Our students become well-rounded critical thinkers who understand how studying the medieval and early modern periods can complement a study of period, nation, language and discipline, and who are well ...

For a long time, Western historians downplayed the influence that West Africa’s precolonial political traditions have had on the region’s modern culture, economics, and politics. Even today, scholars’ ...

About a millennium ago, long before the age of internet dating, Swahili women in eastern Africa paired up with a new type of suitor: men from Persia, a new study finds. Researchers made the finding by ...

To many involved in the art world, notions of exhibitions featuring “the medieval period” may conjure images of Byzantine crosses encrusted with jewels, European saints and castles featured in Gothic ...

The largest-yet analysis of ancient DNA in Africa, which includes the first ancient DNA recovered from members of the medieval Swahili civilization, has now broken the stalemate about the extent to ...

Thursday, April 9, 9:30-11:30 a.m. The museum's lecture hall, sublevel 2 Caravans of Gold, Fragments in Time: Art, Culture, and Exchange across Medieval Saharan Africa” opens at the Smithsonian’s ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Highlights in these collections include a teaching collection of medieval manuscripts and leaves, significant holdings of medieval studies and early modern materials in facsimile, early printed works ...

Our MA Medieval and Early Modern Studies master's course will give you the opportunity to pursue your interest in the literatures, histories and cultures of the European Middle Ages and Early Modern ...

We normally expect students to have a First or Upper Second class honours degree or its overseas equivalent in a humanities-based subject area. Pursue your interest in the literatures, histories and ...