
Trent
University: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies Emphasis Program
Contact: Sarah L. Keefer
Department of English
Peterborough, ON K9J 7B8
Canada
Phone: 705-748-1011 ext. 1813
Fax: 705-748-1823
skeefer@trentu.ca
Trinity College: Medieval and
Renaissance Studies Program
Coordinator: Sheila Fisher
Department of English
Trinity College
Hartford, CT 06106
Trinity University
Medieval Studies Program
http://www.trinity.edu/~rnewhaus/index.html
Chair: Richard Newhauser
Dept. of English
One Trinity Place
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX 78212-7200
Phone: 210-999-7567
Fax: 210-999-7578
rnewhaus@tucc7.tucc.trinity.edu
Affiliated faculty: Art history: John Hutton (early Christian
art), Charles Talbot (late medieval Netherlands). Classical studies: Joan
Burton (Greek), James Pearce (Latin), Colin Wells (Late Roman Empire). English:
Richard Newhauser (history of ideas). History: David Lesch (Islam), John Martin
(Florence). Modern Languages and Literatures: Michael Ward (Spanish, Italian),
Florence Weinberg (French). Music: Gerald Benjamin (early modern music).
Political Science: Sussan Siavoshi (classical political thought). Religion:
Francisco Garcia-Treto (Islam, Judaism). Speech and Drama: Stacey Connelly,
David Rinear.
B.A. Minor: Requirements: 18 credit hours. Degrees awarded: 2 in
1995-96; 1 in 1996-97.
Scholarships: Various types of university scholarships and
fellowships.
Conferences: Texas Medieval Association Conference, 9/95 and 9/98; CARA, 9/97.
Symposia/workshops: "Poetry and Preaching," 9/93.
Annual budget: $775.
University of Utah
Medieval and Early Modern
Studies Program
http://www.usu.edu/langphil/MEMS/MedEarlyProgram.htm
Contact: Christine Cooper-Rompato, Director
Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program
Dept. of Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication
0720 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-0720
Christine.rompato@usu.edu
Phone: 435-797-3856
Fax: 435-797-1329
University of Victoria
Medieval Studies
Program
http://web.uvic.ca/medieval
Contact: Dr. Iain Higgins, Director
Medieval Studies Program
PO Box 3045 STN CSC
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada V8W 3P4
medi@uvvm.uvic.ca
Phone: 250-721-6271 (direct), 250-721-6271 (dept. office)
Fax: 250-472-4748
Staff: Sheila Adams, Program Assistant
medi@uvic.ca
Affiliated Faculty: Gregory Andrachuk (Hispanic Studies), Helene
Cazes (French), Gordon Fulton (English), Catherine Harding (History in Art),
Timothy Haskett (History), Iain Higgins (English), Lloyd Howard (Italian
Studies), Kathryn Kerby-Fulton (English), Eike Kluge (Philosophy), Susan Lewis
(Music), Marcus Milwright (History in Art), Cody Poulton (Pacific and Asian
Studies), Andrew Rippin (History), John Tucker (English), Dr. Erik Kwakkel (History), Adrienne
Williams Boyarin (English), Allen Mitchel (English)
Degrees: Students in Medieval Studies at the University of
Victoria can enroll in an Honours Program, a Major Program, or a Minor/General
Program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Students may also undertake
combined Honours and/or Majors degrees by completing the requirements in two
programs (for example, English Honours and Medieval Studies Major; History and
Medieval Studies Majors). By completing the requirements for the General
Program together with a Major or Honours Program in another department or
faculty, students may obtain a Minor in Medieval Studies. Unlike most programs
elsewhere, this program includes the study of the Byzantine and Islamic worlds
as part of the curriculum. There is currently no graduate program in Medieval
Studies, but students may register for either an interdisciplinary degree or
with home departments offering courses in Medieval Studies.
Program Committee: Iain Higgins (Chair), Catherine
Harding, John Tucker, Adrienne Williams Boyarin, and Erik Kwakkel.
