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"Understanding Medical Humanities"
This conference predominantly addresses the interaction of literature, philosophy, art, art history, ethics and religion with medicine and its specialties from the classical period to the modern day. with particular attention given to the medieval and early modern eras. Organized by Massimo Ciavolella, PhD, UCLA Department of Italian and Director of UCLA-CMRS, and Rinaldo Canalis, MD, Department of Head & Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine 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.
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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 provides financial and administrative support for classes at UCLA.
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Our Mission
The UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies promotes interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study of the millenium spanning 600-1600 to understand cultural, social, religious, and political issues rooted in the past that continue to resonate today.
News at CMRS
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Fall Quarter Welcome
Welcome back to UCLA for Fall 2018! Classes start Thursday, September 27th . . . CMRS has a stimulating schedule of programs lined up. Highlights include a...
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New Publication in Our ‘Cursor Mundi’ Series
We're pleased to announce the upcoming publication of the proceedings from "The Illustrated Body" a conference held at UCLA-CMRS three years ago which commemorated and celebrated Aldus...
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CMRS Council Excursions
Coming up this May, the CMRS Council will visit the Getty Villa in Malibu for an inside look at their collection of Byzantine Art with a tour...
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April 16 Deadlines for CMRS Graduate Student Funding
Graduate Students interested in any discipline and studying any aspect of Late Antiquity, the Middle Ages, or the Early Modern eras are invited to apply for the...
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Celtic Studies Stalwart Karen Burgess
Congratulations to our Assistant Director Dr. Karen Burgess for her recognition from CSANA at last week's conference! "The Celtic Studies Association of North America wishes to express...
What is UCLA-CMRS?
The UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies promotes interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study of the years c. 600-1600 C.E. in order to understand cultural, social, religious, and political issues rooted in the past that continue to resonate in our contemporary world. UCLA-CMRS supports faculty research and teaching. We provide fellowships, research assistantships, travel grants, and other support for students. We host visiting scholars and other researchers in numerous programs. We publish: Viator, one of the most-respected scholarly journals in the field; Comitatus, one of the oldest graduate-student journals, and Cursor Mundi, a series of single-authored books and multi-authored collections. We were founded in 1963 as an Organized Research Unit of the University of California.