The Center for the Study of Women and Society is accepting submissions for the Carolyn G. Heilbrun Dissertation Prize ($300). The deadline for submissions is on Monday, May 2, 2022. The Carolyn G. Heilbrun Dissertation Prize will be awarded to an outstanding dissertation completed at the CUNY Graduate Center in the given academic year. The […]
May 4 & 6 | A Global Early Modern? Two Lectures
Please join us for “A Global Early Modern? Two Lectures”. Register here. Featuring Zoltán Biedermann (University College London) How might the term ‘global’ deepen engagement with Renaissance and Early Modern? Animated by this question, the GEMS faculty and students have invited the noted early-modern scholar, Zoltán Biedermann. Join us in welcoming but also thinking with […]
April 27 | nayture is sumwere else: trans poetics, middle and old English variation
Wednesday, April 27, 2022 4PM – 5:30PM ET nayture is sumwere else: trans poetics, middle and old English variations Featuring: Jos Charles and Miller Oberman, with a roundtable discussion featuring Patricia Dailey and Jack Halberstam Location: Second Floor Common Room, Heyman Center for the Humanities 74 Morningside Drive New York, NY 10027 RSVP REQUIRED: https://april27charlesoberman.eventbrite.com Event attendees […]
May 3 | Gaming Premodern Adventures
Join us for Gaming Premodern Adventures May 3, 5:00 pm Join us on Zoom for a roundtable discussion hosted by the Medieval Studies Certificate Program and the Henri Peyre Institute, co-sponsored by the GEMS Certificate Program and the Pearl Kibre graduate student medievalists. Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/x/gaming-premodern-adventures-tickets-295318965977 “Chasing the Good Ending: Modeling Interactive Fiction in the Classroom […]
Apply by April 25 | Join the Vagantes Board of Directors
Open positions on the Board of Directors include Member-At-Large: Paper Prize and Member-at-Large. All roles are two-year terms. For more information on open positions, see the Vagantes website here. The Member-at-Large: Paper Prizefacilitates the Vagantes Paper Prize––eliciting papers, establishing the criteria for ranking papers, and coordinating the selection of winners. The third open Member-at-Largeposition is open-ended––the person who fills this position would have […]
April 23 | Medieval Studies Student Colloquium @ Cornell 2022
The 2022 Medieval Studies Student Colloquium (MSSC), “Consuming the Middle Ages,” will be held virtually on Zoom on Saturday, April 23rd, starting at 10:30 AM EDT. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Cord Whitaker (Associate Professor of English, Wellesley College), speaking at 3 PM EDT on The “Ubermensch” and the “Race Man”: W. E. B. Du Bois […]
April 15 | Globalizing Perspectives from Masaryk University and the Bibliotheca Hertziana at CUNY
Please join us for a series of short talks in-person celebrating the visiting medievalist scholars from the Conques In The Global World project at CUNY! Discussions will begin at 3pm, and will be followed by a reception at the CUNY Graduate Center. Room TBD. Reply to this Google Form if you would like to attend. We look forward to seeing […]
April 2 | CONCERT: Medieval Protest Music
Alkemie Early Music Ensemble Presents: CONCERT | Singing Truth To Power: Medieval Protest Music April 2 at 7:30pm (In-Person Event) Venue: St. Luke in the Fields, 487 Hudson St, NYC 10014 Tickets: $15-$50; limited free for students with a valid ID. To reserve your free student tickets please use the code MedRen at checkout and bring your Student ID to the concert. “Singing […]
Due Mar 28 | Call for MALS Advising Fellows Applications
Advising Fellow Program – 2022–2023 The Advising Fellow Program aims to provide vital academic support to students in the MA in Liberal Studies (MALS) program while they study at the Graduate Center. The Advising Fellows will provide individualized academic support to the master’s students, guiding them in choosing courses, managing their work loads and meeting academic […]
2022 Dan David Prize Announcement – Dan David Prize
We congratulate Professor Kristina Richardson on winning the 2022 Dan David Prize! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz8wQJvvHLU Watch the announcement here: https://dandavidprize.org/2022-dan-david-prize-announcement/ . Dr. Kristina Richardson is a historian of the medieval Islamic world and the Roma. Her investigation of Arabic manuscripts highlights the importance of understanding the lives of non-elites and marginalized groups when seeking to gain a complete […]
