Announcing the Mediterranean Seminar Summer Skills Seminars for 2026 This year the Mediterranean Seminar in conjuction with the CU Mediterranean Studies Group is offering thirteen Summer Skills Seminars – intensive four-day boot-camps for scholars, researchers, graduate and advanced undergraduate students, librarians, teachers, professionals and afficionados. Led by leading authorities and emerging scholars in their respective fields, the Summer […]
Archive | Seminars/Programs
Nov 18 | (NYC, Zoom only): Malena Ratzke about Speculum
Faculty and students are invited to the November 18th (12pm EST) meeting of the Columbia University Seminar on Religion and Writing. Dr. Malena Ratzke (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) will present her research about image-text relationships in manuscripts of the Speculum humanae salvationis. An abstract follows below. Please register using this form by Friday, November 14th if you […]
Nov 18 Fall ’25 Rewald seminar
Nov 18 FALL ’25 Rewald seminar Alexis Wang, SUNY Binghamton The Intermedial Mural in Medieval Church Decoration Tuesday 5:30–7:30 pm, room 3421 FREE and no need to RSVP
Language Reading Program – Fall registration is open
Registration for the Fall 2025 session of the Language Reading Program is open. Registration is first come, first served. The LRP helps students satisfy their language reading requirements. Our courses are aimed strictly at the translation of scholarly texts. This fall LRP is offering French Levels 1 and 2, Italian Level 1, and Spanish Levels 1 […]
Summer programs for Medieval Studies scholars and professionals (Mediterranean Seminar)
The Mediterranean Seminar is continuing its acclaimed Summer Skills Seminars – 4-day remote summer “boot camps” on various topics relating to research and teaching in Medieval and Pre-Modern Studies, including history, art, literary and manuscript studies. The courses are open to faculty, independent scholars, graduate and advanced undergraduates, professionals, and the educated public. This […]
Language Reading Program – Summer registration is open
Registration for the Summer 2025 session of the Language Reading Program is open. Registration is first come, first served. The LRP helps students satisfy their language reading requirements. Our courses are aimed strictly at the translation of scholarly texts. This summer, LRP is offering French Levels 1 and 2, German Levels 1 and 2, Italian Levels […]
Present your work at GCDI Conversations in Digital Scholarship on May 13
We are excited to share that the GC Digital Fellows are hosting an inaugural event on Tuesday, May 13th called GCDI Conversations in Digital Scholarship. The event will feature six facilitated round table conversations designed to build cross-disciplinary dialogue about the many ways that scholarship and research are changing in response to emerging technologies. Registration […]
Due Oct 31 | Seminar in ROME
This seminar is designed to introduce Ph.D. students from across the humanities to the unique primary sources available in Rome. Working hands-on with materials in the city’s archives and libraries, students will be exposed to the rich potential of a wide range of sources produced from the Middle Ages to the present. Seminar meetings will be […]
Nov 8 | Open House (MA Program in Women’s and Gender Studies)
Nov 1 | Centre for Medieval Studies (Open House)
The Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto is currently accepting applications to both the MA and PhD Programs for the 2024-2025 academic year. This year, CMS is hosting a virtual Open House on November 1 to welcome prospective students wanting to learn directly from our current students, faculty, and alumni. Join us […]


