The Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies coordinates the manifold research initiatives developed by the medievalists working at Utrecht University.
EDUCATION:
Utrecht University offers students various possibilities for studying medieval history, literature, art, music etc., both at undergraduate (BA) and at postgraduate (MA) level. Tuition is provided by specialists in a variety of disciplines, who make valid contributions to international scholarship as researchers.
RESEARCH:
The Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies currently coordinates twelve research Initiatives covering music, literature, philology, history, art history and archaeology. A number of them represent significant international collaborative efforts.
- Medieval Literacy Platform
- Marginal Scholarship. The Practice of Learning in the Early Middle Ages (ca 800-ca 1000)
2011-2015 - In Tune with Eternity: Song and the Spirituality of the Modern Devotion
2012-2015 - Bilingualism in Medieval Ireland – language choice as part of intellectual culture
2012 – 2016 - The Lindisfarne Gospels Gloss: New Perspectives on the Morphosyntax and Lexis of Old Northumbrian
2012-2017 - The changing face of medieval Dutch narrative literature in the early period of print (1477 – c. 1540)
- 2013-2016
- Emerging Standards: Urbanisation and the Development of Standard English, c. 1400-1700
2013-2016 - Charlemagne’s Backyard: Rural society in the Netherlands in the Carolingian Age. An archaeological perspective.
2013-2017 - Late medieval court culture in the northern Low Countries: Visualizing, interpreting, and contextualizing music fragments
2013-2017 - The Changing Face of Medieval Dutch Narrative Literature in the Early Period of Print, 1477-c.1540
2013-2017 - Mind over matter. Debates about relics as sacred objects c. 350 – c. 1150
2013-2018 - Architects and bureaucrats: the court and the origins of architectural planning in Northern Europe (1370-1540)
2014-2017
CONTACT:
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Last update: November 2015
