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 Academy of America’s…
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Call to Faculty for 2026-2027 Research Seminar Proposals
Published: January 25, 2026Fall 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 Winter 2027. A…
Read MoreIntroducing Diego Pirillo, Charles Speroni Endowed Chair
Published: April 11, 2025
This Spring quarter, we are pleased to introduce Professor Diego Pirillo as the 2025 Charles Speroni Endowed Chair in Medieval Renaissance Literature and Culture. This endowed visiting position honors exceptional…
Read MoreDistinguished Research Professor Emeritus Teófilo F. Ruiz receives the 2023-24 UCLA Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award
Published: June 24, 2024
Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus Teófilo “Teo” F. Ruiz has received the UCLA Dickson Emeritus Professorship Award, honoring outstanding research, teaching, scholarly work, and service performed by an Emeritus professor since…
Read MoreRoberta Morosini appointed as Professor of European languages and transcultural studies
Published: May 30, 2024
Roberta Morosini, who held the visiting UCLA Charles Speroni Endowed Chair in the Department of Italian in Fall 2019, will return to UCLA as Professor of European Languages and Transcultural…
Read MoreRaphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira, CMRS-CEGS Faculty members, received 2024 I Tatti fellowships
Published: May 24, 2024
Congratulations to two of our CMRS-CEGS Faculty members, Raphaëlle Burns and Javier Patiño Loira, who were awarded fellowships at I Tatti for the 2024-25 academic year! Raphaëlle Burns is an…
Read MoreIn Memoriam of Michael J.B. Allen
Published: April 26, 2024
CMRS-CEGS is pleased to share a recent obituary for former CMRS-CEGS director (1988-1993), Professor Michael J. B. Allen (1941-2023). “In Memoriam Michael J. B. Allen” was just published in Mediterranea….
Read MoreIntroducing Manuele Gragnolati, Charles Speroni Endowed Chair
Published: April 25, 2024
This Spring quarter, we are thrilled to introduce Professor Manuele Gragnolati as the Charles Speroni Endowed Chair in Medieval and Renaissance Literature & Culture. This endowed visiting chairship is an honor…
Read MoreIntroducing Professor Robiglio, UCLA Van Dyck Chair
Published: April 23, 2024
Andrea Aldo Robiglio is a Professor of the History of Philosophy at the Hoger Instituut voor Wijsbegeerte, KU Leuven, and a Corresponding Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen….
Read MoreJamie Kreiner joins UCLA as Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History
Published: April 3, 2024
The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is excited to welcome Professor Jamie Kreiner, Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History! Kreiner is a historian of the early…
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