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The University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies hosts one of the largest interdisciplinary medieval studies programs in the world. https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/

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Mapping the Mediaeval World at St. Michael's College St. Michael’s College maps out April 11 as a day to better understand the Medieval world.

This article about the upcoming "'Mappa Mundi': Mapping the Mediaeval World" Symposium serves as a reminder to register before the March 27 deadline!
www.catholicregister.org/item/3576-ma...

13.03.2026 19:03 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

Congratulations to our Students, Samuel MacPhee and Rebby Onken, who have been awarded the CMS Publication Prize!

www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/samuel-...

13.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
medieval manuscript images

medieval manuscript images

TODAY! RenΓ©e Trilling, β€œMapping the World in the Poems of Junius 11” pims.ca/event/fotl-l...

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Mary Dzon

Mary Dzon

CMS Alum, Mary "Dzon Awarded Two Prestigious Fellowships for 2027".
english.utk.edu/dzon-awarded...

12.03.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Seeking Our Eden Although few nineteenth-century rural Canadian women could read and write well, Sarah Jameson Craig (1840-1919) was not only literate but eloquent. Unlike many women writers of her time, Craig lived a...

"Seeking Our Eden. The Dreams and Migrations of Sarah Jameson Craig" by Joanne Findon, now available through McGill-Queen's University Press.

www.mqup.ca/Books/S/Seek...

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Hidden Stories logo on a book cover

Hidden Stories logo on a book cover

The 'Hidden Stories' project has released its Winter 2026 Newsletter! Read about their activities, from paper, ink-making, and printing with Toronto’s Tibetan community, to the publication of two new volumes.

hiddenstories.library.utoronto.ca/files/origin...

11.03.2026 15:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Summer Latin Program | Centre for Medieval Studies Find out about studying Latin at the Centre during the summer. Includes application information, fees, and available courses.

Do you know somebody who needs to learn Latin from scratch or improve their Latin to PhD standard? CMS Toronto's summer Latin program is now entirely online and a remarkable bargain for the intensity and quality of instruction. Details here: www.medieval.utoronto.ca/latin/summer...

#medievalsky

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Aquinas, Philosophy, & the Role of the Educator (Dr. Steven Baldner)
Aquinas, Philosophy, & the Role of the Educator (Dr. Steven Baldner) YouTube video by Christendom College

CMS Alum Steven Baldner discusses "Aquinas, Philosophy, & the Role of the Educator" on Christendom College's podcast, "Christendom Conversations."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fxT...

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flyer with large red logo. QR code, and text as pasted in post

flyer with large red logo. QR code, and text as pasted in post

The CMS Summer Latin Program is now taught exclusively online! Register for one of three levels to receive unmatched Latin instruction at U of T.
uoft.me/CMS-Latin
β€’ May 11-July 23 - Beginning Latin
β€’ May 5-June 26 - Level I Latin
β€’ July 2-August 7 - Level II Latin
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 1

09.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight, March 6, at 6 pm I will be discussing the historical roots of women's rights and why medieval debates are important today. Listen at 6 PM on Sauga960AM or watch full episode: lnkd.in/grdBy53d 🎦 video casts can be accessed any time on the web site briancrombie.com
#medieval #medievalists

06.03.2026 16:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kirsten Schut, "An Enduring Habit: Lay Death and Burial in Religious Clothing"
Kirsten Schut, "An Enduring Habit: Lay Death and Burial in Religious Clothing" YouTube video by Medieval Institute

Kirsten Schut is live at the Medieval Institute presenting "An Enduring Habit: Lay Death and Burial in Religious Clothing"!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxOC...

05.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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GLI Language and Culture Day The Global Languages Initiative is hosting an annual Language and Culture Day on Friday, March 6, 2026. The event is aimed at U of T students, providing a venue for bringing students together with rep...

March 6 - Learn more about language offerings throughout U of T departments, including research, study, and internship opportunities abroad.
www.nmc.utoronto.ca/events/gli-l...

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A series of rectangular convex and concave mirrors attached to a wall, reflecting people and objects. The text overlay is Call for Proposals: 2026-27 JHI Program for the Arts. Deadline is March 24, 2026. Theme is Doubles, Doppelgangers.

A series of rectangular convex and concave mirrors attached to a wall, reflecting people and objects. The text overlay is Call for Proposals: 2026-27 JHI Program for the Arts. Deadline is March 24, 2026. Theme is Doubles, Doppelgangers.

πŸ“£ Calling University of Toronto faculty! If you have an idea for a lecture series, exhibit, or performance and need some funding, apply to the JHI Program for the Arts. Our theme next year is "Doubles, Doppelgangers".

Deadline March 24.

Info + application link πŸ‘‡

uoft.me/pfta26-27

03.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to CMS Alumna, Mary Dzon, who was awarded the 2026 Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship to support the completion of her book on divine emotion and affective piety in the later Middle Ages. πŸ‘
bonniewheelerfund.org/2026__mary_d...

03.03.2026 20:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Christian Works : Sol meldunensis Sol meldunensis was a gift to the "sun and moon of Malmesbury", Geoffrey, abbot from 1246 to 1260. It is a miscellany of

This article untangles the relationships behind a very strange manuscript - which was made available online by Andrew Dunning: 'Sol meldunensis' (MS Gg.6.42) - cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-GG-0...

