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Axis-Based Research
CMRS’s mission is to promote and sustain transdisciplinary studies of the periods from late antiquity to the mid-seventeenth century. Five main research axes structure the work of the Center.
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Publications at CMRS
The volumes published under the CMRS aegis include the highly-regarded journal Viator, the graduate student journal Comitatus, the Cursor Mundi book series, and the proceedings from many of our conferences.
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Teaching the Middle Ages & the Early Modern Era
The Center organizes programming to present research by UCLA's faculty and graduate students as well as visiting scholars and it provides financial and administrative support for classes at UCLA.
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Student Support
CMRS supports graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in their academic and research activities through fellowships, travel grants, research assistantships, research funds, publication projects, and classes.
News at CMRS
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Dr. Allison McCann, CMRS Publications Manager
Please join us in welcoming Allison McCann who started March 2nd as the new Publications Manager at the Center! Allison holds a PhD in the history of...
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CMRS UPDATES
Dear Friends, Due to the precautions taken at UCLA and in California in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS)...
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Life-writing in Early Modern England (ENGL 246)
Life-writing in Early Modern England Renaissance Literature English 246 / Prof. Shuger Spring Quarter, Tuesdays, 3:00pm – 5:50pm The course will begin with a variety of martyrologies,...
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Classics 144 – The Legacy of Ancient Medicine
Spring 2020 MW 2:00-3:15 PM According to a widely diffused opinion medicine was among the major achievements of the ancient Hellenic culture and it provided the foundations...
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Dreams, Visions and Apparitions in Medieval Literature (ENGL 242)
Dreams, visions and apparitions are constitutive of medieval literature writ large. They are ubiquitous in hagiographical writings, academic commentaries, theological treatises and poetic compositions. They often inaugurate...
Mission
CMRS’s mission is to promote and sustain transdisciplinary studies of the period from late antiquity to the mid-seventeenth century. Five main research axes help structure the polyvalent and multi-faceted inquiry of the Center’s diverse faculty: Sustainability/Repurposing, Fluidity/Permanence, Bodies/Performance, Conversion/Mobility, and Communication/Archive. All research axes are open to the widest variety of historical and methodological approaches.
The Center has three primary goals: 1) To stimulate and support the scholarship and research activities of its affiliated faculty, associates, students, and scholars; 2) To foster and prepare the next generation of scholars and researchers by providing educational opportunities, financial, and other support; and, 3) To disseminate knowledge, encourage intellectual exchange, and promote Late Antique, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies at the campus, local, regional, national, and global levels.