Last Wednesday, the Center for Medieval Studies was joined for a lecture and master class by Professor Katherine O’Brien O’Keeffe (UC Berkeley – English) entitled “Error and Forgetting: On Judgement and Wandering Texts.” Professor O’Keeffe’s…
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The Center for Medieval Studies was thrilled to be joined by Jay Rubenstein, Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Premodern World at USC Dornsife, for a lecture exploring the commentary of…
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The Center for Medieval Studies and the Renaissance Society of America, was pleased to host a timely discussion on “Plagues, Pandemics, and Outbreaks in History.” The event was co-sponsored by Fordham’s Departments of Art History…
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Last week, the Center for Medieval Studies hosted what we hope will be the first of many virtual Medieval Movie Nights! Students, teachers, and members of the wider academic community came together to watch the…
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One of the benefits of a largely-virtual semester is that The Center for Medieval Studies is able to host scholars from all over the world. On October 21st, Professor Caroline Barron joined us from the…
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The Center for Medieval Studies was thrilled to (virtually) host Associate Professor Hussein Fancy from the University of Michigan’s Department of History last week. Professor Fancy (virtually) lectured on exciting material based on archival research…
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The Graduate Student Paleography Group led by Joseph Rudolph, English PhD candidate, meets every Monday morning to read and analyze manuscripts from various periods within the Middle Ages. Our goal is to examine different book…
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This post our first in a new series, in each of which we will pick the brain of a different Fordham medievalist. This Friday, Fordham medievalists will have a chance to hear from Dr. Brian…
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Monday, November 25th marked one of the final rehearsals for Fordham’s Collegium Musicum as they prepared for their upcoming concert My Bestial Half: A Roman de Fauvel. The vocalists and instrumentalists practiced hard under the…
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Now veterans of the annual Fort Tryon Medieval Festival, Fordham Medieval Studies reflects on its second appearance at the 35th iteration of the popular fête. Much more linen and wool (and maybe polyester) were worn…
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