A unique feature of our department Ph.D. in Spainish is our emphasis in Medieval and Early Modern Hispanic Studies. Few programs in the nation can match the strength of Colorado’s faculty and course ...

Our research is broad and complementary and our commitment to our students is well established. For the benefit of our students—as well as for our own personal edification and enjoyment—we ensure that ...

Medievalists study the medieval period: its histories, its cultures, its languages, its literatures. Scholars aim to uncover an unobscured view of the past, cleared of mere “medievalisms” layered on ...

Michael Curschmann, a professor of Germanic languages and literatures, emeritus, at Princeton University, died Oct. 7 at his home in Princeton. He was 81. Curschmann's wide-ranging scholarship on ...

A stereotype about the Middle Ages is that medieval people were obsessed with hell: manuscript images are full of demons torturing naked souls, and visions, like Dante’s Inferno from the Divine Comedy ...

Our MA Medieval and Early Modern Studies master's course will give you the opportunity to pursue your interest in the literatures, histories and cultures of the European Middle Ages and Early Modern ...

Anna Wilson is an Assistant Professor of English. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. FM: In both your scholarly research and your teaching career, you have explored the ...

Sara Burdorff, a UCLA alumna and early medieval literature affiliate for the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Roundtable, will discuss her latest project Monday. Burdorff will discuss women ...

Image credit: Border Fragment with Musical Angel, ca. 1140-1144. From the ambulatory and crypt of the church of the Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, Saint Benedict Window. New York, The Metropolitan Museum ...

Science fiction may seem resolutely modern, but the genre could actually be considered hundreds of years old. There are the alien green "children of Woolpit", who appeared in 12th-century Suffolk and ...