Medieval A-Musings #2
Money need not be metallic! Spice did serve as a form of money, from the 10th to the 14th century. It’s easy to imagine that pepper was bartered (traded for goods without following a set…
Continue ReadingMoney need not be metallic! Spice did serve as a form of money, from the 10th to the 14th century. It’s easy to imagine that pepper was bartered (traded for goods without following a set…
Continue ReadingMatthew Carey Salyer and Anne Halloin, students in Dr. Susanne Hafner’s summer 2023 graduate class MVST 5311: Arthurian Literature, weigh in on this year’s Broadway revival of Lerner & Lowe’s beloved musical Camelot: The odds were…
Continue ReadingOn 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…
Continue ReadingLast 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…
Continue ReadingThe 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…
Continue ReadingThis past 21 April, Bernard College hosted the annual Interuniversity Doctoral Consortium Medieval Conference. Each year PhD students come from the various IUDC participant institutions to present some aspect of their research to their peers…
Continue ReadingThis past 11 April, the Center for Medieval Studies hosted its annual “Compatible Careers” event. Each year, the Center asks alumni to share their experiences of finding jobs after their graduations that go beyond the…
Continue ReadingThis past 25 February, Fordham students Larissa Ross and Rita Orazi presented at the 2017 Hudson Valley Medieval and Early Modern Undergraduate Symposium at the College of Mount Saint Vincent. Larissa Ross presented her paper,…
Continue ReadingOur coverage of the 37th Annual Conference continues! Read on for more.
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