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Friday, April 17th at 3:00pm in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library (346 Main Library)

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Textual Materiality in the Medieval World -- Lecture by Prof. Warren Brown (California Institute of Technology)

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the medieval past is in your hands

Medieval Studies Event Calendar

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Medieval Studies News

Read article: Craig Perry's new book draws a standing-room-only crowd
Craig Perry's new book draws a standing-room-only crowd
  On Thursday, February 26th, we welcomed Prof. Craig Perry (Emory University) to campus, where his presentation drew a large, attentive crowd to learn about his new book: a global history of the slave trade, the lives of enslaved people, and the role of slavery in the formation of Jewish...
Read article: Keidrick Roy to deliver 3rd annual Lux Veritatis Lecture on September 10, 2026
Keidrick Roy to deliver 3rd annual Lux Veritatis Lecture on September 10, 2026
 This fall, Illinois will welcome Keidrick Roy, an assistant professor of Government at Dartmouth College and author of American Dark...
Read article: Eric Calderwood's *On Earth and in Poems* Shortlisted for the Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies
Eric Calderwood's *On Earth and in Poems* Shortlisted for the Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies
The shortlist for the 2026 Laura Shannon Prize in Contemporary European Studies has been named. The Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs administers this...
Read article: Medieval Studies Celebrates Five New Books by Faculty Affiliates
Medieval Studies Celebrates Five New Books by Faculty Affiliates
 
Read article: The Legal Value of Written Records for Jews and Christians in Medieval Provence
The Legal Value of Written Records for Jews and Christians in Medieval Provence
Visiting scholar Ryan Low (University of North Dakota) drew a large audience to his fascinating talk on the records produced by public notaries in late-medieval Provence. As he showed, virtually all social and economic relations could be guaranteed by a notarial act by the end of the fourteenth...
Read article: Medieval Studies Players Perform at the Humanities Open House
Medieval Studies Players Perform at the Humanities Open House
Our medieval acting troupe of Illinois students, faculty, staff, and alumni restaged The Road to Calvary on Saturday, October 4th:  a black comedy about bumbling soldiers tasked with bringing Jesus and the cross to Calvary, as part of the Humanities Open House.   This was...

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The Program in Medieval Studies offers a robust slate of events to pique all kinds of interests. Our mission is to foster the interdisciplinary and collaborative study of histories, literatures, languages, beliefs, ideas, arts, environments, and archaeologies across the medieval globe. 

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James Terrasi (B.A. Medieval Studies and History)

James Terrasi graduated in 2022 with a major in both Medieval Studies and History. His History honors thesis (advised by Carol Symes and examined by Eleanora Stoppino and Brian Walters) provided a new translation and analysis of the Gesta Francorum et aliorum Hierosolimitanorum, an anonymous account of the First Crusade. In the autumn of 2022, he began a Master's program in Medieval Studies at Fordham University, where he developed an interest in the social and economic history of the medieval Mediterranean. At Fordham, he had the opportunity to do archival work in...