MSSC 2026: Mirror Worlds
On Saturday, February 21, the 36th annual Medieval Studies Student Colloquium will take place at the A.D. White House on Cornell's Ithaca campus.
The Program in Medieval Studies combines the best aspects of an interdisciplinary program with the focused training required for academic careers in a variety of traditional disciplines. The program’s faculty members are drawn from nearly every humanities department at Cornell, offering expertise in disciplines and area studies spanning more than a millennium of languages and cultures—from Old and Middle English literature to Byzantine monuments, from Icelandic sagas to Andalusian architecture, from medieval Latin literature and philosophy to Islamic legal history.
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Spring 2026 Medieval Studies Graduate Student Roundtable
Please join us at the Medieval Studies Graduate Student Roundtable this semester!
The long, deep dig: Collaboration excavates the ancient city of Sardis
From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its archaeological investigation has been remarkably consistent. Since 1958, the ancient city has been continuously excavated by one of the longest-running institutional projects, the Harvard-Cornell Exploration of Ancient Sardis.
New digital collections preserve, examine Cornell history
Newly published digital collections at Cornell University Library explore areas of Cornell history. Freely accessible online, the three new collections were digitized from materials held in Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Alice Wolff, PhD '25, publishes article in Weed Technology
Alice Wolff (Ph.D. 2025, Cornell Medieval Studies) and Antonio DiTommaso (Professor, Cornell University) published their article, "To know diverse manner of weeds: the development of weed identification manuals in early modern England and their influence on North American guides" in Weed Technology, 2025
Zachary Thomas publishes translated edition in the Brepols Library of Christian Sources series
Thomas' translated edition of Radulph of Rivo's 'On the Observance of Canons' (with his collaborator Gerhard Eger) has been published by Brepols as part of their Library of Christian Sources series.
CfP: 2026 Cornell Medieval Studies Student Colloquium: Mirror Worlds
The Cornell Medieval Studies Program is pleased to announce the 36th annual Medieval Student Colloquium (MSSC) in person at Cornell University's A.D. White House on Saturday, February 21, 2026. The theme this year is "Mirror Worlds".
Zachary Thomas publishes translated edition in the Os Justi Studies in Liturgical History and Reform series
Thomas' translated edition of Jean-Baptiste le Brun des Marette's 'Liturgical Travels Through France' (with his collaborator Gerhard Eger) has been published by Os Justi Press as part of their series in Liturgical History and Reform.
Upcoming Medieval Studies Events
Feb
21
Saturday
08:30 AM
Medieval Studies Student Colloquium (MSSC)
A. D. White House
Mar
02
Monday
05:00 PM
Mar
09
Monday
04:45 PM
Medieval Studies Graduate Association Lecture | Elizabeth Casteen (Binghamton University)
Goldwin Smith Hall
G22
Mar
16
Monday
05:00 PM
Apr
10
Friday
04:45 PM
Apr
13
Monday
05:00 PM
New Books from Program Faculty
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Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics
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Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline? Towards a Critical Historiography
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Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies between Magic and Science
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Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us
