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The Catholic University of America Graduate Program in Medieval History

Welcome

Welcome to The Catholic University of America Graduate Program in Medieval History website. The Department of History offers both a MA and a PhD degree in Medieval History. Please see the Department of History webpage for more information on the program and applying for admission.

In response to student interest, this website aims to bring together information about programs, events, fellowships, conferences, and websites of interest to graduate students in medieval history. It will be updated regularly to reflect new events and programs. Please direct questions, comments, and suggestions to Dr. Jennifer Davis at davisj@cua.edu.

People

Faculty:

Professor Katherine L. Jansen, head of the medieval section

Professor Leonora Neville

Professor Philip Rousseau

Professor Jennifer Davis

There are many more medievalists on the CUA campus; see also The Center for the Study of Early Christianity and The Center for Medieval and Byzantine Studies for further information about medieval studies at CUA.

Graduate Student News:

Please send news about conferences papers given by graduate students, grants won by graduate students, etc. to Dr. Davis.

Upcoming Events and Announcements

History Department Colloquia:

November 4:

Dr. Adam Kosto, Columbia University, “Hostageship Interpreted, from the Middle Ages to the Age of Terrorism”

December 2:

Dr. Margaret Meserve, University of Notre Dame, “Exemplary Lives: Muhammad and Christ in the Italian Renaissance”

Center for the Study of Early Christianity Events:

Center for the Study of Early Christianity, The Catholic University of America, Thursday February 11, 2010, 5:15pm, location to be determined

AnneMarie Luijendijk, Department of Religion, Princeton University

“Reading Ancient Christian Manuscripts Inside and Outside Church in Late Antique Egypt”

Center for the Study of Early Christianity, The Catholic University of America, Thursday April 8, 2010, 5:15pm, location to be determined

Michele Salzman, Department of History, University of California, Riverside

“Epicopal Responses to Crisis in the Fifth Century Roman Empire”

Center for the Study of Early Christianity Seminars:

Seminars are open to members of the University community and to invited guests.

Monday, October 26, 2009, 5:15pm

Matthias Vorwerk, School of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America

“Angels in Neoplatonism”

Monday, November 2, 5:15pm

Andrew Crislip, Department of History, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

“Illness, Sainthood, and Meaning in Egyptian Monastic Narrative”

Friday, February 12, 2010, 5:15pm

AnneMarie Luijendijk, Department of Religion, Princeton University

“Forbidden Oracles: Christian Lot Divinitation in a Coptic Miniature Codex”

Monday, March 22, 2010, 5:15pm

Leonora Neville, Department of History, The Catholic University of America

“Putting the Caesar Back in Caesaropapism: Medieval Roman Religion and Byzantine Political Theory”

Professionalization Workshops:

Workshop 1: How to Give a Conference Paper (October 2)

Workshop 2: How to Apply for Fellowships (November 6)

Workshop 3: Writing a Phd Dissertation Proposal (February 12)

Workshop 4: Preparing for the Job Market (March 26)

More information to follow

For events at the Folger Library, please see the Library website.

Fellowships

The following fellowships may be of interest to graduate students in medieval history. The list below emphasizes external fellowships to fund travel to European and US research collections, rather than internal fellowships to support graduate study. For more information on funding graduate study at CUA, please see the Department website.

The American Academy in Rome (Rome Prize) (for travel to Rome)

American Association of University Women Fellowships (several fellowships and grants for women graduate students)

American Historical Association (various fellowships available)

American Philosophical Society (offering a number of different fellowship opportunities)

The Camargo Foundation Fellowships (for residence at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France)

Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships (for dissertations addressing religious or ethical issues)

Chateaubriand Fellowship (for travel to France)

DAAD (for travel to Germany)

Dumbarton Oaks Fellowships in Byzantine Studies (for study at Dumbarton Oaks)

Fulbright Fellowships (Institute for International Education) (fellowships to most countries)

Gennadius Library Fellowships in Byzantine Studies (for travel to Greece)

Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grants for Research on Venice and the Veneto

Hill Museum and Manuscript Library Heckman Stipends (for study at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, which has its own manuscript collection, as well as digital copies and microfilms of many medieval manuscripts)

Huntington Library Fellowships (for study at the Huntington Library, a manuscript library with particularly extensive holdings in British materials)

The Medieval Academy of America (various fellowships available)

Newberry Library Short-Term Fellowships (for travel to the Newberry Library, a manuscript library in Chicago)

Phi Beta Kappa (the Sibley fellowship given in alternate years for travel to France)

Social Sciences Research Council (for travel to various countries)

Vatican Film Library Mellon Fellowship (for work at the Vatican Film Library, which contains microfilms of Vatican manuscripts, as well as other manuscript microfilms)

Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies

The American Historical Association also maintains an extensive Grants and Fellowships Database. The Database is available only to members; go to www.historians.org to join the AHA.

Conferences and Seminars

This list includes some major annual conferences of general interest to medievalists, followed by some more specific meetings and seminars.

American Historical Association Annual Meeting

Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting

International Medieval Congress, Kalamazoo

International Medieval Congress, Leeds

Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting

Vagantes (largest medieval graduate student conference in the US)

American Numismatics Society, Eric P. Newman Graduate Seminar in Numismatics (offered every summer in New York)

Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies

Byzantine Studies Conference

Charles Homer Haskins Society Conference