# Graduate Students in Medieval Studies ## expand\_more ### Celtic Languages and Literatures expand\_more [### Saskia Behrens ](/people/saskia-behrens) Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures M.Phil (Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Studies), University of Cambridge M.A. (Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Studies; English), University of Aberdeen ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Saskia%20Behrens.jpg?itok=rpEADnDG) [### Samuel Puopolo ](/people/samuel-puopolo) Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures B.A. (Classics), Harvard University ![Samuel Puopolo](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/spuopolo.jpeg?itok=UhZPAEsG) [### Katherine Scheidt ](/people/katherine-scheidt) M.Phil (Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic Studies), University of Cambridge MTS, Harvard Divinity School B.A. (English), University of Illinois at Chicago ![Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/kes.jpg?itok=STBWX1Ru) ### Classics expand\_more [### Julia Judge Mulhall ](/people/julia-judge-mulhall) Department of the Classics B.A. Classics, Tulane University ![Julia Judge Mulhall](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/julia_judge_mulhall_01.jpg?itok=4K7uaxon) [### John Kee ](/people/john-kee) Department of the Classics (Byzantine Greek) M.A. (Medieval Studies), Central European University B.A. (Classics and Philosophy), Dartmouth College ![John Kee](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/profile_picture_01.jpg?itok=Ea3IHFwa) [### Philip Wilson ](/people/phillip-wilson) Department of the Classics (Medieval Latin) M.St. (Classics), University of Oxford BA (Classics), University of North Carolina ![Image of Phillip Wilson](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/20229162_10159096992415711_7930034180405731022_n.jpg?itok=uUhlk2kl) ### English expand\_more [### Sofía Carbonell Realme ](/people/sofia-carbonell-realme) Program Assistant English Department B.A. (English Literature), Dartmouth College ![Headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-08/SCRs_0.png?itok=Udcpgyqa) [### Ahmed Seif ](/people/ahmed-seif)Department of English B.A. Alexandria University A.M. Harvard University person [### Emily Sun ](/people/emily-sun) Department of English B.A. (English), Columbia University ![Image of Emily Sun](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/screen_shot_2019-07-22_at_4.36.03_pm_1_0.png?itok=PqGmeg5I) ### Harvard Extension School expand\_more [### Daniel Lord Smail ](/people/daniel-lord-smail) Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of History Interim Chair of the Department of History Ph.D. University of Michigan ![dsmail_1.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/dsmail_1.jpeg?itok=BukShQ2A) [### Nicholas Watson ](/people/nicholas-watson) Henry B. and Anne M. Cabot Professor of English Literature Ph.D. University of Toronto ![nwatson.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/nwatson.jpg?itok=8oHpOiiX) [### Charles Donahue ](/people/charles-donahue)Paul A. Freund Professor of Law Ll.B. Yale University ![cdonahue.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/cdonahue.jpg?itok=j8zhIMIz) [### Sean Gilsdorf ](/people/sean-gilsdorf) Lecturer on Medieval Studies Administrative Director of the Committee on Medieval Studies Director of Graduate Studies in Medieval Studies Ph.D. University of Chicago ![sgilsdorf.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/sgilsdorf.jpg?itok=vkeVJ6sH) [### Luis Girón Negrón ](/people/luis-gir%C3%B3n-negr%C3%B3n) William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Comparative Literature and of Romance Languages and Literatures Ph.D. Harvard University ![lgironnegron.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/lgironnegron.jpg?itok=bBzspakR) [### Virginie Greene ](/people/virginie-greene) Professor Emerita of Romance Languages and Literatures Ph.D. University of Illinois ![vgreene.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/vgreene.jpg?itok=vI_GZZhI) [### Jeffrey Hamburger ](/people/jeffrey-hamburger) Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture Ph.D. Yale University ![jhamburger.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/jhamburger.jpg?itok=6g3-Jdpt) [### Amy Hollywood ](/people/amy-hollywood) Elisabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies, Harvard Divinity School Ph.D. University of Chicago ![ahollywood.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/ahollywood.jpg?itok=K3MERzG3) [### Ioli Kalavrezou ](/people/ioli-kalavrezou) Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine Art History Steering Committee, Ph.D. Program in Byzantine Studies Ph.D. University of California Berkeley On leave Fall 2025 ![ikalavrezou.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/ikalavrezou.jpg?itok=FEKUXjJb) [### Thomas Forrest Kelly ](/people/thomas-forrest-kelly)Morton B. Knafel Professor Emeritus of Music Ph.D. Harvard University ![tfkelly.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/tfkelly.jpg?itok=bVjRzoYO) [### Beverly Mayne Kienzle ](/people/beverly-mayne-kienzle)John H. Morison Professor Emerita of the Practice in Latin and Romance Language Studies, Harvard Divinity School Ph.D. Boston College ![bkienzle.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/bkienzle.jpg?itok=jk5imMPl) [### Kevin Madigan ](/people/kevin-madigan) Winn Research Professor of Ecclesiastical History Ph.D. University of Chicago ![kmadigan.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/kmadigan.jpg?itok=cRQwETh4) [### Catherine McKenna ](/people/catherine-mckenna) Margaret Brooks Robinson Research Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures Ph.D. Harvard University ![cmckenna.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/cmckenna.jpg?itok=4BoV8CNQ) [### Stephen Mitchell ](/people/stephen-mitchell) Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian and Folklore Ph.D. University of Minnesota ![smitchell.