U of T's Department of French presents Dorothea Kullmann, "From Vulgar Latin to Middle French. Considerations around the history of the French language and historical linguistics" on April 21, 5pm, at Odette Hall. Please attend if you are able!
Watch Laura Ingallinella ( Italian, Spanish, Portuguese & LAS / CMS ) on "Trade, Poetry, and Belonging. Carlo del Nero, a Merchant in Fifteenth-Century Languedoc" for The Medici Archive Project.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kw6F...
medieval brooch. silver circle, with bronze-coloured celtic inlay
Friday! The Toronto Old English Colloquium returns with Lindy Brady of Edge Hill University's "Multilingualism, Old English, and the Viking Age". RSVP to attend in person at CMS or virtually via Zoom, April 17, at 2:30 pm.
uoft.me/TOEC2026 #oldenglish
"Making Waves in the Medieval Mediterranean Sea with Dr. Thomas Burman" - a look back on his book "The Sea in the Middle: The Mediterranean World, 650-1650", which was co-authored with Brian A. Catlos and Mark D. Meyerson (2022).
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A review-essay about a new production of Peter Weiss’ Hölderlin and my new translation in English of Brod und Wein VII in my latest Substack post here:
open.substack.com/pub/avmarrac...
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💰 Call for Proposals!
Have you got an idea for collaborative, interdisciplinary humanities research? Your group can get space at the JHI for meetings and funding for events for one year.
JHI Working Group applications are due by May 12, 2026
More info https://uoft.me/chT
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U of T Tolkien Club invites U of T Students and Faculty to participate in a Community Beowulf Reading on April 14!
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/uttc-...
CMS participants include Jon McGinnis, Professor at Philosophy / CMS / CSAMP Director; Professor Reza Hadisi of Philosophy / CMS Faculty; and CMS PhD Candidate, Rui Zu.
April 12-13, @jhuartssciences.bsky.social Department of Philosophy hosts Hopkins-Chicago-Toronto-Notre Dame Colloquium in Medieval Philosophy.
philosophy.jhu.edu/event/hopkin...
philosophy.jhu.edu/event/hopkin...
Faith Wallis holding a pint
Join us tomorrow in person @ CMS, or online via Zoom for Faith Wallis' Alumni Lecture, "How to Think like a Physician: Master Bartholomeus and the Transformations of Medicine in 12th-Century Europe" RSVP 👉 uoft.me/Wallis
La Serenissima. a sketch of fifteenth-century Venice
The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies presents a lecture by Ariana Ellis, "Serene Death: Execution in the Early Modern Venetian Republic" on Thursday, April 16, 7 pm via Zoom. www.mediterraneanstudies.ca/lecture/sere...
The surprisingly connected origins of "polio" and "appalling".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #polio #appal #appalling
youtube.com/shorts/tl3mm...
Not at all! There was some conflicting information on the poster, which will be reposted today. uoft.me/Wallis
medieval figure surrounded by wheels
This Friday, April 10 at 4 pm, CMS and the Journal of Medieval Latin welcome Susan Rankin for the annual O'Donnell Lecture! RSVP now to attend "'Historiae' for St Katherine: Competitive Liturgical Composition in 11th-Century Normandy?" online or in person @ CMS. uoft.me/Rankin
This Friday, April 10, online as well as IRL: the
@uoftcms.bsky.social O’Donnell Lecture by Susan Rankin, "'Historiae' for St Katherine: Competitive Liturgical Composition in 11th-Century Normandy?" #medievalsky
Register here:
www.medieval.utoronto.ca/events/susan...
This Saturday at St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto, a symposium on Mappa Mundi: Mapping the Mediaeval World. stmikes.utoronto.ca/program/smce... #Medievalsky @uoftcms.bsky.social
Sad and shocking news. Her joyous energy had such a huge impact on me and others around her as we learned to navigate postgrad life in Toronto. So many fond memories ❤️ 💔
CMS is saddened to announce the passing of Alumna, Danielle Joyner, who completed her MA at the Centre in 2000. Students and Colleagues from Lawrence University remember her joy, incredible mentorship, delight in teaching, and encouragement in a touching tribute.
www.lawrence.edu/articles/law...
CMS Alumna, Karen Jankulak will deliver the Pembrokeshire Historical Society’s next lecture on Friday, April 10, focusing on what it meant to be ‘Norman’ in medieval Pembrokeshire.
www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/news/2599089...
Christina Dinh Nguyen, PhD Student at U of T's Faculty of Information, writes about working with the Old Books New Science Lab in "As a ‘book scientist’ I work with microscopes, imaging technologies and AI to preserve ancient texts" for @ca.theconversation.com.
theconversation.com/as-a-book-sc...
Or - view the segment here:https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7152222
screenshot of Sebastian Sobecki being interviewed
Watch Chana Algarvio and Sebastian Sobecki on CBC News: The National. They discuss the 15th-century French royal letter fragment that was discovered, now being studied by the Old Books New Science Lab.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjDj... (begins at 36:20)
Tune in to CBC's The National tonight at 9 pm.
Tune in to CBC's The National on Sunday for an interview with the Old Books New Science Lab researchers on their discovery of a 15th-century French Royal letter! www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/old-boo...
The Graduate Student Committee of the MAA invites you to our writing community pilot, Writing Like Monks and Nuns.
Attendees will be entered in a drawing to win a free year of MAA membership.
Registration link: tinyurl.com/4wvh3c39
Siân Echard's talk from a couple of weeks ago, "Facsimiles of Illuminated Manuscripts and the Problem of Color," is now online! #medievalsky #bookhistory #iwishsianwasonbluesky
youtu.be/UOAut7G3eus?...
