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Axis-Based Research
UCLA’s world-class research hub promotes and sustains transdisciplinary studies of the periods from the 3rd to the 17th century CE across the globe. More than a half-century after its founding, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) is now known as CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CMRS–CEGS).
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Publications at CMRS-CEGS
The volumes published under the CMRS-CEGS 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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Student Support
CMRS-CEGS supports graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in their academic and research activities through fellowships, travel grants, research assistantships, research funds, publication projects, and classes.
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Race in the Global Past through Native Lenses
Congratulations to our director, Zrinka Stahuljak, as she and Professor Shannon Speed (Director of UCLA American Indian Studies Center) have received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support their project called “Race in the Global Past through Native Lenses.”
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News at CMRS-CEGS
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California Medieval Seminar Steering Committee member, Alison Perchuk, will give the first plenary lecture at the 61st ICMS
Alison Perchuk (CSU Channel Islands), one of our California Medieval Seminar Steering Committee members, will give the first plenary lecture at the 61st International Congress on Medieval...
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CMRS-CEGS Faculty, Jamie Kreiner (History), receives 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship
We are delighted to congratulate CMRS-CEGS Faculty, Jamie Kreiner, Professor of History and Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History, on receiving the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship....
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Introducing Giulia Giamboni, John W. Baldwin Post-Doctoral Fellow at the CMRS Center for Early Global Studies
The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is pleased to introduce Dr. Giulia Giamboni, our next John W. Baldwin Postdoctoral Fellow. The Baldwin fellowship is awarded...
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Apply for CMRS-CEGS Fellowships by April 17, 2026
Dear Graduate Students, Applications are now open for CMRS-CEGS Fellowships for the 2026–27 academic year. The deadline to apply is Friday, April 17, 2026. Please review the...
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CMS Community Celebrates Multiple Recognitions from the Medieval Academy of America
We’re pleased to share that members of our stellar California Medieval Seminar Steering Committee have recently received a series of well-deserved recognitions. Rowan Dorin received the Medieval...
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Call to Faculty for 2026-2027 Research Seminar Proposals
Fall 2026 or Winter 2027 CMRS-CEGS Methodology Seminar Proposals are being accepted from CMRS-CEGS faculty members for a CMRS-CEGS Research Methodology (LAMAR) Seminar for Fall 2026 or...
