Committee on Medieval Studies

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...

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.

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...

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...

Boston-area medievalists and friends are invited to join us for the annual end-of-year celebration, this year featuring BBQ, beer, and Bardcore! Enjoy tasty treats and libations while chatting with friends old and new--can't wait to see you!

Hollywood meets Medieval in this special lunchtime event, as Harvard students pitch their television treatments of medieval sex, love, and marriage to a celebrity panel of judges. Who will prevail? Come for lunch, stay to find out! Sponsored by the...

Medievalist (and medieval-curious) grad students: put on your top hat, put on your ball gown, put on your tails! The Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop and Medieval English Colloquium proudly present the final Bibendum of the year, prom edition...

An all-day symposium on the ancient, medieval, and early modern world, featuring presentations by an interdisciplinary group of undergraduate scholars from Harvard College including Niyathi Chagatipati, Felix Chen, Peter Chen, Christine Corcoran, Jericho...

A two-day conference featuring a keynote address by Peter Frankopan (Oxford University), lightning talks by undergraduate and graduate students, and presentations by Dimiter Angelov (Harvard University), Nathanael Aschenbrenner (Bard College), Zachary...