Medieval Studies @ Harvard

Upcoming Medieval Studies Committee Events

Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop

November 2, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EST
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485 Broadway, room 422

Dolan Wells Gallagher (Celtic Languages and Literatures), Buried in the Narrative: Women in the Early Irish Legal Imaginary. 

Saints Do Not Rest in Peace: The Afterlife of Relics

November 5, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EST
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Sever Hall 113

A lecture by Patrick Geary, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Advanced Study; co-sponsored with the Harvard Catholic Forum, the Société des Bollandistes, and the Clough School of Theology at Boston College. Free and open to the public; to join the...

MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

November 10, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EST
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Barker Center 133 (the Plimpton Room)

Giorgio Basciu (University of Stockholm; Visiting Scholar in Medieval Studies), Poetic Pairings across the North Sea. Co-sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies. 

Houghton-Medieval Studies Lecture in Early Book History

November 16, 2026
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5:30PM - 7:00PM EST
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Houghton Library, the Edison and Newman Room

Thomas Schmidt (Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature and Curator of the papyrus collection of the Bibel+Orient Museum, University of Fribourg), The Materiality of the ‘Plutarchan Book'. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and...

Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

November 19, 2026
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10:30AM - 12:30PM EST

Thomas Schmidt (Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature and Curator of the papyrus collection of the Bibel+Orient Museum, University of Fribourg), The Typology of the Ancient Book: Papyrological Evidence from Houghton Library. Co-sponsored by...

Houghton-Medieval Studies Workshop in Early Book History

November 19, 2026
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3:00PM - 5:00PM EST

Thomas Schmidt (Professor of Ancient Greek Language and Literature and Curator of the papyrus collection of the Bibel+Orient Museum, University of Fribourg), The Typology of the Ancient Book: Papyrological Evidence from Houghton Library. Co-sponsored by...

News

Digging for answers

A recent issue of the Harvard Gazette featured a profile of Anthropology graduate student Andrew Bair, discussing his research and the challenge it poses to long-established chronologies of rural settlement in medieval Ireland.

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Harvard Medievalists Honored

Harvard University medievalists James Simpson and Sean Gilsdorf recognized by the Medieval Academy of America.

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