Undergraduate Symposium: Call for Submissions

February 28, 2024

The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies is pleased to announce its forthcoming Undergraduate Symposium in Premodern Studies, which will take place on Friday, 19 April in the Barker Center's Thompson Room. This event is co-sponsored by the Committee on Degrees in History & Literature, the Department of Classics, Early Modern World at Harvard, and the Ancient Studies Program. Contributions are welcome from Harvard College students of papers (fifteen to twenty minutes in length) in any discipline, dealing with any topic in ancient, medieval, and early modern studies. We particularly... Read more about Undergraduate Symposium: Call for Submissions

Harvard medievalist honored by University of Antwerp

March 30, 2023

Daniel Lord Smail, Frank B. Baird Professor of Medieval History, has been awarded the degree of Doctor in Arts honoris causa by the University of Antwerp, in recognition of his outstanding work in the fields of medieval urban history and material cultural studies. Professor Smail is the author of numerous books, including The Consumption of Justice: Emotions, Publicity, and Legal Culture in Marseille, 1264-1423 (Cornell University Press, 2003), ... Read more about Harvard medievalist honored by University of Antwerp

Harvard medievalists honored

August 1, 2022

Four members of Harvard's Medieval Studies Committee have been honored at Harvard and beyond for excellence in teaching and scholarship. Suzanne Preston Blier,... Read more about Harvard medievalists honored

Harvard medievalist named President of Delphi Center

August 1, 2022

Panagiotis Roilos, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Comparative Literature as well as a member of the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies and the Steering Committee of Harvard's Special Graduate Program in Byzantine Studies, has been elected as... Read more about Harvard medievalist named President of Delphi Center

Watch it now ...

September 30, 2021

In case you missed it (or want to see it again), Professor Brent Miles' April 2021 Medieval Studies Seminar lecture Treatises on Biblical Kingship from Medieval Ireland now is available on YouTube! Click here to access the video. Read more about Watch it now ...

Harvard Medievalists honored as 2020 Cabot Fellows

May 8, 2020

Three members of Harvard's Medieval Studies community have been honored as 2020 Walter Channing Cabot Fellows in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences: William Granara, Professor of the Practice of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations; Dimiter Angelov,... Read more about Harvard Medievalists honored as 2020 Cabot Fellows

What Were They Thinking?

December 24, 2019

Harvard Law Today recently talked to medievalist Liz Kamali about her new book, Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England (... Read more about What Were They Thinking?

Harvard Medievalist Stephen Mitchell wins 2019 Jarl Gallén Prize

October 29, 2019

Stephen Mitchell, the Robert S. and Ilse Friend Professor of Scandinavian Studies and Folklore and a member of the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, has been awarded the sixth Jarl Gallén Prize by the Thure Gallén Foundation. The prize, created in memory of Jarl Gallén (1908–1990), Professor of History at the University of Helsinki, is given to a scholar of medieval Northern Europe in recognition of his or her outstanding... Read more about Harvard Medievalist Stephen Mitchell wins 2019 Jarl Gallén Prize

Africa in the Medieval World: latest lecture available for viewing

April 8, 2019

The fifth lecture in this year's "Africa in the Medieval World" lecture series is now available online! To watch "Objects and Encounters on the Medieval East African Coast" by Stephanie Wynne-Jones (University of York), delivered on Monday, 25 March 2019, please click here.

New Undergraduate Symposium!

April 3, 2019

The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies and the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature are pleased to announce a new undergraduate symposium on medieval and early modern studies, which will take place on Friday, 3 May 2019 in Emerson Hall. The organizeres invite contributions from Harvard College students of papers (fifteen to twenty minutes in length) in any discipline, dealing with any medieval or early modern topic. Particularly welcome are papers that push against traditional boundaries in...

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