Financial Aid: Each year the Friends of Medieval
Studies Scholarship and the Medieval Faculty Scholarship are awarded
to Major students going into 4th year.
Exhibit: Selection of Medieval Manuscripts on display in Special
Collections, MacPherson Library.
Visiting
Appointments:
The Program uses university funding under the auspices of the Lansdowne
Visitors Fund to bring distinguished scholars to campus for short-term visits,
in which they lecture, lead seminars and workshops, and consult with faculty
and students. All Lansdowne lectures are free and open to the public. In the
spring semester of 2009, Dr Alain Touwaide of the Smithsonian Institute will be
a visiting Lansdowne Scholar in Humanities and will offer a senior seminar in
Medieval Studies.
Annual Medieval Workshop: Since 1988, the Medieval Studies Program has offered a day-long
program on a Saturday in early February with several guest lecturers speaking
on topics of particular interest to both medievalists and the general
community. Scheduled in February 2009, "The Medieval
Mediterranean," with specialist lectures from Dr. Karla Mallette,
Washington and Lee University
Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Contact:
David S.
Peterson
Department
of History
Baker Hall
203
Washington
and Lee University
Tel. (540)
458-8094
FAX (540)
458-8498
Faculty:
Matthew Bailey (Romance Languages), Rebecca Benefiel (Classics), George
Bent (Art History), Bruce Boller (Physics), Alexandra Brown (Religion), Gwyn
Campbell (Spanish), Edwin Craun (English), Roger Crockett (German), Françoise
Frégnac-Clave (French), Genelle Gertz (English), Patrick Hatcher
(History/Religion), Curtis Jirsa (English), Scott Johnson (Classics), Jeffrey
Kosky (Religion), Richard Marks (Religion), Yolanda Merrill (Humanities
Librarian), David Peterson (History), Holly Pickett (English), Debra Prager
(German), Domnica Radulescu (French), Taylor Sanders (History), Lad Sessions
(Philosophy), Gordon Spice (Music), C. Vaughan Stanley (Special Collections).
Major:
33 credits, drawn from over seventy courses, including: 1) a rotating “gateway” course (MRST 110)
offered on a different interdisciplinary topic each year; 2) 27 credits (9
courses) distributed over four subject areas (History, Literature, Ideas,
Art); 3)
a one-semester senior thesis (or two semester honors thesis); 4) a year of a European language beyond the
intermediate level . Students are
strongly encouraged to study abroad.
Activities:
The program sponsors half a dozen student-faculty luncheon-colloquia
each year, and hosts two to three visiting speakers who give public lectures,
colloquia, and visit classes. In
2008-09: Thomas S. Freeman (Sheffield),
James Simpson (Harvard), William Layher (Washington University).
Conferences:
Mid-Atlantic Renaissance-Reformation Seminar (MARRS), March 26-27, 2010 (see
website).
Graduates: Twenty-four since the program’s inception in 1994: eight have gone into law, two into medicine, six have gone to graduate school in the humanities and one in divinity, two into school teaching (including math), one into museum curatorship, two have entered government service, one banking. Most are double-majors (including chemistry, economics, math); over half write senior honors theses and a third have joined PBK; two have won Fulbright Fellowships, one a Watson Fellowship.
Western Michigan University
The Medieval Institute
http://www.wmich.edu/medieval
Director: James M. Murray
The Medieval Institute
Western Michigan University
1903 W. Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5432
Phone: 269-387-8745
Fax: 269-387-8750
james.murray@wmich.edu
Assistant Director: Elizabeth C. Teviotdale
Phone: 269-387-8830
elizabeth.teviotdale@wmich.edu
Managing Editor, Medieval Institute Publications (MIP): Patricia
Hollahan
Phone: 269-387-8754
patricia.hollahan@wmich.edu
Staff: Elisabeth Carnell, Congress Coordinator; Thomas Krol,
Production Editor (MIP); Linda Judy, Graphic Designer (MIP); Theresa Whitaker,
Editor (MIP); Cynthia Seedorff, Order Fulfillment Manager (MIP).