03.03.2026 16:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Friendship and publishing in Geoffrey Brito’s Sol meldunensis: a collaborative gift book from Cirencester Abbey for Geoffrey, abbot of Malmesbury, 1246–60 - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive The regular canons of Cirencester Abbey and the monks of Malmesbury Abbey formed a literary exchange in the 1130s with Robert of Cricklade and William of Malmesbury. This friendship surfaces again wit...

Read "Friendship and Publishing in Geoffrey Brito’s 'Sol meldunensis': A Collaborative Gift Book from Cirencester Abbey for Geoffrey, Abbot of Malmesbury, 1246–60’ in 'Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society 17' - an article by Andrew Dunning.
ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...

03.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
medieval image of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

medieval image of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

πŸŽ‰ Congratulations to Dr. Zinaida Uzdenskaya who successfully defended her dissertation titled "Portable objects, travelling subjects: The development of the Iconography of canterbury pilgrim souvenirs in comparison to St. Thomas Becket’s imagery in other media 1170–1538". uoft.me/cc-

02.03.2026 18:16 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Peter H. Brieger Memorial Lecture: Paul Binski (University of Cambridge) and Elina Gertsman (Case Western Reserve University) The Department of Art History is pleased to present the 2026Β Peter H. Brieger Memorial Lecture, featuringΒ Paul Binski (University of Cambridge) and Elina Gertsman (Case Western Reserve University). β€œS...

arthistory.utoronto.ca/events/peter...

02.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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PIMS home to rare Bible dating to 1500s Thanks to a donation from Tony Comper, the former Bank of Montreal CEO and longtime board chair of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies at the University of St. Michael’s College, a complete ...

"PIMS home to rare Bible dating to 1500s: Toronto Pontifical Institute receives first-edition Douay-Rheims Bible"
www.catholicregister.org/item/3513-pi...

02.03.2026 14:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This Friday: attend in person at U of T, or virtually via Zoom. Reserve your spot now! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/siobh...

02.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Multi spectral imagining of the letetr fragment

Multi spectral imagining of the letetr fragment

image of the fragment of paper

image of the fragment of paper

Deep within #UofT’s rare book collections, even the humblest materials can hold extraordinary stories.

A scrap of πŸ“œ from the Robertson Davies Library @masseycollege.bsky.social Library has been identified as part of a 15th-century letter from the court of King Louis XI of France

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Editing and Translating Philoponus - CSMBR Focusing on Philoponus's commentary on Aristotle’s "Physics", this lecture will examine the recovery of the Greek text and its later diffusion through Latin translation from the lands of Byzantium to ...

March 10 - Tommaso De Robertis presents "Science in Print: Editing and Translating Philoponus in the Renaissance" at the Centre for the Study of Medicine and the Body in the Renaissance, Institutio Santoriana-Fondazione Comel.
csmbr.fondazionecomel.org/events/onlin...

24.02.2026 17:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Undergraduate Students Deliver New Translation of 13th-Century Medieval Drama - University of St. Michael's College TwoΒ Medieval StudiesΒ studentsΒ have created a splash with their translation of aΒ 13th-centuryΒ Biblical-miracle play, a work they hopeΒ to see published soon.Β  Meagan Mellor and Lauren Saxberg were study...

Two St. Mike's Medieval Studies Undergraduate Students, Meagan Mellor and Lauren Saxberg, pen a new translation of the 13th-Century medieval drama 'La Seinte Resurreccion' with the encouragement of Matt Sergi, Alison More, and Ann Hutchison.

stmikes.utoronto.ca/news/undergr...

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Liberal Arts 'Moments of Change' initiative to explore societal fragmentation | Penn State University β€œFragmentation” is the latest theme for the College of the Liberal Arts’ ongoing β€œMoments of Change” initiative, which brings together students, faculty, staff and alumni to explore society-shaping id...

February 25: CMS Alum, Michael Kulikowski will present β€œBreaking Up Is Hard to Do: Why the Western Roman Empire Fell and the Eastern Empire Survived” at Penn State.
www.psu.edu/news/liberal...

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details of a manuscript under UV light

details of a manuscript under UV light

"Hidden in plain sight: a message from the Spider King" - Old Books New Science Lab researchers uncover a rare 15th-century French royal letter.
library.utoronto.ca/news/hidden-...

23.02.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Publications of the Dictionary of Old English Expanded Scope | Centre for Medieval Studies

The editors of the Publications of the Dictionary of Old English have broadened the scope of the series to consider the culture, history, and literature of England from the seventh to the twelfth century. Read more about submitting with PIMS Press! uoft.me/cbt

21.02.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

Please join CMS in celebrating Alexandra Atiya, who successfully defended her dissertation, "Economic and Spiritual Conflict in Medieval East Anglian Drama". Congratulations, Dr. Atiya! πŸ‘
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/alexand...

19.02.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Including a study of the #ArabicBible upper text

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book jacket with inverted medieval text

book jacket with inverted medieval text

"The Early Illustrated 'Apollonius of Tyre' Studies of a Sinai Palimpsest" by Head of Research of the Old Books New Science Lab / CMS Alum, Jessica Lockhart, with Michelle P. Brown, is now available from Barkhuis Publishing. πŸ“–
www.barkhuis.nl/product/the-...

18.02.2026 17:22 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

medieval illumination of a rabbit blowing a trumpet

Congratulations to CMS' Eva Plesnik, who has successfully defended her dissertation, "In the Shade on Parnassus: Places of Otium in Renaissance Humanism".
Well done, Dr. Plesnik! πŸŽ‰
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/eva-ple...

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