We are saddened to hear that Ed Condren, Professor Emeritus in UCLA’s English Department, passed away recently. Professor Condren was a long-time member of CMRS. For many years, he actively…
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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 art from the…
Read MoreDear 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) has cancelled its…
Read MoreLife-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, including Foxe’s Acts…
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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 of the Western…
Read MoreDreams, 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 treatises and tales,…
Read MoreComitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, published annually under the auspices of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, invites the submission of articles by graduate students…
Read MoreLooking Ahead: Global Encounters in the North Atlantic, ca. 350–1300 A special dossier in Viator. Co-edited by Nahir Otaño Gracia, Nicole Lopez-Jantzen, and Erica Weaver In the last few years,…
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Renaissance Futurities: Science, Art, Invention considers the intersections between artistic rebirth, the new science, and European imperialism in the global early modern world. UCLA Professor of Art History and Chicana/o…
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Videos of the entire conference Leonardo da Vinci Inventing the Future are posted on our website. Click here to watch! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the great success of…
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