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/smitchell.jpg?itok=KX9C4aeq) [### Katharine Park ](/people/katharine-park) Samuel Zemurray, Jr. and Doris Zemurray Stone Radcliffe Research Professor of the History of Science Ph.D. Harvard University ![kpark.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/kpark.jpg?itok=oCDcvFGI) [### Panagiotis Roilos ](/people/panagiotis-roilos) George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature Steering Committee, Ph.D. Program in Byzantine Studies Ph.D. Harvard University ![Roilos](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/proilos.jpg?itok=tPYRvfjN) [### James Simpson ](/people/james-simpson) Donald P. and Katherine B. Loker Research Professor of English Ph.D. Cambridge University ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/JS.jpg?itok=zCw0_EOz) [### Christine Smith ](/people/christine-smith) Robert C. and Marion K. Weinberg Professor of Architectural History Ph.D. New York University ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Smith.jpg?itok=SFl5nOPF) [### Jan Ziolkowski ](/people/jan-ziolkowski) Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin Ph.D. Cambridge University ![jziolkowski.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/jziolkowski.jpg?itok=Y_58fuuB) [### Dimiter Angelov ](/people/dimiter-angelov) Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History Chair, Ph.D. Program in Byzantine Studies Ph.D. Harvard University ![Dimiter Angelov](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/dangelov_0.jpg?itok=kcon1c8I) ### History expand\_more [### Saaleh Baseer ](/people/saaleh-baseer) Department of History & Middle Eastern Studies B.A., Columbia University ![Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/img_7941_copy.jpg?itok=kg5SXJe1) [### Konrad Boeschenstein ](/people/konrad-boeschenstein) Department of History B.A. Renaissance Studies, University of Toronto ![photo_of_konrad_boeschenstein.jpeg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/photo_of_konrad_boeschenstein.jpeg?itok=m9zgijJ1) [### Andy Chen ](/people/andy-chen) Department of History B.A. Linguistics; Classics; Medieval Studies, UC Santa Barbara M.A. Medieval Studies, Central European University Convener, Medieval History Workshop ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Screen%20Shot%202025-09-05%20at%2012.52.03%20PM.png?itok=R_Wi89AH) [### Edan Larkin ](/people/edan-larkin) B.A. Brown University Medieval History Workshop Coordinator ![Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/edan.jpg?itok=koJERQOd) [### Stephanie Leitzel ](/people/stephanie-leitzel) Department of History B.A. (History and Medieval & Early Modern Studies), University of Michigan ![sleitzel.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/sleitzel.jpg?itok=dKmXFIB7) [### Sama Mammadova ](/people/sama-mammadova)History Department B.A. (History and History of Art & Architecture), Harvard University ![Sama](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/sama.jpg?itok=6Kjqmf1B) ### History of Art and Architecture expand\_more [### Walid Akef ](/people/walid-akef) History of Art and Architecture ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/WA.jpeg?itok=rUEcN-iY) [### Lauren Ehrmann ](/people/lauren-ehrmann) Coordinator, Medieval Studies Interdisciplinary Workshop B.A. (Art History & Near Eastern Languages and Cultures), Indiana University ![Lauren Ehrmann](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/lehrmann.jpg?itok=xtrRVlOL) [### Khushi Nansi ](/people/khushi-nansi) Department of History of Art and Architecture M.S. (Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture) MIT B.A. University of Toronto ![Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/nansi.jpg?itok=A29ZuXIw) ### Committee on the Study of Religion expand\_more [### Lydia Shahan ](/people/lydia-shahan) Committee on the Study of Religion M.A. (Theology and Religious Studies), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven B.A. (History), Kenyon College ![headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-09/Lydia.jpg?itok=s3fZMJIj) ### Romance Languages and Literatures expand\_more [### Juan Manuel Arias ](/people/juan-manuel-arias)Department of Romance Languages and Literatures B.A. (Literature) Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) M.A. (Literature) Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) ![juan](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/image_01.jpg?itok=fsrJoxwp) [### Vincent Leung ](/people/vincent-leung)Department of Romance Languages and Literatures M.Phil Modern Languages, University of Oxford; A.M., Romance Languages and Literatures, Harvard University B.A. Music and Musicology and Italian Studies, Université Paris IV Sorbonne ![Leung headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/screenshot_2023-08-14_at_19.09.11.png?itok=GiVqiaev) [### Adam Mahler ](/people/adam-mahler) Romance Languages and Literatures B.A. (English and Portuguese Language and Literature), Yale University ![Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/mahler_photo.jpg?itok=cSpoEFTY) [### Adan Ramirez-Figueroa ](/people/adan-ramirez-figueroa) Department of Romance Languages and Literatures M.A. (Spanish Literature), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México B.A. (Hispanic Languages and Literatures), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ![Profile Picture](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/figueroa.jpg?itok=2-REny7D) [### Jordan Vanderpool ](/people/jordan-vanderpool) Department of Romance Languages and Literatures M.A. (Spanish), Baylor University B.A. (Spanish and Great Books), Baylor University ![Vanderpool headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum3586/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/medievalstudies/files/sweater_photo_06-02-2023.jpeg?itok=gZ5zMufT)