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Becoming a Pilgrim People
Join the Medieval Institute and the Center for Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College for the second in our webinar series on Pilgrimage! How can the practice of pilgrimage...
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Pilgrimage in the Global Middle Ages: Hospitality and Encounter
Join the Medieval Institute and the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion for the first in a webinar series on pilgrimage. Why did medieval people go on pilgrimage,...
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In the Name of the Father: Translation and Anxiety in Medieval Castile (1250-1369)
After the Christian conquest of Muslim Seville in 1248, Christian leaders did not erase all traces of Islamic presence, but instead adopted Islamic elements in some of the new...
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The Literary Canon of Early Venetian Humanism (1374-1446) between the Classics and the Moderns
In the first half of the fourteenth century, the Veneto region played a pivotal role in the early developments of Italian Humanism. In this same period, cities such as Padova and...
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Fifth Annual Byzantine Postdoctoral Fellowship Workshop: “Settlement, Space, and Society in Rural Byzantium”
Each year, our Byzantine Studies Program offers a workshop with the year’s Byzantine Studies Postdoctoral Fellow. This year’s workshop, “Settlement, Space, and Society in...
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Lecture: Andrea Robiglio, “Introduction to Romance Philosophy: On the Benefit to Medieval Studies of the Study of their Philosophy”
The Medieval Institute is pleased to present the final installment, rescheduled from fall 2021, of its 75th Anniversary Alumni Lecture Series with Andrea Robiglio, SIEPM Fellow at...
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Along the Silk Road: Interdisciplinary archaeology research at the Medieval City of Samshvilde, South Caucasus, Republic of Georgia
The Medieval Institute and the Department of Anthropology are pleased to present a lecture by David Berikashvili, Professor in the Department of Archeology, Anthropology and Art...
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Medieval Institute Research Blog
The Medieval Studies Research Blog is a multi-author blog sponsored by the Medieval Institute. Our posts come from current and former members as well as friends of Notre Dame’s...
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New Light in Old Darkness
Why the Middle Ages matter more than ever Imagine traveling to the vibrant port city of Alexandria, Egypt, in the year 1000. Perhaps you are a Muslim legal scholar making the...
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Graduate Student Invitation Series Lecture: Professor Eugenio Refini (NYU), “Whose Aristotle? Latinate Knowledge and Vernacular Translation in Medieval Italy”
A famous tale from the Novellino (one of the most prominent collections of novelle before Boccaccio’s Decameron) ridicules a philosopher who endeavors to translate science and...
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Saints in Hymns, Homilies, and Hagiography
Join the Byzantine Studies Program for its fourth annual workshop on "Saints in Hymns, Homilies, and Hagiography."
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Fourth Annual Byzantine Postdoctoral Fellowship Workshop: “Saints in Hymns, Homilies, and Hagiography”
Join the Byzantine Studies Program for its fourth annual workshop on “Saints in Hymns, Homilies, and Hagiography.” The workshop is a half-day public seminar discussion with...
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