Affiliated Faculty: Jeffrey Angles (Japanese), George T. Beech
(emeritus, medieval history), Robert F. Berkhofer III (medieval France,
medieval history), Luigi Andrea Berto (medieval Italy, medieval history),
Elizabeth Bradburn (seventeenth-century British literature), Ernst A. Breisach
(emeritus, historiography, Renaissance history), Nancy Cutbirth (emerita,
English Renaissance literature), Clifford Davidson (emeritus, medieval drama),
David Ede (Islamic studies), E. Rozanne Elder (medieval history, monasticism),
Anthony Ellis (English Renaissance drama), Robert W. Felkel (Spanish
literature), Stephanie Gauper (emerita, English Renaissance literature), C. J.
Gianakaris (emeritus, Renaissance drama, Shakespeare), Rand H. Johnson
(medieval Latin), Paul A. Johnston Jr. (Old and Middle English linguistics),
Catherine Julien (Spanish palaeography, colonial Latin American history), Peter
Krawutschke (medieval German prose literature), Joyce Kubiski (medieval art),
David Kutzko (Latin and Greek authors and culture), Molly Lynde-Recchia
(medieval French literature), James Palmitessa (Central Europe, Reformations,
later medieval history), Pablo Pastrana-Pérez (medieval Spanish literature),
Eve Salisbury (Middle English literature and drama, medieval continental
literature in translation and romance, folktales), Jana K. Schulman (Old
English and Old Norse) Thomas H. Seiler (emeritus, medieval literature), Larry
J. Simon (Spain and the Mediterranean, Jewish/Christian/Muslim relations,
medieval history), Matthew Steel (medieval music), Susan Steuer (late medieval
religious women), Larry Syndergaard (emeritus, Scandinavian literature, Middle
English literature), Paul E. Szarmach (emeritus, Old English literature), Grace
Tiffany (Shakespeare, English Renaissance drama), Kevin J. Wanner (medieval
Christianity).
B.A.: A B.A. minor is available, but not a major.
M.A. in Medieval Studies: Option I requires at least 37 credit
hours; a master's thesis; demonstrated reading proficiency in Latin (=Latin
560) and in an appropriate modern foreign language; and an oral examination in
defense of the thesis. Option II requires at least 37 credit hours and
demonstrated reading proficiency in Latin (=Latin 560). Degrees conferred: 7 in
2001, 6 in 2002, 4 in 2003, 7 in 2004, 5 in 2005, 7 in 2006.
Visiting International Professors: variable
Financial Aid: variable internships; 8 graduate teaching
assistantships, 2 publications assistantships, and 2 general assistantships; 1
Tashjian Summer Study Fellowship.
Conferences: Western Michigan University is host of the
International Congress on Medieval Studies. The Congress is the largest
professional meeting of its kind in the world, attracting in recent years over
3,000 participants. Begun in 1962 as a biennial meeting and continuing from
1970 as an annual meeting, the Congress traditionally takes place in early May.
It features over 600
sessions of papers, panel discussions, roundtables, workshops, and
performances. There are also some 90 business meetings and receptions sponsored
by learned societies, associations, and institutions. The exhibits hall boasts
nearly 70 exhibitors, including publishers, used book dealers, and purveyors of
medieval sundries. There are three kinds of sessions: Sponsored Sessions,
organized by affiliated learned societies, associations, or institutions;
Special Sessions, organized by individual scholars or ad hoc groups; and
General Sessions, organized by the Congress Committee from papers submitted by
individuals.
Lectures and other
events: Loew Lecture,
1 per term. Exhibits, concerts and additional lectures are sponsored on a
variable schedule.
Mailing list: The Institute maintains a mailing list, which may
be leased.
Emphases: Anglo-Saxon studies and manuscript research.
