New from the Podcast: "Bringing the Medieval to Mississippi: Teaching Medieval Literature in the American South with Dr. Anne Crafton" September 09, 2026 Listen Now This month,…
New from the Podcast: "Written in Copper: Charters, Kinship, and Medieval South Asia" with Dr. Mekhola Gomes August 26, 2026 Listen Now This…
Welcome back! August 24, 2026 We're delighted to have our faculty and students back for another terrific year…
An Interview with CJ Jones, the New Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute August 17, 2026 …
Egypt uncovers lost Byzantine-era city in the western desert July 27, 2026 Photo from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities via AP. Seven tombs…
New Medieval Manuscript Discoveries: Lost Writings of St. Augustine and a Lost Copy of Cædmon's Hymn July 06, 2026 Saul and the Witch of Endor, miniature…
2026 Senior Thesis Projects in Medieval Studies June 29, 2026 Congratulations to our Medieval Studies graduates who…
Congratulations to our newly-promoted faculty fellows! June 15, 2026 We offer our happy congratulations to this year's newly-promoted…
New from our Research Blog: “Discovering Universal Salvation" June 01, 2026 Virgil shows Dante the suffering of the simoniacs…
New from the Podcast: "Zoroastrian Priests under Islam: Remapping Religious Landscapes with Dr. Kayla Dang" May 25, 2026 Listen Now What happens…
New from our Research Blog: “Connecting with the Public through Medieval Animals" May 18, 2026 As medievalists and scholars who spend our days reading, researching, and teaching the Middle Ages,...
New from our Research Blog: “Song and Sustenance: The Fable of the Ant and the Cicada" May 06, 2026 In the well-known fable of The…
New from Our Research Blog: "Aries Across the Ages: Bighorn Sheep, Medieval Rams, and Springtime Symbolism" April 29, 2026 Since relocating from England and returning to my hometown in Colorado somewhat unexpectedly, I’ve been...
Ph.D. Candidate Francisco J. Cintrón Mattei awarded Millicent Mercer Johnsen Rome Prize April 27, 2026 The Medieval Institute is delighted to announce that Ph.D. Candidate…
Stepping Into the Viking Age on a Winter Weekend in Massachusetts April 22, 2026 Did you know our the managing editor of our blog, Richard Fahey (Ph.D. English '20),...
New from our Research Blog & Podcast: "Making Waves in the Medieval Mediterranean Sea with Dr. Thomas Burman" April 15, 2026 A few years ago, Ben and Will sat down with Dr. Thomas E. Burman, Professor...
New from our Research Blog: “Confinement in Byzantine Narrative, Part II: A Woman Between Walls – St. Matrona of Perge and the Power of Chosen Enclosure" March 30, 2026 St. Matrona of Perge, Menologion…
New from our Podcast: "From Damascus to Byzantium: Tracing Christian-Muslim Relations across the Middle Ages with Dr. Manolis Ulbricht" March 25, 2026 Listen now …
New from our Research Blog: "Pinpointing the Great Schism" March 23, 2026 The election of Arnulf of Chocques as Patriarch…
New from the Medieval Research Blog: "The Tragic Geology of the Byzantine City of Tralleis 'Andronikopolis'" March 16, 2026 Figure 1. Conceptual Ground-water Flow Diagrams. Left, by the USGS. Right,…
Kathryn O'Callaghan Awarded Honorary Mention in Notre Dame Magazine's 13th Annual Young Alumni Essay Contest March 13, 2026 We are delighted to announce that our talented administrative coordinator Kathryn O'Callaghan has been awarded...
New from our Research Blog: “Gold among the Ashes: The Deeds of the Guild of St. Anne” March 09, 2026 In 1430, King Henry VI granted Richard Talbot, archbishop…
Alumni Spotlight: Michael Waddell (Ph.D. ’00) March 02, 2026 The Medieval Institute is pleased to present our Spring 2026 Alumni…
New from our Medieval Research Blog: "Ivo of Chartres, In Purificatione S. Mariae (On Candlemas)" February 18, 2026 …
New from our Medieval Research Blog: "Reading the Medieval Landscape through Archaeological Maps of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries" February 02, 2026 A Map…
