Administration

Claire Adams is a special assistant to the Committee on Medieval Studies, managing logistical and financial planning for the 2025 Medieval Academy of American annual meeting on the Harvard campus, and the Department of History's Catalog and Curriculum...

Sofía is a Ph.D. student in the English Department who studies romance and hagiography from the twelfth to the fourteenth century, focusing on material culture, fiction(ality), and the poetics of the impossible. Beyond the strictly medieval, her interests...

Lauren Ehrmann's research focuses on North African and Andalusian manuscripts. She is interested in depictions of urban space, travel, cross-cultural exchange, and the relationship between manuscripts and the body. Prior to attending Harvard, Lauren was...

Brian FitzGerald is Lecturer on Medieval Studies and the Study of Religion. A scholar of medieval history, his research focuses on the intellectual and religious culture of Europe from the twelfth to the fo­urteenth century. His first book, Inspiration...

Sean Gilsdorf is Administrative Director and Lecturer on Medieval Studies, and an affiliate member of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology. His research addresses the intellectual, religious, and political history of the early and high...