At this year’s Fort Tryon Medieval Festival, my colleague Peyton Seabolt and I gave a panel discussing different kinds of animals and their uses during the Middle Ages (complete with puppets!). The Fort Tryon Medieval…
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On October 2nd, the Annual Medieval Festival was held at Fort Tryon Park. This event is organized by NYC Parks and the Washington Heights and Inwood Development Corporation, with the support of the Fort Tryon…
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The Center for Medieval Studies sent a detachment of professors and graduate students to participate in the Fort Tryon Medieval Festival on Sunday October 2, 2022, continuing this new tradition after a 2-year hiatus due…
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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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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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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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A new initiative of Fordham’s Office of Research under its Chief Research Officer, Professor Z. George Hong sees Fordham researchers traveling the world to form research collaborations with scholars in other countries. The Research Abroad Program…
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