Brown University Program in Medieval Studies
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The Program in Medieval Studies is dedicated to studying Late Antique and Medieval Cultures, supported by a community of scholars and historians.
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Ancient DNA from two 7th-century burials in England reveals West African paternal ancestry. These individuals lived fully within their communities, showing early medieval Britain was more connected than we thought. #Archaeogenetics #MedievalHistory #HumanMigration @antiquity.ac.uk
The Unexpected Footprints of History: West African Roots in Early Medieval England
Ancient DNA reveals two 7th-century Britons with paternal ancestry from far beyond Europe
www.anthropology.net
August 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ancient DNA from two 7th-century burials in England reveals West African paternal ancestry. These individuals lived fully within their communities, showing early medieval Britain was more connected than we thought. #Archaeogenetics #MedievalHistory #HumanMigration @antiquity.ac.uk
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Papers are invited for this session at next year's European Architectural History Network (EAHN) conference in Aarhus.
Deadline for submissions is 19 September 2025.
Deadline for submissions is 19 September 2025.
CFP: ‘Living Materials and their Architectural Afterlives in Premodern Buildings’, deadline 19 September 2025
Papers are invited for this session at next year's European Architectural History Network (EAHN) conference in Aarhus.
medievalartresearch.com
August 22, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Papers are invited for this session at next year's European Architectural History Network (EAHN) conference in Aarhus.
Deadline for submissions is 19 September 2025.
Deadline for submissions is 19 September 2025.
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‘Ukraine doesn’t forget its cultural landmarks’: the team risking their lives to rescue statues from the frontline
‘Ukraine doesn’t forget its cultural landmarks’: the team risking their lives to rescue statues from the frontline
Operation has retrieved 11 babas from southern Ukraine, where Turkic nomadic people flourished in medieval times
www.theguardian.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
‘Ukraine doesn’t forget its cultural landmarks’: the team risking their lives to rescue statues from the frontline
Organizing our library for the summer and found the first volume of Speculum. Looks like we have close to a full set!
July 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Organizing our library for the summer and found the first volume of Speculum. Looks like we have close to a full set!
Our second speaker for the 2025–26 RI Medieval Circle season will be Vyjayanthi Selinger (Bowdoin College). She will be presenting, "Towards the Sensori-Legal in Medieval Japanese Drama."
July 11, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Our second speaker for the 2025–26 RI Medieval Circle season will be Vyjayanthi Selinger (Bowdoin College). She will be presenting, "Towards the Sensori-Legal in Medieval Japanese Drama."
RI Medieval Circle will be joined by Karl Steel (Brooklyn College, CUNY) 9/11 for his lecture "Reason's Teachings are Donkey's Work: On the Limits of Humanity in Marguerite Porete's Mystical Guide to Self-Annihilation"
July 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
RI Medieval Circle will be joined by Karl Steel (Brooklyn College, CUNY) 9/11 for his lecture "Reason's Teachings are Donkey's Work: On the Limits of Humanity in Marguerite Porete's Mystical Guide to Self-Annihilation"
Summer cleaning has unearthed classic stickers for the program!
June 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Summer cleaning has unearthed classic stickers for the program!
A fun list. What items do we still use today?
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25 Things from Everyday Life in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net
What everyday objects did people use in the Middle Ages? From clothing and household necessities to tools for work and warfare, these 25 medieval items were essential to daily life and shaped how peop...
www.medievalists.net
June 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A fun list. What items do we still use today?
www.medievalists.net/2025/03/ever...
www.medievalists.net/2025/03/ever...
Fortunate to have had so many great speakers last year!
June 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Fortunate to have had so many great speakers last year!
Coming to the Rhode Island Medieval Circle in two weeks in partnership with the Ecologies of East Asian Religions lecture series.
March 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Coming to the Rhode Island Medieval Circle in two weeks in partnership with the Ecologies of East Asian Religions lecture series.
Did you know? Prior to 1968 there was no formal undergraduate major in Medieval Studies. Although many courses in history, arts, and languages dealt with Medieval subjects, and graduate students could take their degrees in Medieval fields. In that year the University adopted the New Curriculum.
March 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Did you know? Prior to 1968 there was no formal undergraduate major in Medieval Studies. Although many courses in history, arts, and languages dealt with Medieval subjects, and graduate students could take their degrees in Medieval fields. In that year the University adopted the New Curriculum.
Online lecture presented by the program in Judaic Studies at Brown University. Link in bio!
March 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Online lecture presented by the program in Judaic Studies at Brown University. Link in bio!
NEW DATE! NEW LOCATION!
Scholar Kristina Sessa will be joining the Rhode Island Medieval Circle lecture series to discuss what happens after . . .
#Medieval #LateAntiquity #Apocalypse #RIMC #RhodeIslandMedievalCircle
Scholar Kristina Sessa will be joining the Rhode Island Medieval Circle lecture series to discuss what happens after . . .
#Medieval #LateAntiquity #Apocalypse #RIMC #RhodeIslandMedievalCircle
March 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
NEW DATE! NEW LOCATION!
Scholar Kristina Sessa will be joining the Rhode Island Medieval Circle lecture series to discuss what happens after . . .
#Medieval #LateAntiquity #Apocalypse #RIMC #RhodeIslandMedievalCircle
Scholar Kristina Sessa will be joining the Rhode Island Medieval Circle lecture series to discuss what happens after . . .
#Medieval #LateAntiquity #Apocalypse #RIMC #RhodeIslandMedievalCircle
Examining the period after the siege, earthquake, or epidemic, when people return to their communities. Using “survivor” stories from Late Antiquity, we'll emphasize how disasters necessarily undercut any simplistic narrative.
#lateantiquity #medieval
#lateantiquity #medieval
February 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Examining the period after the siege, earthquake, or epidemic, when people return to their communities. Using “survivor” stories from Late Antiquity, we'll emphasize how disasters necessarily undercut any simplistic narrative.
#lateantiquity #medieval
#lateantiquity #medieval
This talk explores the shanties, songs, and fervent prayers intoned to St. Nicholas by medieval sailors.
Mary Channen Caldwell is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mary Channen Caldwell is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
February 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This talk explores the shanties, songs, and fervent prayers intoned to St. Nicholas by medieval sailors.
Mary Channen Caldwell is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mary Channen Caldwell is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Pennsylvania.