Medieval Studies

We'll start this up on Friday, February 23, instead of the 16th. See you then!

Are you interested in the Middle Ages? Do you have medieval hobbies, play medieval games, watch medieval movies? Come hang out with UM students and faculty who do too! We’ll meet in the Starbucks at JD Williams Library.  Fridays, 1-2PM, Spring 2024 

Are you interested in the Middle Ages? Do you have medieval hobbies, play medieval games, watch medieval movies? Come hang out with UM students and faculty who do too! We’ll meet in the Starbucks at JD Williams Library.  Fridays, 1-2PM, Spring 2024 

Are you interested in the Middle Ages? Do you have medieval hobbies, play medieval games, watch medieval movies? Come hang out with UM students and faculty who do too! We’ll meet in the Starbucks at JD Williams Library.  Fridays, 1-2PM, Spring 2024 

Ken Russell’s “The Devils” (1971) is one of the most controversial films of all times. For decades, it was banned for its graphic portrait of sex, violence, and religion. It is based on a historical episode, the wave of possessions in a convent in Loudun, France, which culminated in a notorious witchcraft trial in 1634. […]

Come learn (and play) a historical board game. We'll supply the board and pieces. This week: Hnefatafl (a.k.a. "Viking Chess"). (It's much easier to learn and play than conventional chess!)   Stay for the film, "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928) at 7PM. 

      Carl Theodor Dreyer's Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is a unique film that makes for an intense viewing experience. For its main actor, Maria Falconetti, it was her first and final film appearance. After viewing the film, and Falconetti's powerful performance, you'll see why this would have been so. (For instance, […]

Nicholas Sumrall, a Master's Student in English and Medieval Studies Graduate Minor, will deliver a talk from his thesis: Demarginalizing Bede’s Margins: A Digital Codicological Reassessment of the Relationship between Marginalia and Body Matter in CCCC MS 41. For his M.A. thesis project, Nicholas conducted a paleographic study of an Old English manuscript that has […]

We will postpone the screening of "The King and the Clown" for a future time. The semester's end -- and "Double Decker" weekend -- caused too many scheduling conflicts. Please check back!