Medieval Texts Reading Group (Fall 2025)

The UCLA Medieval Texts Reading Group welcomes undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and faculty interested in medieval literature. On the third Friday of each term, we meet to discuss a text in English translation from across the Global Middle Ages and consider what it tells us about its cultural and literary context. Each discussion will be led by an expert on the chosen text and its place in the wider medieval world.

No preparation is necessary (other than a brief skim of the text), and no expertise or medieval knowledge is required – only enthusiasm! Suggestions for what to read (or what kinds of texts to read) are very welcome.

For our Fall meeting this year, we will read the Proemium to Boccaccio’s Decameron, and for added context, Canto 5 of Dante’s Inferno. Discussion will be led by Professor Roberta Morosini (ELTS).

Readings are available here

For questions, contact Matthew Fisher (fisher@humnet.ucla.edu)

This event is co-sponsored by the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies