Parchment at Harvard, Past and Present: An Introductory Workshop, a hands-on examination of parchment from the Houghton Library, led by Bruce Holsinger (University of Virginia). Co-sponsored by the Houghton Library and the Committee on Medieval Studies. Space in the workshop is limited; to reserve a space, please register... Read more about Houghton Library Parchment Workshop
Bettina Wagner (Staatsbibliothek Bamberg), The Nuremberg Humanist Hartmann Schedel and his Books: A Doctor, Chronicler, and Collector at the Transition from Manuscript to Print. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and Houghton Library.
Harvard Law School, Wasserstein Caspersen Clinical Building, Milstein West 2019
Elizabeth Papp Kamali, Felony and the Holy Face. This lecture, marking Prof. Kamali's appointment as Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law, is free and open to the public. Reception to follow.
In case you missed it (or want to see it again), Professor Brent Miles' April 2021 Medieval Studies Seminar lecture Treatises on Biblical Kingship from Medieval Ireland now is available on YouTube! Click here to access the video. Read more about Watch it now ...
Stephen Mitchell, the Robert S. and Ilse Friend Professor of Scandinavian Studies and Folklore and a member of the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, has been awarded the sixth Jarl Gallén Prize by the Thure Gallén Foundation. The prize, created in memory of Jarl Gallén (1908–1990), Professor of History at the University of Helsinki, is given to a scholar of medieval Northern Europe in recognition of his or her outstanding... Read more about Harvard Medievalist Stephen Mitchell wins 2019 Jarl Gallén Prize