Harvard Medieval Studies

Effective Monday, 15 November @HarvardMedieval will be moving to the Bluesky social media platform. Follow us at @harvardmedieval.bsky.social!

Mark your calendar: the @MHCHarvard #MedievalSeminar & @DCRES_Harvard Georgian Studies Program welcome Nikoloz Aleksidze (Free University Tbilisi) on "Sanctity, Gender, & Power in the Medieval Caucasus". Mo 11/25, 5:30p, Barker 133. @mjcbac

Registration for (Exploring the) Thesaurus Linguae Graecae with Elias Petrou closes in 2 weeks, on November 13. November 22, 2024 from 12:00–3:00 PM EST on Zoom. Learn more & register: maryjahariscenter.org/events/explori…

@abigail_balbale--sorry for the typo!

Kudos to @HarvardMedieval alum @abigale_balbale, winner of the AHA's Premio del Rey for "The Wolf King: Ibn Mardanish & the Construction of Power in al-Andalus" (@CornellPress)! @HarvardCMES @Harvard_History

Registration for the upcoming Mary Jaharis Center @bsnanabac workshop closes November 13. (Exploring the) Thesaurus Linguae Graecae with Elias Petrou. November 22, 2024 | 12:00–3:00 pm EST (UTC -5) | Zoom. More info & registration: maryjahariscenter.org/events/explori…

Mark your calendars for the symposium "Sign of the Times: Marking Jewish Identity in the Medieval & Early Modern World" Mon 11/18, 12-6p, Barker Center 110. Complete program and registration info @ tinyurl.com/234mcuf4. @HarvardCJS @MHCHarvard @Harvard_History

Next Monday: join us for the @HoughtonLib - @HarvardMedieval lecture w/ @EdinburghUni's Niels Gaul: "Codex & Character: Byzantine Authors in/and their Books"! Mon 10/21, Edison & Newman Room, Houghton Library. Info @ tinyurl.com/2jn6bncu

Join us this Wednesday (10/9) as we welcome @LMU_Muenchen's Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen for "Life and Death in Late Antique Gaul: Aligning Ancient Bodies with Inscriptions in the Burials at St. Maximin, Trier." Barker Center 110, 5p. @HarvardSoHP @harvardclassics @HarvardAnthro

Join us Monday as the @MHCHarvard #MedievalSeminar welcomes Karel Pacovský (@CharlesUniPRG) for "The Benedictine Nuns of St. George’s Abbey in Prague & their Books"! 1800-1930, Barker 110.

MAA News - Celebration of New Scholarship at 2025 MAA Meeting - Call for Participation themedievalacademyblog.org/maa-news-celeb…

📃 Applications are OPEN for our 2025 - 2026 fellowships! Advancing scholarship in Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape studies via our extensive fellowship and research programs.📃 Applications for all programs are due November 1, 2024. Follow the link below!

Mark your calendars! The @MHCHarvard #MedievalSeminar welcomes Karel Pacovský (@CharlesUniPRG ) for "The Benedictine Nuns of St. George’s Abbey in Prague & their Books"! Mon 10/7, 1800-1930, Barker 110.

The @MHCHarvard #MedievalSeminar is excited to welcome @RomanceUchicago's Justin Steinberg, discussing his book "Law and Mimesis" (@CambridgeUP 2023) w/ @YaleSpanPort's Jesus Velasco! Mon 9/9, Barker 110, 6pm. @HarvardRLL

Applications for Studying East of Byzantium XI: Ritual, a 3-part workshop for doctoral students and recent PhDs with Emma Loosely Leeming and Lev Weitz, are due September 23, 2024. More information at eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-event…

Does your institution want to host Vagantes 2026? Apply by September 16th! See vagantesconference.org/hosting-vagant… for more details, or get in touch with us at vagantesboard@gmail.com

East of Byzantium is accepting proposals for Studying East of Byzantium XI: Ritual, a 3-part workshop for doctoral students and recent PhDs with Emma Loosely Leeming and Lev Weitz. Apply by 23 September 2024 at eastofbyzantium.org/upcoming-event…

Hot off the presses from @ArcHumanities : "Digital Medieval Studies—Experimentation and Innovation", ed. by @HarvardMedieval's Sean Gilsdorf and @LauraMorreale! More @ tinyurl.com/3dftsrn9

We mourn the loss of Radcliffe and Harvard alum Elizabeth A.R. (Peggy) Brown, a giant in the field of Medieval Studies and a beloved teacher and mentor to so many of us. Our condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues around the world. @MedievalAcademy @CUNY

We are saddened by the death of our colleague Roy Mottahedeh, a giant in the field of medieval Islamic history and a pillar of the Harvard medievalist community. Our condolences to his family, friends, students, and colleagues. @HarvardNELC @HarvardCMES @Harvard_History