Dear Friends, On June 8, 2020, CMRS released a statement in support of Black Lives Matter. In it, we also reaffirmed our commitment to systemic and programmatic changes which we…
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Supporting Students
Published: June 16, 2020CMRS is providing a total of $58,520 of financial support to graduate students for the summer of 2020. The Center was able to make these fellowships available in part by…
Read MoreWorks-in-Progress Happy Hours – Call for Presenters
Published: June 15, 2020Beginning this fall, CMRS will be hosting twice-monthly “Works-in-Progress Happy Hours” to promote intellectual exchange and collegiality, while most of us will be continuing to work and learn remotely. The…
Read MoreCMRS Reading Group for Graduate Students and Faculty
Published: June 2, 2020CMRS plans to host a monthly medieval and Renaissance reading group for graduate students and faculty. We’re proposing an ongoing, online conversation through summer and into the next academic year….
Read MoreCall for Papers VIATOR
Published: May 18, 2020Amidst this unique and shared journey, we at Viator continue to believe that looking to the past is an opportunity to shape our present and future. As the journal fills its 50th volume,…
Read MoreA Portrait of CMRS Director Zrinka Stahuljak
Published: May 5, 2020French magazine L’Histoire features an article about our formidable director in its current issue, offering a look at the interesting influences and intersections that led her to Medieval Studies and…
Read MoreCMRS Faculty Update – Javier Patiño Loira
Published: April 21, 2020The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) has awarded Javier Patiño Loira (UCLA, Spanish & Portuguese) a fellowship to complete his book Sharp Minds: Metaphor and the Cult of Ingenuity…
Read MoreCMRS Faculty Update – Luke Yarbrough
Published: April 21, 2020UCLA Professor Luke Yarbrough, of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, has received a fellowship from the Israel Institute for Advanced Studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem…
Read MoreLAMAR Summer Fellowships 2020 – Due May 1
Published: April 21, 2020Applications are now being accepted for LAMAR Summer Fellowships for 2020. The maximum amount of the LAMAR summer fellowship is $5000. Applications from LAMAR participants who have not previously benefitted from…
Read MoreCMRS Graduate Student Summer Fellowships 2020 – Due May 1
Published: April 21, 2020Applications are now being accepted for CMRS Summer Fellowships for 2020. The maximum amount of a CMRS summer fellowship is $5000. Eligibility: The award is open to UCLA graduate students who…
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