News and Events
The Medieval Studies Program is pleased to present a variety of events featuring acclaimed scholars and interdisciplinary engagement.
Congratulations to the 2023 winners of our BA thesis prize:
Maia Driggers: for “Cinematic Reliquaries: Key Aspects of Physicality in The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), The Trial of Joan of Arc (1962), and Joan of Arc at the Stake (1954)”
Natalie Nitsch: “‘For whom this boke was made’: Evidence for a Lay Readership of Þe Myrrour of Simple Soulis”
Congratulations to the 2022 winners of our BA thesis prize:
Ally Bartholomew: “Making Medea Monstrous: Moral Liminality in the Heroides and The Legend of Good Women”
Gwyneth Turner: "'Durham near to the Norwegians': Dynamics of Center and Periphery between Durham and Norway in the Twelfth Century"
Recent outside speakers:
May 20, 2022: Ian Cornelius, Associate Professor of English, Loyola University Chicago
April 30, 2021: Mo Pareles, Assistant Professor of English, University of British Columbia
April 23, 2021: Sierra Lomuto, Assistant Professor of English, Rowan University
April 16, 2021: Justine Firnhaber-Baker, Senior Lecturer in the School of History, University of St. Andrews
January 15, 2021: Carissa Harris, Associate Professor of English, Temple University
January 14, 2021: Jessica A. Boon, Associate Professor of Medieval/Early Modern Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill
November 6, 2020: Seeta Chaganti, Professor of English, University of California Davis
March 6, 2020: Geraldine Heng, Perceval Professor, English & Comparative Literature, Middle Eastern Studies & Women's Studies, The University of Texas at Austin
February 21, 2019: Kathy Krause, Professor of French, University of Missouri Kansas City
January 17, 2019: Roland Betancourt, Associate Professor of Art History, UC Irvine
November 8, 2018: Nahir Otaño Gracia, Assistant Professor of English, Beloit College
November 2, 2018: Dyan Elliott, Peter B. Ritzma Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History, Northwestern University
Explore some of our past events below!
On April 26 and 27, 2022, the International Grant Program for University of Chicago and University of Vienna Faculty and the University of Chicago Department of History sponsored a workshop on "Central Europe in the Later Middle Ages: Patterns of Conflict and Negotiation," featuring speakers from the University of Chicago, the University of Vienna, the University of Central Florida, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Alabama.
On April 1, 2022, poet and writer Vahni Capildeo, scholar of post-colonial literature and afro-diasporic dance Ananya Kabir, essayist and critic of contemporary life Irina Dumitrescu, and translator and scholar of philosophy and literature Daniel Heller-Roazen discussed the influence of their early training in the field of medieval literature on their later work.
On May 21, 2021, faculty members from several departments concluded our academic year with a roundtable discussion about the concept of a "Global Middle Ages".
In April 2021, the Margins series welcomed three medievalists to discuss their past work, latest book projects, and views on the state of the field of Medieval Studies in conversation with University of Chicago faculty members and graduate students.