Medieval Studies

The field of Medieval Studies is concerned with the history, thought, and artistic expression of the various cultures on the European continent over the course of the millenium, (circa 500-1500 C.E.). It arose as a challenge to traditional intellectual conventions, an alternative way of integrating bodies of knowledge that were becoming separated, and of pursuing matters that had been neglected. The Centre for Medieval Studies was envisaged by its founders not just as an institutional umbrella for traditional departments but as a meeting point at which topics and issues for multiple disciplines would be explored and studied in depth. Medieval Studies in Toronto has an international reputation, resting on the wide-ranging interests of its faculty, the calibre and preparation of its graduates, and its outstanding library facilities.

The Centre coordinates a program that includes various resources of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies and of a wide variety of participating departments and programs within the University of Toronto. The Centre also sponsors several major research projects, and is home to a large body of scholars, numerous publication series, and to medieval drama and music groups. The Centre represents a large and highly interactive community of professionals who work in widely diverse area.

Lectures, Conferences and Events
This page contains a regularly updated listing of events of interest to medievalists.
All events are on the University of Toronto campus unless otherwise specified; events are free unless an admission price is noted.

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The Centre also supports the following local and international conferences. Additions to this list and web links will be made as information becomes available:

North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History (NAASWCH)

Canada Chaucer Seminar - Sponsored by the Department of English and the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto

Annual Byzantine Studies Conference

Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies Annual Conference

Medieval Academy of America Annual Conference

The Toronto Conference on Editorial Problems

The St. Michael's College Annual Symposium

Vagantes Graduate Student Conference