Academic Centers and Programs in Medieval Studies

  • American Academy in Rome Summer Programs — awards fellowships for research in medieval studies and hosts recipients of other fellowships in the humanities. http://www.aarome.org
  • Brown University, Medieval Studies http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Medieval_Studies/
    • Offers two concentrations: medieval cultures and late antique cultures. A concentration in medieval cultures focuses on the eighth through the fifteenth centuries, while late antique cultures deals with the third through the ninth centuries when ancient cultural forms were still in place, but medieval cultures were beginning to take shape simultaneously
  • Catholic University, Center for Medieval and Byzantine Studies http://mbs.cua.edu/default.cfm
    • The Center offers an interdisciplinary program in Medieval and Byzantine Studies – students have opportunities to study Near Eastern Christianity, the Islamic world, Byzantium, and Judaism
    • The Center hosts events, including lecture series, seminars, workshops, and social events – click here
  • Duke University, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) http://medren.trinity.duke.edu/cmrs/
    • Duke University collaborates on many projects with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in the Joint Program for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. CMRS either sponsors or supports conferences, symposia, and lecture series on current topics of interdisciplinary interest.
  • Pennsylvania State University, Center for Medieval Studieshttp://medieval.la.psu.edu
    • Promotes research and study in the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500) across different departments and colleges through conferences, symposia, colloquia, and publications as well as outreach programs
  • University of Leeds, Institute for Medieval Studies (IMS) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/
    • IMS brings together medievalists across the University of Leeds and beyond to form a community of scholars, including literary scholars, linguists, historians and art historians, working on the societies and cultures of the European Middle Ages. Their range spans Europe, from Iceland to Africa and the Near East, and from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
    • Collaboration with the Royal Armouries, the United Kingdom’s National Museum of Arms and Armour, including artillery, enriches teaching and research on chivalry, arms, armour, tournaments and medieval warfare. Contains information about collections, exhibitions, research, publications, and outreach programs
    • Medieval Resources Online: an annotated list – includes links to online medieval resources by chronological periods, geographical locations, topical interests, texts, and other useful resources, including medieval societies and associations, online journals, blogs, etc. http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/med_online/medresource.html
  • University of Notre Dame (ND), Medieval Institute (MI) http://medieval.nd.edu
    • Byzantine Studies at Notre Dame – describes Notre Dame’s interdisciplinary academic programs and resources for students and faculty interested in studying Byzantium
    • Devers Program in Dante Studies – Supports rare book acquisitions in the John A. Zahm, C.S.C., Dante Collection, as well as teaching and research about Dante across the Arts & Letters curriculum, in particular in the Medieval and Italian Studies areas, through the sponsorship of conferences, fellowships, lecture series, seminars, and visiting professorships. It also sponsors print and electronic publications of scholarly research through the Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature, published by the University of Notre Dame Press, and as a founding member of the ItalNet Consortium for the creation of scholarly internet resources in the Italian Studies area
  • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, The Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
    • The Marco Institute evolved out of the interdisciplinary program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.  Prior to the establishment of the Institute, the university already had a long-standing impressive record of attracting accomplished scholars in this field and building important library collections, particularly in the medieval period, and the Institute’s creation provided a physical and academic center for these efforts in scholarship, education, outreach and faculty development
    • Internet Resources, including, but not limited to:
  • University of Toronto
    • Centre for Medieval Studies – devoted to the history, thought, and artistic expression of the various cultures that flourished in and around Europe between approximately 500 and 1500
    • Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, Victoria University in UT – well-organized, up-to-date site with links organized by subject http://crrs.ca
    • Pontifical Institute of Mediæval Studies (PIMS)– an institute for advanced studies
      in the intellectual and material
      cultures of the Middle Ages http://www.pims.ca
    • Online Resources http://medieval.utoronto.ca/research/resources/