Medieval Colloquium

Welcome! 

Welcome to the Harvard English Department's Medieval Colloquium! The Colloquium brings together students and faculty from Harvard and other universities to discuss current research on medieval literature and its contexts. If you have any questions or suggestions, or would like to be added to the Medieval Colloquium's email list, please contact our graduate student coordinators Andrew Maxwell and Sofía Carbonell-Realme.

 Stay tuned for upcoming events!

Harvard Medieval English Colloquium - Calendar of Events - Spring 2024

Thursdays at 5:00pm (unless otherwise noted)

Thursday, February 6: Nicholas Thyr, “In Unitate: The Overlapping Origins of Homilies in Early Medieval England and Ireland”

Thursday, March 6: Editing Workshop with Anthony Harris

Thursday, March 13: Prospectus Presentations by Current and Visiting Graduate Students: Sofía Carbonell Realme, Fernanda Garcia-Oteyza, and Alice Gibson. Folklore and Mythology Seminar Room (Warren 102).

Medieval Academy of America Meeting: March 20-22

Thursday, March 27: Calligraphy Workshop with Maryanne Grebenstein, beginning at 4:30pm. Bok Center Learning Lab (50 Church Street).

Thursday, April 10: Lisa Fagin Davis, "The State of Medieval Studies in North America." Finnegan Room (Barker 403). Join us for dinner afterwards!

Medieval Studies at Harvard

The Standing Committee on Medieval Studies is a great place to start for resources in interdisciplinary medieval studies at Harvard. Here, you can:

• • View current medieval studies course offerings at Harvard

  • Learn about the Secondary PhD Field in Medieval Studies

  • View a calendar of upcoming events in medieval studies in and around Boston, including meetings of the Harvard Humanities Center Medieval Studies Seminar, which meets on Mondays at 4:15 pm

Inter Libros offers a great overview of electronic resources available for scholars in medieval studies; for more electronic resources, see below.

Houghton Library holds a wealth of incredible medieval manuscripts and related materials. Don't miss their collection of Digital Medieval Manuscripts, and be sure to check out their Search Strategies for locating other manuscripts in the collection.