The
Center for Medieval Studies at Penn State promotes research and study in
the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500) across different departments and colleges
through conferences, symposia, colloquia, and publications. Allied
to scholarship is our quest to enhance public appreciation of medieval
studies through a variety of outreach programs. The Center is similarly
committed to promoting the place of medieval studies on the curriculum
at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. It strives, in all these
activities, for both excellence and distinction as the premier intercollegiate
program of its kind in the United States.
Current News & Updates:
- 2010 Spring conference:
Perceptions of Medieval
and
Early Renaissance Scotland (NEW)
- Penn State has now been made permanent home for a peer-reviewed academic
journal, "Preternature: Critical
and Historical Studies on the Preternatural."
- Dr. Kathryn Salzer, a historian specializing in the Middle Ages who
teaches various courses on Medieval France and Medieval Monasticism,
joins the Penn State Department of History.
- Website for teachers: Building Community: Medieval Technology & American History