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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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
Book
Slaves of God: Augustine and Other Romans on Religion and Politics
Book
Is Byzantine Studies a Colonialist Discipline? Towards a Critical Historiography
Book
Medicine in the Talmud: Natural and Supernatural Therapies between Magic and Science
Book
Sonorous Desert: What Deep Listening Taught Early Christian Monks—and What It Can Teach Us