New from our Podcast: “Facts and Fiction: Rewriting the First Crusade with Dr. Thomas Smith” November 17, 2025 If you've ever written a letter, you probably weren't thinking about who might be reading...
Apply for the Medieval Institute's Mellon and Byzantine Fellowships November 12, 2025 'Tis the season! The Medieval Institute invites applications for two external fellowships for the upcoming...
Alumni Spotlight: Julia Schneider (Ph.D. ’11) November 10, 2025 The Medieval Institute is pleased to present our Fall 2025 Alumni Spotlight. In this series...
Funding application deadlines upcoming for the Medieval Institute (12/1) and the Medieval Academy (11/15) November 05, 2025 The Medieval Institute invites applications for its 2025–26 fellowships for Ph.D. students, the Gabriel Fellowship...
Come support Dr. Ashley Castelino, competing in the inaugural ND Postdoctoral Spotlight! November 03, 2025 The MI's Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Ashley Castelino, will be competing in the inaugural...
New from our Research Blog: “Confinement in Byzantine Narrative, Part I: Martyrs and the Threshold of Holiness” October 29, 2025 One of the questions that has long fascinated me is how human beings experience the...
New from our Podcast: “Marketing Mysticism 101: Hunting for Teresa of Avila with Dana Delibovi” October 27, 2025 Teresa of Avila was a mystic, philosopher, poet, reformer, and more. How does a translator...
Come out for this Saturday's tailgate! October 22, 2025 We were delighted to see ECS and Classics students come out for our first football...
Happy Fall Break! October 20, 2025 The university is on Fall Break this week (October 18–26). We wish everyone a restful...
New from our Research Blog: “(Pseudo-)Peter Damiani and the Reception of the Schism” October 13, 2025 In stark contrast to the almost non-reception of the events of 1054 in the literary...
New from our Podcast: “Spiritual Stronghold and Settlement Surveys: Uncovering Medieval Byzantium with Dr. Tyler Wolford” October 08, 2025 We think of monks as living peaceful lives, separated from the chaos of daily life,...
It's Graduate Student Appreciation Week! October 06, 2025 We at the Medieval Institute are so grateful for each and every one of you,...
Slavic and Eurasian studies professor wins Humboldt fellowship to research how Russia’s religious past shapes its present October 01, 2025 When Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, Sean Griffin realized his second book needed...
Exhibit explores global reach of Dante's "Divine Comedy" September 29, 2025 The University of Notre Dame's Zahm Dante Collection ranks among the top Dante Alighieri-related collections...
Medievalist among inaugural cohort of Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program September 24, 2025 Six interdisciplinary scholars have joined the College of Arts & Letters at the University of...
New from our Research Blog: "Ignite Deep Learning with Creative Writing in the Classroom" September 22, 2025 The results, as I’ve discovered in my teaching, can be transformative.
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…
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...
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...
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...
