Medieval Studies @ Harvard

Upcoming Medieval Studies Committee Events

Committee on Medieval Studies Welcome Reception

September 14, 2026
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4:30PM - 6:00PM EDT
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Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room)

Medievalists near and far are invited to join the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies for food, drink, and conversation as we celebrate the beginning of a new academic year! The reception will be followed by Wonder(s), the opening meeting of the...

Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar

September 14, 2026
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6:00PM - 7:30PM EDT
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Barker Center 110 (the Thompson Room)

Wonder(s): a roundtable discussion chaired by Nicholas Watson (Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English, Harvard University) and featuring Larisa Grollemond (Associate Curator of Manuscripts, The Getty Museum), Michelle Karnes (Professor of English...

Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop

September 17, 2026
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5:00PM - 7:00PM EDT
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Robinson Hall, Lower Library

Susan Phillips (Northwestern University) discusses her new book Learning to Talk Shop: Mercantile Mischief and Popular Pedagogy in Premodern England (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Co-sponsored by the English Medieval Colloquium, the Medieval...

MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

September 22, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:00PM EDT
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Barker Center 133 (the Plimpton Room)

Dan Smail (Department of History), A Life Beyond Mediterranean Slavery. Co-sponsored by the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies. Lunch will be served; please RSVP by Friday, 18 September.

Medieval Movie Night

September 22, 2026
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7:00PM - 9:30PM EDT

Medieval Movie Mavens: join us for pizza and cinematic fun at the first Medieval Movie Night, featuring A Knight's Tale (2001). Geoffrey Chaucer meets Heath Ledger meets Queen in a timeless tale of jousting, family feuds, and rollicking romance, all set...

Bibendum/Gebeorscip

September 24, 2026
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5:00PM - 6:30PM EDT

... a bi-weekly festive gathering, in which those pursuing graduate studies of things medieval join together in commensural union. And drink. Proudly presented by the Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop and the English Medieval Colloquium.

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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