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The Committee on Medieval Studies Ph.D. Thesis Prize

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The Committee on Medieval Studies awards an annual prize in the amount of $1250 to the best Ph.D. thesis on any topic in Medieval Studies. Students in all graduate fields at Harvard University are eligible for consideration. All theses submitted during...

MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

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Matthew Gabriele (Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech; Medieval Studies Associate in Research), Apocalyptic Certitude after the First Crusade . Co-sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar and the Committee on...

Welcome!

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Join Harvard and Boston-area medievalists for food, drinks, and lively conversation at the Committee on Medieval Studies' Fall welcome reception! Followed by Reception(s), the opening meeting of the Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar.

Deck the Halls!

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The Committee on Medieval Studies invites you to a celebration of the holiday season, replete with food, libations, and festive conversation! Gaudeamus igitur!

MHC Medieval Studies Seminar: Collations

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Paul Russell (Celtic Languages and Literatures), Reading Greek (Out Loud) in Medieval Wales (and/or Maybe Ireland) . Co-sponsored by the Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar and the Committee on Medieval Studies. Lunch will be served...

Medieval Studies Winter Welcome

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The Committee on Medieval Studies invites medievalists from Harvard and the Boston area for a festive kickoff to 2026, featuring delicious food, classy libations, and stimulating conversation! Afterwards, be sure to join us in the Thompson Room for the...

Medieval Love: The Final Cut!

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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...

Medieval Studies-Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures Joint Lecture

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Pádraic Moran (University of Galway), Unity in Diversity? Connecting Threads in a Ninth-Century Scholar's Notebook (the Reichenauer Schulheft ). Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures.

Mashtots Lecture in Armenian Studies

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Jesse Arlen (Eastern Diocese of the Armenian Church of America; Fordham University), Heresy and Excommunication in Tenth-Century Armenia: Hierarchs, Abbots, Monks, and Tondrakites. Co-sponsored by the Mashtots Chair for Armenian Studies, the Department of...

Committee on Medieval Studies Opening Reception

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Medievalists from Harvard and the Boston area are invited to join us for drinks, hors d'oeuvres, and convivial conversation as we ring in the new semester! Please plan to attend the opening meeting of the Mahindra Humanities Center Medieval Studies...

CMES-Medieval Studies Lecture on Medieval Middle Eastern Studies

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Reyhan Durmaz (University of Pennsylvania), Agents of Peace, Ministers of the Holy: Soldiers as Ritual Experts in the Early Medieval Middle East . Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies. How do soldiers...

Mary Jaharis Center-Medieval Studies Lecture in Byzantine Studies

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Dimitris Krallis (Simon Fraser University), Between Byzantium and Modernity: Portraits of Civic Virtue in Late Ottoman Lesvos. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College...