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New Faculty Book: Women Intellectuals and Leaders in the Middle Ages

September 02, 2020

Medieval women were normally denied access to public educational institutions, and so also denied the...

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The NDIAS Announces Call for Fellows on Resilience

August 31, 2020

The Notre Dame Institute for Advanced Study is excited to announce its next research theme....

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Religion & Literature 51.1 Features ND Alumni and Special Forum on Old English Literature

July 27, 2020

Manuscript leaf showing the Last Judgement (London, British Library, Stowe MS 944, fol. 7r). From...

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From the Medieval Studies Research Blog: "Theodore Metochites’s 'Lament on Human Life,' A Later Byzantine Perspective on the Anxiety of 'Instability'"

May 06, 2020

Alas, alas, Life, you monstrous thing replete with every kind of misfortune, breeder of misfortune,...

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ND Medievalists Win Awards from ACIS

May 04, 2020

The Medieval Institute is pleased to congratulate MI Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Irish Language and...

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VIDEO: Flash Interview with Medieval Institute Ph.D. candidate Carlos Diego Arenas Pacheco

April 15, 2020

Meet Carlos Diego Arenas Pacheco, a medievalist and Ph.D. candidate here at the Medieval Institute, and...

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From the Medieval Studies Research Blog: "Dragonomics: Smaug and Climate Change"

April 01, 2020

‘Dragon Hoard,’ Stephen Hickman (1985). Today, we talk about dragons. I refer specifically to the...

David Lummus Award

Dante scholar wins Modern Language Association of America award for book on 14th-century poets

March 23, 2020

David Lummus, assistant director of the Notre Dame Center for Italian Studies and the Devers...

Therese Cory Interview

Faculty Fellow Therese Cory on Medieval Theories of Mind, Cognition, and Personhood

March 04, 2020

Therese Cory is the John and Jean Oesterle Associate Professor of Thomistic Studies at the University...

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From the Medieval Studies Research Blog: Perceptions of Byzantium in Medieval Chinese Chronicles

March 02, 2020

A page from Ma-Duanlin’s Wenxian Tongkao “Their king [the kings of Daqin] is not...

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VIDEO: Flash Interview with Medieval Institute Ph.D. student Dov Honick

February 12, 2020

Meet Dov Honick, a medievalist and Ph.D. Student here at the Medieval Institute, and learn...

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From the Medieval Studies Research Blog: Reading Runes in the Exeter Book Riddles

February 03, 2020

Riddles and runes go together, at least in some of those found in the medieval...

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VIDEO: Resources for Byzantine Studies at the University of Notre Dame

January 27, 2020

Did you know that the University of Notre Dame is fast emerging as a premier...

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Art historian researches the significance of long-lost Italian murals during yearlong fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study

January 20, 2020

Thirteenth-century frescoes in the cardinal’s residence inside the monastic complex at Santi Quattro Coronati in...

Ph.D. Candidate Richard Fahey Publishes Article on the Old Saxon Heliand

December 18, 2019

Congratulations to Richard Fahey, Ph.D. (English), on his recent essay, “Decoding gerûni: runic sacramenta in...

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MI Alumna Identifies Medieval Stained Glass Windows at Canterbury Cathedral

December 09, 2019

Koopmans inspecting a stained glass window at Canterbury Cathedral Rachel Koopmans (Ph.D., '01), subject of our...

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From the Medieval Studies Research Blog: Identifying Pieter Bruegel the Elder

December 02, 2019

Panel Painting, Peasants At Day’s End (private collection). A small previously unknown panel painting, Peasants At...

Notre Dame International hosts reception honoring partnership and faculty exchange program with KU Leuven, Belgium

November 18, 2019

A special event was hosted on Friday, September 20 at Innovation Park to recognize the...

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VIDEO: Flash interview with Medieval Institute Ph.D. student Eileen Morgan

November 13, 2019

Meet Eileen Morgan, a Ph.D. student at the Medieval Institute, and learn more about...

Abrosiana Digital Launch 2019

Biblioteca Ambrosiana Launches New Digital Library

November 11, 2019

On November 7th, 2019, in partnership with the University of Notre Dame, the Biblioteca Ambrosiana...

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From the Medieval Studies Research Blog: "Eyeliner Across Oceans: Cosmetic Practices in the Medieval World"

November 04, 2019

The first written description of the personal appearance of the Vikings comes from a letter...

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Apply for the Medieval Institute's Mellon and Byzantine Postdoctoral Fellowships

October 28, 2019

The Medieval Institute invites applications for its 2020–21 fellowships, the A. W. Mellon Junior Faculty Fellowship in Medieval...

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The Rome Gateway and the Center for Italian Studies to collaborate on enriching the Rome Library Italian Literature Collection

October 16, 2019

The first project in this collaboration will involve the acquisition of a collection of Italian...

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Theology professor and MI Fellow interprets historical treasure discovered at ancient monastery in the Sinai Desert

October 14, 2019

Being in the right place at the right time can change everything. For Nina Glibetić,...

Now Accepting Applications for Open-Rank Professorship in Digital Humanities and Pre-Modern Studies

October 09, 2019

The Medieval Institute and the College of Arts and Letters invite applications for a tenured or tenure-track position in digital humanities...

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Undergraduates Abroad: Three MI Student Stories

September 30, 2019

For Medieval Institute students, learning opportunities don’t stop during the summer. Supported by a network of...

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2018-19 titles in The Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature

September 16, 2019

Between February 2018 and June 2019, the Devers Series in Dante and Medieval Italian Literature...

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Deadline extended to Sept 23 for Winter School in Latin Paleography and Codicology

September 11, 2019

With the kind collaboration of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (BAV), the University of Notre Dame...

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Fit for a King: ND Medievalist Alum Discovers New Hoccleve Manuscript

September 04, 2019

“You should look into Hoccleve.” These words changed everything about the way I looked at...

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VIDEO: Flash interview with Medieval Institute Ph.D. student Jake Coen

August 28, 2019

Meet Jake Coen, a medievalist and Ph.D. Student here at the University of Notre Dame, and...