Ph.D. Medieval Studies

Princeton University

Bachelor's degree

In Princeton (USA)

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  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Princeton (USA)

The Program in Medieval Studies seeks to encourage interdisciplinary study of medieval period Europe and adjacent Mediterranean cultures (c. 500-1500); its art, literature (Latin and vernacular), music, religion, philosophy, science, politics, and economic and social structures. 

Interested students should apply for graduate study through an individual affiliated department, not through the program.

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  • Music
  • Art
  • German Literature
  • Greek

Course programme

ART 537 Seminar in Medieval Art (also

MED 500

) Intensive seminar on selective topics in Medieval art and theory from 400 to 1400.

CLA 517 Problems in Post-Classical and Byzantine Literature (also

MED 517

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HLS 517

) As the late antique present began to dramatically assert its variance with the venerable Greco-Roman past, historical writing took on a significance hardly surpassed before, or after. Course surveys the diverse corpus of historiography in Greek from the 4th to the 7th centuries (and perhaps a bit beyond) when an unprecedented number of registers entered and enlarged the historiographic genre. Class reads texts in Greek (for accuracy and formal concerns) as well as in translation (for scope). Scholarship will buttress our weekly discussion.

CLA 598 Methods in Byzantine Literature and Philology (also

MED 598

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HLS 598

) This course emphasizes proficiency in post-Classical and Medieval Greek language through close readings and translations of literature. In addition to surveying the principal genres of literature and the questions surrounding them, it also introduces Ph.D. students to the instrumenta studiorum of Late Antique and Byzantine philology, such as palaeography, codicology, text editing, databases and bibliography.

FRE 510 Seminar in Medieval French Literature (also

MED 510

) To suit the particular interests of the students and the instructor, a subject for intensive study is selected from special topics such as chansons de geste, roman courtois, paleography and textual criticism, rhetorical theory, lyric poetry, the chronicles, and Provençal materials.

GER 508 Middle High German Literature (also

MED 508

) Based on one specific text, the first term provides an introduction to language, metrics, manuscript tradition, and textual criticism. The second term deals with special topics in German literature between 1150 and 1450 or interdisciplinary topics such as orality and literacy, word and image.

GER 509 Middle High German Literature II (also

MED 509

) Based on one specific text, the first term provides an introduction to language, metrics, manuscript tradition, and textual criticism. The second term deals with special topics in German literature between 1150 and 1450 or interdisciplinary topics such as orality and literacy, word and image.

HIS 536 Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Medieval Mediterranean (also

HLS 536

/

MED 536

) The littoral of the Mediterranean Sea has long been viewed as a major place of contact, conflict and exchange for groups belonging to the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. This course approaches the encounters of different religions and ethnicities in such a manner as to introduce students not only to the classic historiography on the subject, but also to the main controversies and debates current in scholarship. Our discussions involve forays into the fields of transnational and global history.

HIS 542 Problems in Byzantine History (also

HLS 542

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MED 542

) Reading and research on selected problems in Byzantine social and cultural history are the focus of the course. Specific topics are announced in the term preceding the seminar.

HIS 544 Seminar in Medieval History (also

MED 544

) Selected problems in the social, administrative, and legal history of Western Europe in the Middle Ages, primarily during the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries.

MUS 512 Topics in Medieval Music (also

MED 512

) Source-critical, historical, and stylistic studies of one of the late medieval polyphonic repertories are studied.

NES 502 An Introduction to the Islamic Scholarly Tradition (also

MED 502

) A hands-on introduction to such basic genres of medieval scholarship as biography, history, tradition, and Koranic exegesis, taught through the intensive reading of texts in Arabic. The syllabus varies according to the interests of the students and the instructor.

NES 545 Problems in Near Eastern Jewish History: Judaism after the Talmud (also

MED 545

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REL 548

/

JDS 545

) A study of a number of central problems, historiographical issues, and primary sources relevant to the history of the Jewish minority under Islam in the Middle Ages.

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Ph.D. Medieval Studies

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