Medieval Studies Outreach Activities

Outreach activities are sponsored by the Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts in the Division of Continuing Studies, with the participation of the Medieval Studies Program and other university departments. The following lists will give some idea of the range of activities and topics.

Recent Short Courses (since 2004)

• Medieval Italy
• Beowulf
• Medieval People: The Twelfth Century
• Medieval Pilgrimage
• The Medieval Imagination
• The Medieval City and Its People
• The Route to Santiago de Compostela
• The Medieval World: The North of England
• Medieval Cathedrals: A Photographer's Journey
• Medieval Italian Cities and Their Authors
• French Gothic Cathedrals
• The Life of the Aristocracy
• Northern European Masterpieces of Art
• Early Christian and Medieval Monasticism
• Medieval Ireland
• A History of Medieval Childhood
• The Medieval World: The South of France
• Science Before the Scientific Revolution
• The Vikings
• Medieval Embroideries and Tapestries
• Medieval Saints and Society
• The Medieval World: The "1400 House"
• Constantinople 1204--The Road There and Back
• The Medieval World: Stained Glass

International Study Tours

• Medieval Alsace and the Rhine Valley (2008)
• Castles, Cathedrals and Abbeys: The North of England and Scotland (2007)
• Medieval Germany: Saxony (2006)
• Medieval Belgium and the North of France (2005)
• Medieval England: The South and West Country (2004)

Medieval Study Tour for fall 2009: A Pilgrimage to the South of France

Short Courses on the Medieval World, fall 2008:

• "Science before the Scientific Revolution" (fall 2008)
• "A History of Childhood" (fall 2008)
• "The South of France" (fall 2008)
• "Topics in Maritime History."

Short Courses on the Medieval World, spring 2009:

• "The three crowns of Medieval Italy: Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio." Feb. 12-26, Chris Kleinhenz
• "From Scroll to Codex: early book production in the West." March 5-26, Madge Hildebrandt Klais
• "The road to two Irelands: the English Conquest." April 2-23, Mary Magray

Another course of likely interest to medievalists in spring 2009:

• "Empires reconsidered: realities and aftermaths." Feb. 24-March 31, John W. Barker.

  In six sessions, this course scrutinizes the creation and operation of great empires, their possible benefits as well as detriments, and the consequences of their dissolutions. The six empires are the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Ottoman, Hapsburg and Russian.

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