Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)

Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at UF is an interdisciplinary forum for the study of medieval and early modern culture and its influences on the modern world. This approach addresses the distinctive forms of cultural organization in the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods; the study necessarily crosses departmental boundaries.

Spring 2013 courses cross-listed with MEMS--take a look!

The 2013 North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies: Marginalia: Life on the Edges (CFP)

The 13th annual North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies will be held at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on February 15 and 16, 2013. Graduate students are invited to submit proposals that engage broadly with the notion of marginalia. We welcome interdisciplinary submissions ranging in historical focus from late antiquity to the seventeenth century. Our topic is intended to be expansive rather than limiting; while papers may certainly consider marginalia as they appear in manuscripts, they are also welcome to dwell on other kinds of marginal entities—be they social groups, texts, dialects, etc. Potential topics may include, but are not limited to

• marginal elements in art and literature
• groups on the “margins” of society
• aberrant practices
• criminal behavior
• alchemy and esoteric science and philosophy
• heterodox religious ideas and practices
• reports on marginal places and peoples (e.g., in travel literature and enclyclopedias)
• the establishment of new settlements
• the outer limits of empires
• marginal commentary and diary notes in printed books

Our keynote speaker, Dr. Stephen D. White, professor of History at Emory University and currently a fellow at the National Humanities Center, will be presenting on "The Battle of Hastings on the Bayeux Embroidery". The North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies is a cooperative venture between UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University.  Program website: http://nccolloquium2013.web.unc.edu/.

The time limit for papers is 20 minutes. Paper proposals of no more than 250 words should be submitted to nccolloquium2013@gmail.com no later than January 1, 2013.

UF Certificate Program in Medieval Archaeology

Faculty from he departments of History, Anthropology, and Geology, and the Florida Museum of Natural History, offer this new certificate. See the MedArch home page for details.

Stammtisch

The UF Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies sponsors the Stammtisch series, in which graduate students working in any area of medieval and Early Modern studies may present a current research project and then discuss their research with attendees.