U of T Centre for Medieval Studies

U of T Centre for Medieval Studies

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The University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies hosts one of the largest interdisciplinary medieval studies programs in the world. https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/

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Jackman Humanities Institute
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Missed this year's Annual Jackman Lecture in the Humanities? The recording is now available on YouTube! Philosopher Gwen Bradford explores the different ways uniqueness matters and why, for certain things, no substitute will do. ▶️ Watch now:

youtube.comVarieties of Uniqueness: Defying DuplicationWhat can be lost in duplication? When is “the same” not the same thing? A perfect replica of the Rosebud Shakespeare Folio couldn’t fully replace it if it were destroyed. Your next labradoodle may be just as loveable as your dearly departed Biff, but not even Biff’s clone would be Biff himself. Such

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Medievalist.net
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Check out the latest episode of The Medieval Podcast: A Franciscan Tombstone in Medieval China with Nancy Wu www.medievalpodcast.com/episodes/a-f... #podcasts

medievalpodcast.comA Franciscan Tombstone in Medieval China with Nancy Wu — The Medieval PodcastEarlier this year, we looked at the journey a pair of Eastern Christians made from their home near Bejing to Europe in the thirteenth century. Today, we’re investigating some incredible…
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Reminder! Apply for the Assistant Professor of Medieval Philosophy position by November 3. This will be a joint appointment between the Department of Philosophy (75%) and the Centre for Medieval Studies (25%). jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

jobs.utoronto.caAssistant Professor - Medieval PhilosophyAssistant Professor - Medieval Philosophy
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📣 We're hiring! Assistant Professor of Medieval Philosophy University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy and Centre for Medieval Studies invite applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in Medieval Philosophy. Deadline: November 3, 2026. www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/were-hi...

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K.V. Johansen
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Breath and Bone is currently on sale (ebook only). Link is to Smashwords but it's available all the usual places: Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/books/view/2...

smashwords.comBreath and BoneNaskanna was the emperor's vhalgod daughter, and then she became Naskanna Deathdealer, who killed the emperor her father, and disappeared with her lover, the wild godling Thallyn, when that war was ov...
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Quote from Breath and Bone, day 3: '"Ah, Jinn," Hedge said, and rose to her feet within the shadow of her brother's wing. Whole, he was, unwounded, the terrible damage of their father's wrath, the horrors of his death, not to be seen. He spun the spear, leaned to bump her shoulder with his...'

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"Honors College Marks 25 Years With Visiting Scholar’s Exploration of Religion and Justice" - CMS Alumnus, Thomas Burman to present “Rabbis, Priests, Imams, and Infidels: Engaging the Other’s Religion in the Medieval Mediterranean” on October 20. news.hofstra.edu/2026/10/13/h...

news.hofstra.eduHonors College Marks 25 Years With Visiting Scholar’s Exploration of Religion and Justice | News | Hofstra University, New YorkSince 2001, Hofstra University’s Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College (RHC) has encouraged students to explore ideas across disciplines and consider

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Toronto School of Theology
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Don't miss this cornerstone event celebrating the enduring importance of Dante’s work within literature, theology, philosophy, and cultural history. Lecture is Friday, October 16 at 6 pm. Register at stmikes.utoronto.ca/.../the-annu....

stmikes.utoronto.caThe Annual Dante Lecture 'Between Ulysses and Saint Francis: Models of Leadership in Dante' - University of St. Michael's CollegePlease join us on October 16th, 2026 for our Day of Dante! Marking the 800th anniversary of the death of Saint Francis, this year’s lecture – Between Ulysses and Saint […]
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"How Human Trafficking Fuelled Medieval Trade" cites CMS Alum David Romney Smith's 2019 article, "The business of human trafficking: slaves and money between Western Italy and the House of Islam before the crusades (c.900–c.1100)". www.medievalists.net/2026/10/how-...

medievalists.netHow Human Trafficking Fuelled Medieval Trade - Medievalists.netA thousand years ago, merchants from medieval Italy were bringing expensive silks, spices and other luxury goods home from the wealthy cities of…

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K.V. Johansen
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For the morning people:

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Breath & Bone is another of @kvjohansen.bsky.social 's elegant, complicated fantasies featuring characters living with the consequences of their own actions. (Link to us but available at all the usual suspects.) www.candlemarkandgleam.com/shop/breath-...

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Carin Ruff
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Another shocking loss of a medievalist from my Toronto cohort. I had many seminars with Cathy, most memorably Early Middle English Philology with George Rigg. What is it with everybody dying suddenly and young? www.yorku.ca/yfile/2026/0...

yorku.caPassings: Mary Catherine Davidson - YFileAn associate professor at Glendon, Mary Catherine Davidson was a passionate teacher of English whose enthusiasm was passed on to her students.
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Read "'Many Good Small Books': Archives, Lists, and Epistemological Instability in the Inventory of the Recluses of St. Katherine, Haguenau" by Laura Moncion in the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (2026) 56 (3): 527–541. read.dukeupress.edu/jmems/articl...

read.dukeupress.edu“Many Good Small Books”: Archives, Lists, and Epistemological Instability in the Inventory of the Recluses of St. Katherine, HaguenauThis article examines the sometimes fraught relationship between recluses and archives, both in terms of finding recluses in the archives and in terms of studying the records that they created. Mediev...

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Richard III Society of Canada
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An exciting time this weekend in Toronto as @uoftcms.bsky.social & the Centre for Renaissance & reformation studies presents Records of Early English Drama 50th Anniversary Colloquium. Our favourite acting troupe, the PLS will be performing. crrs.ca/crrsevents/r...

crrs.caRecords of Early English Drama 50th Anniversary Colloquium - Centre for Renaissance and Reformation StudiesLocation Emmanuel College, Room 119 75 Queen’s Park Cres E, Toronto, ON M5S 1K5 September 19–20, 2026University of Toronto Applying REED to Reality: Pedagogy, Performance and Data Futures The international humanities research project, Records of Early English Drama (REED), was founded in 1976 to discover, edit and publish historical records of English, Welsh and Scottish […]
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Tomorrow! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/cj-jo...

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Join us on Zoom or at CMS for the first lecture of our Convivium series with University of Notre Dame's CJ Jones presenting, "Liturgical Books, Religious Bodies: Designing Manuscripts for Monastic Ritual in the Late Middle Ages"! Friday, September 11, 2:30 pm (EDT) uoft.me/CJ-Jones

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Thursday, September 10, 6-8 pm, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, U of T - The George Kiddell Memorial Lecture: Lorna Goodison on 'The Inferno' libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/4047074

libcal.library.utoronto.caThe George Kiddell Memorial Lecture: Lorna Goodison on The InfernoThis year’s George Kiddell Memorial Lecture features a presentation by Lorna Goodison on her recently published translation and adaptation of The Inferno. Lorna Goodison is an...