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New Faculty Book: Fixing the Liturgy: Friars, Sisters, and the Dominican Rite, 1256-1516

July 08, 2024

The Medieval Institute is pleased to announce the release of a new book, Fixing the...
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From the Medieval Research Blog: "Medieval Rabbits: Ancient Symbolism, English Migration, and Manuscript Marginalia"

June 24, 2024

Roman mosaic depicting a hare, dated to the 4th century and discovered in Cirencester, England....

Nashotah House names Dr. Lauren Whitnah (Ph.D. '14) as Dean

May 27, 2024

Congratulations, Dean Whitnah, from all of us here at the Medieval Institute! From Nashotah House...
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Julia Schneider Receives 2024 Foik Award

May 20, 2024

Congratulations to Medieval Studies Librarian Dr. Julia Schneider on receiving the 2024 Rev. Paul J....
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Congratulations to our MI Fellowship Recipients for 2024–25

May 15, 2024

The Medieval Institute is pleased to announce its fellowship recipients for the academic year 2024–25....
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Congratulations to our 2024 Graduates!

May 13, 2024

Each spring, the Medieval Institute holds a special graduation ceremony for its students, featuring…
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From the MI Podcast: "Finding Bede with Dr. Michelle P. Brown" (Part 2)

May 08, 2024

Listen Now Check out the latest…
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From the MI Podcast: "Uncovering Bede's Theory of Everything with Dr. Michelle P. Brown" (Part 1)

May 06, 2024

Listen Now Check out this recent…
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MI Podcast Recap on the Blog: "The Exciting Adventures (and Misadventures) of Stained Glass" with Dr. Rachel Koopmans

May 01, 2024

This week, we’re looking back at an earlier episode of “Meeting in the Middle Ages.”...
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From the MI Blog: The Raven’s False Greeting: Animal Language and Medieval Fable

April 24, 2024

Manuscript illustration, from the 14th…
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Anne Elise Crafton, MI Ph.D. candidate, receives Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Award in Humanities

April 22, 2024

The Medieval Institute is delighted to announce that our own doctoral candidate Anne Elise Crafton...
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Notre Dame hosts two Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellows in Medieval Studies

April 17, 2024

For the 2023–25 academic years, the University of Notre Dame will, impressively, host two Marie...
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Join us for our 22nd Annual Mellon Colloquium

April 15, 2024

Join the Medieval Institute on Friday, April 19th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. for...
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Viking silver coin hoard discovered in northern England

April 10, 2024

Viking Silver coins from Cumbria. Photo from the Portable Antiquities Scheme, UK. A Viking…
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Alumna Anna Siebach Larsen (Ph.D. '17) receives 2023 Messenger Award from the University of Rochester

April 08, 2024

Anna Siebach Larsen. Photo from University of Rochester. The Medieval Institute is delighted…
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From the MI Podcast: "Trial by Combat with Dr. Mireille J. Pardon"

April 03, 2024

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From the Medieval Research Blog: "On St. Nick’s Beard"

March 27, 2024

Apse of the Ferapontov Convent, Russia, By Dionisius, turn of the 16th c. (Public domain,...
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Living History: Medieval-style document governs grad life at the Medieval Institute

March 25, 2024

Salisbury Cathedral (Wikimedia Commons) In the early thirteenth century, Richard Poore, then the dean of...
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Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Davis-Secord (Ph.D.'07)

March 18, 2024

Professor Sarah Davis-Secord (Photo Credit: Dan Komoda, Institute for Advanced Study) The Medieval…
Intricate, spiraling astronomical clock face. 2024 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America. Hosted by the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame, March 14–16, 2024.

Don't miss these special events at MAA 2024!

March 06, 2024

The 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place next Thursday...
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From the Medieval Research Blog: "The Stag and the Dogs: A Medieval Fable"

February 21, 2024

Hunters with dogs pursuing a deer, Getty Museum MS 27, f.67v. Fables—short moralized narratives, often...
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Home Chapels Are Blessing Backyards Across America

February 14, 2024

WSJ: Over the past three decades, chapels have gained in popularity with modern-day homeowners. Photo:…
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From the MI Podcast: "Touring through Centuries of Philosophy with Dr. Peter Adamson"

February 12, 2024

Listen Now Check out this recent episode…
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Lessons for senior living community design from medieval Flanders

February 07, 2024

Ashley Straub ’24 is a B.A. student at the University of Notre Dame majoring in...
Intricate, spiraling astronomical clock face. 2024 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America. Hosted by the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame, March 14–16, 2024.

MAA 2024 at Notre Dame

January 31, 2024

The 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place in South...
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VIDEO: "Game Day 2023: Irish Dance (Ceíli) Tailgate"

January 22, 2024

Earlier this fall, the Medieval Institute and the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies co-hosted a...
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Welcome Back!

January 17, 2024

  Welcome back to our faculty, students, and staff, for another semester together!  We hope...
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From the Medieval Research Blog: "Aglæca: Awesome Opponent or Uncanny Invader?"

January 15, 2024

Beowulf Manuscript, atol æglæca “terrible æglæca” BL, Cotton Vitellius a.vx. f145v. One of the most...
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From the Medieval Research Blog: "The Quadrivium and the Stakes for Ordering the Mathematical Arts"

January 08, 2024

Fyodor Bronnikov, Pythagoreans’ Hymn to the Rising Sun, 1869. Oil on canvas.…
2023 Medieval Institute Christmas Card

Merry Christmas from the Medieval Institute

December 11, 2023

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