It is a medieval truism that the poet meddles with words, the lawyer with the world. But are the poet’s words and the lawyer’s world really so far apart? To…
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Sara Burdorff Roundtable Examines Roles of Medieval Women
Published: May 7, 2019
By Paige Hua Daily Bruin, April 21, 2019 Objects are more privileged than subjects, Sara Burdorff suggests in UCLA’s next Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Roundtable. Typically, men in Anglo-Saxon…
Read MoreCMRS Associate Leonard Koff Fuses Chaucer and the Philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas
Published: April 4, 2019
Previewing our lecture by CMRS Associate Leonard Koff, PhD, is an article in the UCLA Daily Bruin. “The UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies will host associate Koff’s lecture Thursday….
Read MoreCMRS Faculty, Nando Canalis MD, Receives Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service Award
Published: March 26, 2019
Hats off to Professor Nando Canalis MD, this year’s recipient of the Carole E. Goldberg Emeriti Service Award recognizing UCLA emeriti for exemplary service to the university and their department….
Read MoreReception at RSA Toronto
Published: March 6, 2019Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies invites you to celebrate its soon-to-be 50th year of publication. Viator was founded at UCLA’s Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies by Lynn White jr., Richard A. Rouse,…
Read MoreCelebrating Richard and Mary Rouse
Published: February 5, 2019Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019 | 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM | Young Research Library Main Conference Room Throughout their long and productive careers, Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus Richard Rouse and…
Read MoreCMRS Professor Andrea Moudarres Receives MLA Publication Award
Published: January 30, 2019
On January 5, 2019, Assistant Professor of Italian Andrea Moudarres received the twenty-first annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies from the Modern Language Association…
Read MoreIn memoriam: Philip Levine, professor emeritus of classics, dean of humanities, and former acting director of CMRS
Published: December 17, 2018
Philip Levine, professor emeritus of classics at UCLA and an expert in Latin literature and manuscripts, died on Nov. 25. He was 96. Levine’s research focused on the twin fields…
Read MoreErin Romo, CMRS Program Coordinator
Published: November 14, 2018
Erin Romo joined CMRS this month as our new Program Coordinator. Erin comes to us with eight years of experience as Special Events Manager and Advancement Events Coordinator for the…
Read More“Andrea Vesalius and the ‘Fabrica’ in the Age of Printing”
Published: November 5, 2018
We are pleased to announce a new book in our Cursor Mundi series, edited by UCLA-CMRS director Massimo Ciavolella and UCLA surgeon Rinaldo Canalis: Andrea Vesalius and the Fabrica in…
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