College
of William and Mary
Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies
http://www.wm.edu/CAS/MARS/
Director: Alison Beach
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Department of Religious Studies
Wren 306
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Phone: 757-221-2179
Fax: 757-221-2169
aibeac@wm.edu
Participating faculty: Alison Beach (Religious Studies), Paula
Blank (English), John Conlee (English), Phil Daileader (History), George
Greenia (Spanish), Suzanne Hagedorn (English), Dale Hoak (History), Lu Ann
Homza (History), William Hutton (Classics), Catherine Levesque (Art History),
Jeremy Lopez (English), Lucas Marchante-Aragón (Spanish), Thomas Marshall
(Music), Don Monson (French), John Morreall (Religious Studies), Tom Payne
(Music), Monica Potkay (English), Linda Reilly (Classics), Franco Triolo
(Italian), Ruth van Baak Griffioen (Music), Barbara Watkinson (Art History),
Peter Wiggins (English)
Program description: Undergraduate major and minor are offered. For
the major: 34 credit hours of interdisciplinary course work in the
following four categories: Historical Context, Art History and Music, Language
and Literature, and Religious Studies and Philosophy. Also required for the
major is one advanced-level course in a modern European language, in Arabic, in
Hebrew, in Latin, or in ancient Greek. For the minor: 21 credit
hours of insterdisciplinary course work in the aforementioned four categories.
The program also sponsors special interdisciplinary courses and a summer
apprenticeship in archival skills in collaboration with the Hill Monastic
Manuscript Library.
Degrees conferred: 5 to 6 majors and minors annually.
Conferences: Periodic conferences Distinguished Medievalist
lecture series, faculty reading groups, freshman seminar courses.
Awards: National headquarters for Alpha Delta Gamma, Honorary
Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
University of Wisconsin
Medieval Studies Program
http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/msp/index.html
Chair: Kellie Robertson
7127 Helen C. White Hall
600 North Park Street
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: (608) 263-2861
Fax: (608) 263-3709
krobertson2@wisc.edu
Affiliated faculty: about 30; see website.
B.A.: A degree in medieval studies may be pursued under the provisions
of the individual major option. There is no minor, but double or triple majors
are possible. Students who wish to take a degree in medieval studies must have
a very particular combination of studies in mind, one that could not be
achieved through a double or triple major.
M.A.: A degree in medieval studies may be pursued under the
provisions of the Special Committee Degree option. The Medieval Studies Program
has no power to admit students applying from outside the university. Admission
to an advanced degree program in medieval studies may be granted only after a
student has been enrolled for at least one semester in a graduate degree
program in a traditional department (English, History, etc.)
Ph.D.: A degree in medieval studies may be pursued under the
provisions of the Special Committee Degree option. Admission is as above for
the M.A. Many students who are working toward the Ph.D. degree in one of the
traditional disciplines will do a minor in medieval studies, combining a number
of courses from two or more departments. Current enrollment (minor in medieval
studies): 10-15.
Certificates in Medieval Studies
Regular Certificate (B.A.): To earn the certificate a student must
complete eight courses in the medieval area, with specific distributional requirements,
and must maintain a B average in the courses that count toward the certificate.
Four certificates were awarded in 2004-2005.
Honors Certificate (B.A.): This Certificate requires advanced training
in either Latin, Greek, or Arabic, and puts more emphasis on medieval work
within the chosen major. It consists of eight courses, and a 3.5 GPA must be
maintained within the Certificate program and overall. Students who complete
the Honors work with less than a 3.5 GPA will be awarded the regular certificate
provided they have maintained a 3.0 in their certificate work. This certificate
was instituted in Fall 2005.
Financial aid: The program does not have funds available for
financial aid. Assistance at the graduate level comes through individual departments,
in one of several forms: fellowships, teaching assistantships, project
assistantships. Many students who are medieval specialists in individual
departments have some form of support, but nothing through the program per se.
Visiting appointments: The program uses university funding to
bring distinguished scholars to campus for short-term visits, in which they
lecture, lead seminars and workshops, and consult with faculty and students.
Publications: We have discontinued our Newsletter, which used to
be published once a semester, but we maintain a large email list of
medievalists both on and off campus to whom we regularly forward announcements
and updates. We are in the process of getting our ancient website updated.
