Medieval Studies @ Harvard

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...

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...

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...

Jack Tannous (Princeton University), The End of Prophecy and the Seal of the Prophets. Co-sponsored with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of World Religions.

Jack Tannous (Princeton University), From Syriac to Arabic: The Rise of Arabic as a Christian Language. Co-sponsored with the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for the Study of...