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Celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Thomas Aquinas: Notre Dame–China Medieval Philosophy Project Continues to Evolve

September 03, 2025

On March 29, in collaboration with the Notre Dame Jacques Maritain Center and Huazhong University...

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Raclin Murphy Museum of Art acquires important medieval sculpture of the Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

September 01, 2025

South Bend, IN: The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art gratefully adds an important German limewood...

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Mapping Global Dante in Translation Exhibit Opens at Hesburgh Libraries

August 27, 2025

'What through the universe in leaves is scattered' (Par. 33, 87): Mapping Global Dante in...

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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‘A special challenge’: German studies scholar wins National Humanities Center fellowship for research on medieval women

July 21, 2025

For CJ Jones, the joy of research is not the answers but the journey. And...

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Notre Dame announces 2025 Strategic Framework Grant recipients

July 14, 2025

Congratulations to Medieval Institute fellow Sr. Ann Astell for her project titled “Saint Hildegard’s Illustrated...

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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…

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Anne Crafton reflects on her postdoctoral experience in Rare Books and Special Collections

June 30, 2025

After earning a Ph.D. in Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Anne Crafton...

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

June 23, 2025

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Rising to the occasion: Thomas Burman to lead The Medieval Academy of America

June 16, 2025

Robert…

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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....

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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...

Rome Kabbalah Symposium to Offer Extraordinary Opportunity to Access Kabbalistic Manuscripts at the Vatican Library

May 27, 2025

Rome, Italy — From May 20 to 22, 2025, scholars from Europe, Israel, and the...

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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...

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…