Medieval Studies at UMN

Medieval Studies at UMN, now part of the Center for the Study of the Premodern World, is the foremost public center for the study of the Middle Ages in the state of Minnesota. While we serve many, we are few--the center is run by a handful of committed faculty and staff who do this as a labor of love on top of their duties in their respective departments. Find out more about the center and its activities here: http://cmedst.umn.edu/about/

• the many activities of the Center include the Medieval Book in the Schools introducing the culture of the Middle Ages (including manuscripts!) to students in Minnesota K-12 classes
  
  
• we sponsor many events for the public as well as for the university community. This year, thanks to the generosity of donors we were able to hold a conference on Premodern Food Cultures that included local Twin Cities food producers.
  

Our on going programming includes an annual talk by a world renowned expert in Art History (the Sheppard lecture--a lecture created in honor of UMN Art History Professor, Carl D. Sheppard) and an annual talk by a world renowned expert in Manuscript Studies (the Aris Memorial Lecture--a lecture series established in honor of Rutherford Aris, UMN professor of Chemical Engineering and Classics, whose love of manuscript culture led to the establishment of this annual lecture) 

• one of our chief missions is to support the research of graduate students, and in that capacity we organize and offer financial support to graduate students to attend workshops on how to read medieval manuscripts, to do hands on research in archives abroad, to organize/attend professional conferences and to network with professionals already working in the field. Graduate reading groups supported by the Center include those in Old Norse and Classical Arabic.
  
  

• The Sheila McNally Endowment is used for support of programs, students, and research in the Middle Ages. The Medieval Studies Fund of the Center is used to finance expenses not covered by other funding sources, and makes possible many of the center's special events, including the Colloquia Medievalia lecture series.

We firmly believe that knowledge of the past is integral to understanding the present and to mapping the future--please help support our students and their activities!

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