2026 Mathews Byzantine Lecture
The Mathews Byzantine Lectures bring a distinguished scholar of Byzantine studies to campus each year to deliver a talk, supported by the Rev. Constantine Mathews Endowment for Excellence in Byzantine Christianity in the Medieval Institute. Save the date for the sixth annual Mathews Byzantine Lecture with Prof. Juan Signes Codoñer (Complutense University of Madrid) who will be speaking on "Defining Iconoclasm."
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Each year the Medieval Institute sponsors Working Groups, an opportunity for faculty fellows and graduate students to investigate a topic relating to shared research interests. Get to know this year's slate of Working Groups.
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The Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame is one of the leading centers in the United States for the advanced study of medieval culture. The graduate program provides students with superb technical training, but it also equips them with a holistic vision of the Middle Ages, grounded in a mastery of sources and languages and extending to the whole of its life and culture.
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