Welcome back!
We're delighted to have our faculty and students back for another terrific year together. Here are a few highlights to make note of for the fall semester.
The 2024 Conway Lectures: "Medieval Political Thought and Its Legacy"
- Thursday, September 12, 2 p.m.–5:15 p.m.
- Friday, September 13, 10 a.m.–12:15 p.m.
- Speakers: Takashi Shogimen (University of Otago), Roberto Lambertini (University of Macerata), and Cary J. Nederman (Texas A&M)
- See all details on the lecture page
New Ph.D. Students
- Lynn Butzlaff
- Ernesto Fuentes Padgett
- Olivia Geraci
- Learn more
Visiting Scholars
- Our 2024–25 Mellon Fellow is Assistant Professor, Renard Professor of Islamic Studies, at Saint Louis University. Professor Dang received her Ph.D. from Yale University. During her time at the institute, she will be researching and writing a book about the Zoroastrian priesthood in the medieval period.
- Our 2024–25 Byzantine Fellow received his Ph.D. from Cornell. During his time at the institute, he will research the fortification of monasteries in the middle Byzantine world.
- Our Public Humanities Fellow, Dr. Anne Le, is continuing in her second year. She works closely with the Institute’s staff, especially its director of undergraduate studies and engagement, in the Institute’s outreach and engagement efforts directed at local schools as well as friends, alumni, and undergraduate majors and minors.
- Our Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Manolis Ulbricht, is also continuing in his second year here, studying Qur’anic and anti-Islamic texts from the Byzantine world.
- We are also hosting Mekhola Gomes, Assistant Professor at Amhurst College. During her year at the institute as a visiting scholar, she will be working on her book manuscript "Rule through Blood: Property and Power in Medieval India."
- Learn more about our visiting scholars
Gameday Tailgates
- Learn more on our Community Engagement page!