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.
Explore the Program
Upcoming Medieval Studies Events
May
23
Friday
12:00 PM
Medieval Studies Commencement 2025
Hans Bethe House
Jansen Dining Hall
New Books from Program Faculty

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


