Join us this Friday, March 20th, for a lecture by Dr. Hernán Matzkevich. For more information check the link in our bio.

Join us for a conversation followed by an audience Q&A with Sequoia Nagamatsu, author of national bestseller and New York Times Editors' Choice “How High We Go in the Dark.”

For more information scan the QR code or click the link in our bio.

CPS Director, Michelle Hamilton, will be at the State Fair today, Wednesday, August 27th to present as part of CLA's Power of the Word event. Michelle will be at the booth from 11 am - 1 pm sharing information about manuscripts, book arts, and our Medieval Books in the Schools outreach program.

RSVPs are required for this event. During the reception following the presentation, there will be an opportunity for participants (of legal drinking age and with ID) to sample precursors to the margarita. A cash bar will also be available to purchase a margarita or other beverages.

This event is supported by generous donations to the Center for Premodern Studies’ program funds and the Interrogating Archives IAS Research Collaborative.

Join us for our final event of the Spring 2025 semester this Thursday (5/1) at 4:30 pm “A History of the Margarita - Lecture and Tasting Timeline” Led by Michelle Hamilton (Professor of Spanish and Portuguese).

🔗 Link in bio to register!

It’s not too late to RSVP for tomorrow’s (4/29) lunchtime workshop with Professor Noel Lenski! Join us for a discussion of a pre-circulated paper (must register in order to receive). 🔗 Link in bio to register.
This is a hybrid event and there is the option to participate on Zoom!

Join us this Thursday (4/10) for a lecture by UMN alumna Dr. Geneviève Young (King’s College London)! Her lecture is entitled “Musical Lives: Sounding Out the Archive from Arras to Alexandria.”

In-person or online at 4:00 pm.
🔗 Link in bio for Zoom registration.

This Friday’s lecture will be by our newest premodern faculty member, Professor Beatrice Bradley (English)!

Join us in person or on Zoom at 12:15 pm.
🔗 Link in bio for Zoom registration!

Back by popular demand, join us this week for two musical events!

Female Gidayū Music: A Workshop and Performance

Workshop: Tuesday , April 1st from 4:30-6:00 pm in 412 Pillsbury Hall *RSVP 🔗 in our bio

Recital: Thursday, April 3rd, 4:00-5:30 pm in the Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, Ferguson Hall.

Maroun El Houkayem will also lead a workshop for Faculty, Graduate Students, and Staff on Friday (3/28) at 1:30 pm about their research: “More Than Records: The Case for Archives as Cultural Heritage.”

No RSVP required.

The lecture will begin at 3:30 pm in the Liberal Arts Engagement Hub (Room 120, Pillsbury Hall) or on Zoom. 🔗 for Zoom registration can be found in our bio!

Join us today (3/25) for a lecture by Maroun El Houkayem (PhD Candidate, Religious Studies, Duke University). El Houkayem’s lecture is part of our collaborative work with the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Religions & Cultures and their “Future of the Past” lab.

A reception will precede the lecture and begin at 6:00 pm. The lecture will begin at 7:00 pm. Both events are open to the public. Both will held at Open Book (1011 Washington Ave S
Minneapolis). 🔗 Link to RSVP can be found in our bio.

This week is the 2025 Rutherford Aris Memorial Lecture!

Join us on Thursday (3/27) for a lecture entitled “Letterlocking: The Hidden History of the Letter” by Jana Dambrogio (Thomas F. Peterson (1957) Conservator, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries).

Join us this Friday for presentations by three of our graduate students and recent fellowship awardees! Featuring Graduate Students: Jessica Tharp (History), Sonia Beltz (Creative Writing), and Isabel Gellert (History).

12:15 pm CST in person or on Zoom! 🔗 in bio for Zoom registration.

Yesterday Chef Gustavo Romero from Oro by Nixta visited Professor Michelle Hamilton’s class “SPAN 3506” to talk about the history and importance of corn and nixtamalization. Students had an opportunity to learn hands-on about historical practices and foodways of the Spanish-speaking world. 🌽 🌽🌽

“Persecution, Exile, and the Transvaluation of Trauma in Early Modern Christianity” Join the CPS and CAS communities for a lecture by Dr. Phillip Haberkern (History, Boston University).

More info about the talk can be found on our website: cla.umn.edu/premodern/ne...

Please join us this Friday (2/28) at 12:15 pm CST for a lecture by Dr. Phillip Haberkern (History, Boston University). The lecture will be held in-person and on Zoom. 🔗 in bio for Zoom registration link!

This event is cosponsored by The Center for Austrian Studies.

Join us this Friday (2/21) at 12:15 pm CST for a lecture by Dr. Lev Weitz (History, Catholic University of America). In person or on Zoom. Zoom registration 🔗 in bio!

Cosponsored by the Department of History and the First Millennium Religion in Late Antiquity Workshop.

Dr. Kreiter will also lead an informal workshop on Friday (2/7) at 1:30 pm about their research and work as a university gallery curator. RSVP link can be found in our bio!

The lecture will begin at 4:00pm in Heller 1210 or on Zoom. 🔗 for Zoom registration can be found in our bio!

Please join us this Thursday (2/6) for a lecture by Dr. Rachel Kreiter (Curator, Vanderbilt University Art Gallery). Dr. Kreiter’s lecture is part of our collaborative work with the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Religions & Cultures and their “Future of the Past” lab.

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David M. Perry, Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in History, will talk about Oathbreakers, his new trade history book with HarperCollins, focusing on the reasons to write popular history, the whys and hows of doing it, and the trade-offs required.

Please join us this Friday (1/31) for our first event of the semester! Join us online or in-person. 🔗 to register for Zoom in bio.
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Please join us tomorrow (12/5) at 4:00 pm for our final lecture of the semester featuring our own Dr. Anatoly Liberman! Join us in person or on Zoom. 🔗 in bio for Zoom registration.

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The Center for Premodern Studies is a multidisciplinary hub for the historical humanities including ancient, medieval, and early modern studies. We support student and faculty research and outreach programs to bring premodern studies to new audiences.

Join us this Friday (11/22) at 12:15 pm CST for a lecture by Dr. Ute Lotz-Heumann. Co-sponsored by the Center for Austrian Studies.

In person and online. 🔗 in bio for Zoom registration.