Medieval Studies Courses

Upcoming and current offerings

Fall 2024

Courses in italics are primarily for graduate students

Medieval Studies 107. Authority and Invention: Medieval Art and Architecture (Christine Smith). Tu 0945-1145. Meets concurrently with GSD HIS-4358.

Medieval Studies 121. Heresy, Orthodoxy, and Religious Identity in Medieval Christianity (Brian FitzGerald). TTh 1030-1145.

Medieval Studies 201. Auxiliary Disciplines of Medieval Studies (Michael McCormick). M 1500-1745.

Classical Philology 285. Greek Palaeography (Alexander Riehle). TuTh 0900-1015. Also offered as Greek 187.

Classical Studies 173. Gender in Byzantium (Alexander Riehle). W 1500-1700.

English 102m. Introduction to Old English: Charms, Herbals, Folk Medicine, Miracle Cures (Daniel Donoghue). TTh 1330-1445.

Freshman Seminar 64i. Looking for Clues: Ancient and Medieval Art @ Harvard (Eurydice Georganteli). W 1200-1445.

Greek 187. Greek Palaeography (Alexander Riehle). TuTh 0900-1015. Also offered as Classical Philology 285.

HDS 3338. The Prophet Muhammed in History, Devotion, and Polemic (Mohsen Goudarzi). Tu 1300-1500. Also offered as Religion 1078.

History 80g. Travelers in the Middle Ages (Dimiter Angelov). W 1245-1445.

History 1056. The New Science of the Human Past: Case Studies at the Cutting Edge (Michael McCormick). MW 1200-1315.

HAA 42p. Architecture Through the Ages: Notre-Dame de Paris (Jeffrey Hamburger). TTh 1330-1445.

HAA 127m. Medieval Architecture in Greater Iran and Central Asia (David Roxburgh). M 1500-1745.

HAA 246p. The Birth of the Author (Jeffrey Hamburger). W 1200-1445.

History and Literature 90an. God Save the Queen! Ruling Women from Rome to the Renaissance (Sean Gilsdorf). MW 1330-1445.

History of Science 100. Knowing the World: An Introduction to the History of Science (Hannah Marcus). MW 1030-1145.

Islamic Civilization 240. Ruling Medieval Egypt: A History through Documents (Lorenzo Bondioli). Th 1200-1445.

Linguistics 250. Old Church Slavonic (Michael Flier). TuTh 1030-1145.

Medieval Latin 208. Folk and Learned Literature: Materials and Methods (Jan Ziolkowski). M 0945-1145.

Persian 222r. Classical Persian: Expository and Analytic Prose (Nicholas Boylston). Th 1500-1745.

Religion 1078. The Prophet Muhammed in History, Devotion, and Polemic (Mohsen Goudarzi). Tu 1300-1500. Also offered as HDS 3338.

Spring 2024

Courses in italics are primarily for graduate students

Medieval Studies 10: Introduction to the Medieval World (Sean Gilsdorf and Brian FitzGerald). TTh 1330-1445. Also offered as History and Literature 10ab.

Medieval Studies 119: Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval Continental Europe (Charles Donahue). MW 1630-1800.

Celtic 109: Finn: The Great Gaelic Hero (Natasha Sumner). MW 1030-1145.

Classical Studies 172: Romanness After Rome (Jan Ziolkowski). Th 1500-1700.

English 90mr: Race and Religion in Medieval Literature (Anna Wilson). T 0900-1145.

English 103d: Beowulf and Seamus Heaney (Joseph Shack). TTh 1030-1145.

English 115b: Chaucer: The Canterbury Tales (Anna Wilson). MW 1330-1445.

English 180vw: Two Visionary Women: Julian of Norwich, Margery Kempe, and Company (Nicholas Watson). TTh 1030-1145.

General Education 1010: Satire (Ambrogio Camozzi Pistoja). TuTh 1030-1145.

General Education 1083: Permanent Impermanence: Why Buddhists Build Monuments (Jinah Kim and Eugene Wang). MW 1200-1315.

General Education 1185: The Power and Beauty of Being In-Between: The Story of Armenia (Christina Maranci). MW 1330-1445.

GSD His 4321: Rome (Christine Smith). TBD.

History 1134: Medieval Islam: An Age of Revolutions (Lorenzo Bondioli). TuTh 1200-1315.

History 1700: The History of Sub-Saharan Africa to 1860 (Emmanuel Akyeampong). MW 1030-1145.

History 2056: Reading in Late Antique and Medieval History (Michael McCormick). M 1500-1745.

History 2080: Medieval Law (Charles Donahue). Tu 1600-1800.

HAA 128n: Islamic Ornament: Aesthetics of Abstraction and Perception (Gülru Necipoglü). Th 1200-1445.

HAA 143m: The Court of Constantinople (Ioli Kalavrezou). Th 1500-1745.

HAA 244: Something Rich and Strange: The Materiality of Relics and Reliquaries in the Middle Ages (Jeffrey Hamburger). T 1200-1445.

History and Literature 10ab: Introduction to the Medieval World (Sean Gilsdorf and Brian FitzGerald). TTh 1330-1445. Also offered as Medieval Studies 10.

Islamic Civilizations 201: Islamic Intellectual History: A Survey of the Field (Khaled El Rouayheb). Th 1500-1745.

Medieval Latin 10: Introduction to Medieval Latin Literature (Jan Ziolkowski). MWTh 1330-1445.

Medieval Latin 151: Virgil in the Middle Ages (Jan Ziolkowski). TTh 1330-1445.

Philosophy 106: Augustine (James Doyle). M 1545-1745.

Religion 1398b: Philosophy in the Desert: Evagrius of Pontus's 'Gnostic Trilogy' (Charles Stang). Fr 1200-1500.