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MI Graduate Student Olivia Caroline Geraci Granted Medieval Academy Schallek Award

April 06, 2026

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Two Notre Dame faculty members win NEH fellowships for research on medieval Iberian liturgy and Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling

April 01, 2026

Two University of Notre Dame faculty members have been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment...

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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

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New from our Research Blog: "Pinpointing the Great Schism"

March 23, 2026

The election of Arnulf of Chocques as Patriarch…

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Francesco Feriozzi’s Postdoctoral Research at Notre Dame and Beyond

March 18, 2026

Francesco Feriozzi,…

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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,…

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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...

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Center for Italian Studies and Hesburgh Libraries launch library acquisitions grant

March 11, 2026

The Center for Italian Studies, in partnership with the Hesburgh Libraries, is pleased to announce...

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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…

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Medieval Academy Summer Programming Application Deadlines

March 04, 2026

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Alumni Spotlight: Michael Waddell (Ph.D. ’00)

March 02, 2026

The Medieval Institute is pleased to present our Spring 2026 Alumni…

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Griffin Lunch with Professor Tim Machan: "Vikings in America"

February 25, 2026

Braving the cold, Notre Dame English majors gathered for the first Griffin…

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‘A greater understanding of truth’: English professor studies medieval poetry to converse with the past

February 23, 2026

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New from our Medieval Research Blog: "Ivo of Chartres, In Purificatione S. Mariae (On Candlemas)"

February 18, 2026

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Bridging Time and Place: The 150th Anniversary of the University of Notre Dame Art Museum

February 16, 2026

February 17 – June 14, 2026 Notre Dame, IN: With origins dating from 1875, the...

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MI Fellow awarded Jerome E. Singerman Prize

February 11, 2026

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Italian studies students retrace travels of renowned writers in weeklong trip to Rome, Florence, and Naples

February 09, 2026

Eighteenth-century German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe once wrote that, “only in Rome is it...

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Franco Institute's Undergraduate Public Humanities Internship is underway for spring 2026

February 04, 2026

The Franco Institute kicked off its inaugural semester of the Undergraduate Public Humanities Internship (UPHI)...

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New from our Medieval Research Blog: "Reading the Medieval Landscape through Archaeological Maps of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries"

February 02, 2026