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New from our Podcast: "Medieval Studies on Main Street: Public Humanities with Dr. Anne Le"

September 17, 2025

Listen now. This week, we're talking with Dr. Anne…

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Congratulations to the Medieval Institute community!

September 15, 2025

Each fall, we solicit updates from our community about the work they've done over the...

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Medieval tale of Merlin and King Arthur found hiding as a book cover

September 10, 2025

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched...

A crowned figure in ornate dark green and gold robes rides a white horse, accompanied by attendants holding spears and wearing colorful medieval clothing. A small castle is visible in the background landscape.

New from our Research Blog: "Translating John Plousiadenos’ Liturgical Canon for the IIX Ecumenical Council"

September 08, 2025

From the perspective of John Plousiadenos, a Greek priest from the island of Crete who...

New from the Podcast: "The Medieval Mind in the Lone Star State: Teaching Medieval Political Thought with Cary Nederman"

August 27, 2025

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Welcome back!

August 25, 2025

We're delighted to have our faculty and students back for another terrific year together. Here...

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New from our Research Blog: "Medievalists Meet Cartoonists: Cartooning the Medieval at the Newberry Library"

August 11, 2025

The subject line for…

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New from our Medieval Research Blog: "Distilling Tradition: Anglo-Saxon Botany and the Beginning of Gin"

July 07, 2025

Since moving to England, I’ve become very fond of gin, and the medievalist…

New from the Podcast: "For the Love of Country: Understanding Patriotism with Takashi Shogimen"

June 23, 2025

Crumbled stone ruins of a Byzantine-era fortification, overlooking a valley of olive trees and a distant mountain. A red arrow indicates the route of the old Byzantine public road. Another red arrow points to a bend in the entrance of the ruins.

New from our Research Blog: "Why Fortify? A Short Introduction to Four Byzantine Fortifications in the Maeander Valley"

June 09, 2025

I chose these four fortresses as representations of the observable differences between Byzantine fortified sites....

The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus at night, dusted with snow. Pigeons gather on the snowy courtyard in front of the illuminated arched facade. A portion of a mosaic-covered column is visible in the foreground.

When Byzantium Met Islam: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Explores Remarkable Religious Exchanges in the Medieval Eastern Mediterranean World

June 02, 2025

Since fall 2023, the Medieval Institute has been honored to host Dr. Manolis Ulbricht, who...

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Meet our 2025–26 External Fellows

May 21, 2025

The Medieval Institute is delighted to announced its incoming 2025–26 fellows. …

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Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Liebtag-Miller on his promotion

May 19, 2025

From the Robert M. Conway Director of the Medieval Institute: "Please join me in congratulating...

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Congratulations to our 2025 Graduates!

May 07, 2025

Each spring, the Medieval Institute holds a special graduation ceremony for its students, featuring a...

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New from the Research Blog: "Reading Medieval Fables as Trans Narratives: The Ass and the Lion Skin Revisited"

May 05, 2025

From an illustration by John Tenniel, “The ass in the lion’s skin,”…

From the Podcast: From Parchment to Pixels: Online Public Medievalism with the Medieval Studies Research Blog Editors

April 30, 2025

Listen now This month, we're sitting…

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From the Medieval Research Blog: "Medieval Golden Goose Fables: Eggs, Greed, and Demanding Too Much"

April 23, 2025

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Alumni Spotlight: Christopher Kaczor (Ph.D. '96)

April 21, 2025

Dr. Christopher Kaczor The Medieval Institute is pleased…

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New from the Research Blog: "Notaries in Medieval and Early Modern Ireland"

April 14, 2025

Signum manuale…

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Rev. Mons. Dr. Federico Gallo, Director of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana, publishes "Diplomatics: The Science of Reading Medieval Documents. A Handbook"

April 09, 2025

Rev. Mons. Dr. Federico Gallo

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College of Arts & Letters Announces New Director of the Medieval Institute

April 07, 2025

From Associate Dean Ernest Morrell: I am writing to share our deep gratitude for Tom...

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New from the Medieval Research Blog: "Eastern Liturgical Rite(s) under Pope Innocent III"

April 04, 2025

Pope Innocent III, from the Monastery of Sacro Speco of Saint Benedict – Subiaco (Rome).Creative...

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New from the Medieval Research Blog: "Mathematical 'Small Things' and the Quadrivium"

April 02, 2025

Unknown Miniaturist, French (active 1190s Paris). Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 409 (Oxford…

News from the Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana: Arabic Manuscripts Digitized

March 31, 2025

Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana We have exciting news to share from Dr. Fabio Cusimano, curator of...

New from the Podcast: "Bringing Beowulf to the Page and Stage: Dramatizing the Medieval World" with Dr. Richard Fahey

March 26, 2025

Stephen Metzger (Ph.D. '13) awarded Premio Abelardo Lobato

March 19, 2025

We are delighted to spread…

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New From the Research Blog: "From Grendelkin to the NorthFolk NightMarket: Storytelling, Wintering and an Immersive Dramatization of Beowulf"

March 10, 2025

MAA/CARA Summer Tuition Scholarships Available

March 07, 2025

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Seeking applications for NEW Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowship in Medieval Studies

March 06, 2025

The University of Notre Dame announces the creation of the Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, a university-wide...

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New From the Medieval Research Blog: "The Anti-Latin Polemic of Metropolitan Ephraim of Kiev"

March 05, 2025

St. Peter of Antioch,…