Other Medieval Studies Faculty

Jesse Arlen

jarlen@fas.harvard.edu

Lecturer in Armenian Studies

Ph.D. University of California Los Angeles

Jesse S. Arlen is a scholar of the religious literature and intellectual history of medieval Armenia, with particular attention to asceticism and mysticism. He is the co-author of Odes of Saint Nersess the Graceful: Annotated Translation (New York...

Suzannah Clark

sclark@fas.harvard.edu

Morton B. Knafel Professor of Music Theory

Director of the Mahindra Humanities Center

Ph.D. Princeton University

On leave 2026-2027

Suzannah Clark is a scholar of medieval and modern music history and theory, whose teaching and research interests range from the music of Franz Schubert, to the history of tonal theory, to music analysis, to the history and performance of medieval music...

Charles Donahue

Paul A. Freund Professor of Law

Ll.B. Yale University

Charles Donahue is a scholar of the common, canon, and Roman law traditions in medieval Europe. His work focuses in particular upon the law of property and marriage in England and the continent; among his many publications are Select Cases from the...

Mohsen Goudarzi

mgoudarzi@hds.harvard.edu

Associate Professor of Islamic Studies

Ph.D. Harvard University

On leave 2026-2027

Mohsen Goudarzi joined the Harvard Divinity School faculty in July 2021, having taught previously at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities). He is a scholar of religion who studies the Qur’an and early Islamic history using a variety of analytical...

Amy Hollywood

ahollywood@hds.harvard.edu

Elisabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian Studies, Harvard Divinity School

Ph.D. University of Chicago

Amy Hollywood's research ranges from the history of medieval Christian mysticism to the broader philosophical conception of enthusiasm and the mystical within the European tradition. She is co-editor, with Patricia Beckman, of the Cambridge Companion to...

Cemal Kafadar

Vehbi Koç Professor of Turkish Studies

Ph.D. McGill University

Cemal Kafadar is a social and cultural historian of the Middle East and southeastern Europe in the late medieval and early modern era. He teaches courses on Ottoman history, urban space, travel, popular culture, cinema, with a particular interest in the...

Elizabeth Papp Kamali

ekamali@law.harvard.edu

Chair of the Standing Committee on Medieval Studies

Austin Wakeman Scott Professor of Law

J.D. Harvard University, Ph.D. University of Michigan

On leave 2026-2027

Professor Kamali teaches criminal law and the history of English law and legal institutions. Her research focuses on the development of criminal law within the English common law tradition in the Middle Ages, in particular the evolution of the trial jury...

Michael McCormick

Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History

Steering Committee, Ph.D. Program in Byzantine Studies

Chair, Harvard Initiative for the Science of the Human Past

Ph.D. Université Catholique de Louvain

On leave 2026-2027

A Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America since 2002, Michael McCormick's research and teaching focus upon the historiography, politics, and economic history of the Merovingian and Carolingian world. Currently, he leads a cross-disciplinary research...

Jeffrey McDonough

jkmcdon@fas.harvard.edu

Chair, Department of Philosophy

Ph.D. University of California Irvine

On leave 2026-2027

Jeffrey McDonough is Professor of Philosophy, and an affiliate member of the Committee on Medieval Studies. His research focuses on the intersection of philosophy, religion and science in pre-modern Europe. Recent publications include studies of medieval...

Joseph Nagy

jfnagy@fas.harvard.edu

Henry L. Shattuck Professor of Irish Studies

Ph.D. Harvard University

On leave Spring 2027

Joseph Nagy joined the Harvard faculty from UCLA, where he was Professor of English and Folklore & Mythology. His research focuses on medieval Celtic languages and literatures, with a particular interest in folklore and mythology. Among his numerous...

Donald Ostrowski

don@wjh.harvard.edu

Lecturer in History and Research Advisor in Social Sciences

Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University

Donald Ostrowski is a scholar of the political and social history of medieval and early modern Russia, and chair of the Early Slavists Seminar at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies. In addition to co-editing the authoritative version of the...

Alina Payne

aapayne@fas.harvard.edu

Alexander P. Misheff Professor of History of Art and Architecture

Paul E. Geier Director of Villa I Tatti

Ph.D. University of Toronto

Trained as an architect and art historian, Professor Payne is a scholar of late medieval and early modern architecture, art theory, and the historiography of art, focusing upon the Italian and Mediterranean worlds. She is a recipient of the Alexander von...