The Medieval Institute (also known as the Medieval Institute of Western Michigan University) is a research and teaching institute in the field of
medieval studies
Medieval studies is the academic interdisciplinary study of the Middle Ages. A historian who studies medieval studies is called a medievalist.
Institutional development
The term 'medieval studies' began to be adopted by academics in the opening ...
associated with
Western Michigan University
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in
Kalamazoo, Michigan
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. The institute was founded in 1962 and offered the United States's first
publicly awarded Master of Arts degree in medieval studies.
Presently, the institute organizes the
International Congress on Medieval Studies
The International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual academic conference held for scholars specializing in, or with an interest in, medieval studies. It is sponsored by the Medieval Institute at the Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, ...
(an annual
academic conference
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held for
scholars
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specializing in, or with an interest in, medieval studies).
Publications
Publications authored by the Medieval Institute are released through the Medieval Institute Publications
university press
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[ This press, which was founded in 1978 and became a member of the ]Association of University Presses
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in 2011,De Gruyter
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History
The roots of the company go back to 1749 when Frederick the Great granted the Königliche Realschule in Be ...
.
Book series
Major book series
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released by Medieval Institute Publications include the following:[
* "Christianities Before Modernity"
* "Early Drama, Art, and Music"
* " Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures"
* "Late Tudor and Stuart Drama: Gender, Performance, and Material Culture"
* "Ludic Cultures, 1100–1700"
* "Monastic Life"
* "Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity"
* "New Queer Medievalisms"
* "The Northern Medieval World"
* "Premodern Transgressive Literatures"
* "Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture"
* "Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center"
* "Studies in Iconography: Themes and Variations"
* "Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture"
* "Teaching Association for Medieval Studies (TEAMS) Commentary Series"
* "TEAMS Documents of Practice"
* "TEAMS German Texts in Bilingual Editions"
* "TEAMS Middle English Texts Series"
* "TEAMS Secular Commentary Series"
* "TEAMS Varia"
]
Journals
Journals published by the press include:[
* ''Medieval Prosopography''
* '']Studies in Iconography
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* ''ROMARD''
* ''Medieval Feminist Forum
The Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship (SMFS) is an academic organization which "promotes the study of the Patristic Age, the Middle Ages, and the Early Modern era from the perspective of gender studies, women's studies, and feminist studie ...
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References
External links
Official website
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Medieval Institute
Universities and colleges established in 1962
Medieval studies research institutes
Research institutes established in 1962