Conferences and Symposia: Coming up in October 2007 is a major
conference on "Al-Andalus: Cultural Diffusion and Hybridity in Iberia
(1000-1600)"; details are posted on the web at http://spanport.lss.wisc.edu/al-andalus/. In May we will host a two-day conference on
late-medieval philosophy and theology in honor of Professor William Courtenay,
who is about to retire. In May 2007 we had a similar conference in honor of A.
N. Doane on one of his favorite topics, Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. The recent
retirement of Chris Kleinhenz was recognized in September 2007 with an informal
symposium by his colleagues and former
students.
**Other recent symposia and conferences have included the
International Courtly Literature Society, Medieval Association of the Midwest,
and multi-session symposia on The Afterlife, Byzantium, Celtic Studies, and
Boccaccio. In September 2006 we hosted "Medieval Multilingualism in
Lectures:
Lecture series featuring local faculty and graduate students, with occasional
visitors from other institutions.
Exhibits and concerts: The program has sponsored special exhibits
in the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of Memorial Library,
usually in connection with a conference or some other special event, and
occasional visits by singers and musical groups.
Outreach:
Evening programs/lecture series; weekend seminars; international seminars in
Europe.
Mailing list: The program maintains an electronic mailing list of faculty,
staff, students, members of the Madison community, and interested friends from
elsewhere who want to receive current calls for papers, news of upcoming
events, and program developments. If you would like to be added to the list,
please send your email address to Kellie Robertson at krobertson2@wisc.edu.
Yale
University
Medieval Studies Program
http://www.yale.edu/medieval
Chair: Robert Nelson
Box 208313, Yale University
New Haven, CT 06520-8313
Phone: 203-432-0672
Fax: 203-432-1087
Staff:
Robyn Charmel,
Program Administrator
Affiliated
faculty: Adel
Allouche (History & Religious Studies), R. Howard Bloch (French), Gerhard
Böwering (Philosophy and Religion), Jessica Brantley (English), Marcia Colish
(History), Ian Cornelius, (English), Stephen Davis (Religious Studies), Anne
Dunlop (History of Art) Margot Fassler (Music), Roberta Frank (English), Paul
Freedman (History), Walter Goffart (History), Harvey Goldblatt (Slavic), Frank
Griffel (Religious Studies), Beatrice Gruendler (Arabic), Dimitri Gutas
(Arabic), Valerie Hansen (History), Jacqueline Jung (Art History),
Bentley Layton (Coptic, Manuscript Studies, Religious Studies), Ivan Marcus
(Judaic Studies & History), John Matthews (History & Classics),
Giuseppe Mazzotta (Italian), María Rosa Menocal (Spanish and Arabic), Mary
Miller (Art History), Alastair Minnis (English), Robert Nelson (Art History),
Lee Patterson (English), Susanne Roberts (History) Barbara Shailor (Manuscript
Studies), Denys Turner (Religious Studies), William Whobrey (German), Anders
Winroth (History), Mimi Yiengpruksawan (Art History),
M.Phil.
in Medieval Studies:
The program offers fellowships for students enrolled in other humanities
departments that provide tuition and full funding for a year of courses in
medieval studies in departments other than their own. Requirements: 6
term courses, pass a Latin examination administered by the program, and pass a
one-hour oral examination.
Ph.D. in Medieval Studies: Requirements are 14 term courses over
2 years, proficiency in Latin, French, and German (other languages may be
substituted when appropriate), an oral preliminary examination of 2 hours, and
a dissertation. The Program is designed to be completed in 5 years, and full
funding, both tuition and fellowship, is provided to successful applicants.
Financial aid: Full tuition and fellowship for 5 years (the
amount of the fellowship varies from year to year, but is the same as that
awarded in all other departments at Yale); in the students' third and fourth
years of study they engage in teaching as assistants to senior professors.
Conferences: 2000, New England Medieval Conference: "Blood,
Sweat, and Tears"; 2004, New England Medieval Studies Consortium Graduate
student conference; 2006, Medieval Spring (alumni conference); 2009; Authority
and the Book in Medieval Culture; 2010, Medieval Academy of America.
Lectures: Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies: visits by four
distinguished medievalists each year.
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