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Roilos honored by Panteion University

January 29, 2018

Harvard University medievalist Panagiotis Roilos, George Seferis Professor of Modern Greek Studies and Professor of Comparative Literature, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens...

Christian Africa/Medieval Africa: Watch Now!

December 19, 2017

The proceedings of November's groundbreaking symposium Christian Africa/Medieval Africa, 300-1600 CE, co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research, now are available online! To watch...

Harvard Digs the Vikings

August 22, 2017

The Harvard Gazette reports on Harvard medievalist Stephen Mitchell and his Summer School program on medieval Scandinavian archeology. Read more here ...

New Director for the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions

April 22, 2017

Charles Stang, Professor of Early Christianity at the Harvard Divinity School and a member of the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies, has been named the new director of Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions. Read more ...

Undergraduate Prize deadlines

March 09, 2017

The Committee on Medieval Studies welcomes submissions for the Class of 1955/Robert T. Coolidge Undergraduate Thesis Prize (due Friday, 7 April 2017) and the Committee on Medieval Studies Undergraduate Essay Prize (due Friday, 28 April 2017). Complete...

The Libraries Beckon ...

January 24, 2017

Now in their fourth year, the Harvard Library’s Pforzheimer Fellowships provide an opportunity for graduate students in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to learn about possible careers in libraries, to discover new ways to provide long-term benefits for...

Byzantine Coins and Seals Summer Program

January 23, 2017

Coins and seals offer priceless insight into the historical geography, prosopography, paleography, art history, theology, and economic, institutional, and administrative history of the Byzantine world. Dumbarton Oaks’ collections of twelve thousand coins...