Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS)
About
With over one hundred affiliated professors in over twenty departments, The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) promotes interdisciplinary scholarship that crosses traditional historical and geographical boundaries. Featuring its own array of yearly grants and awards, lecture series and film series, conferences, and other events that bring students and faculty together from near and far, the CMRS represents a uniquely exciting resource for scholarship and community. Profiting from this rich environment, CMRS students are able to study a wide range of topics within the major, touching on such diverse themes as the history, languages and cultures of Asia and the Near East; Mediterranean and transatlantic colonial trade; Christian, Jewish and Islamic philosophy and religion; and the music and dance of Renaissance Italy.
Francis L. Utley (English and Folklore) was the moving spirit behind the Center, which he founded together with Herbert S. Livingston (Music History), Franklin M. Ludden (History of Art), and Franklin J. Pegues (History) in 1965.
To learn more about the origins of CMRS, please go here.
Leadership, Faculty, and Affiliates
- Jonathan Combs-Schilling (Associate Director)
- Christopher Highley (Director)
Faculty
- Benjamin Acosta-Hughes
- Kristen Adams
- Sean Anthony
- Ellen Arnold
- Michela Bertossa
- Elizabeth Bond
- Graeme M. Boone
- Katherine Borland
- David Brakke
- David Brewer
- Christopher Brown
- Jonathan Burgoyne
- Sara M. Butler
- David Clampitt
- Daniel Collins
- Jonathan Combs-Schilling
- Stratos Constantinidis
- Lucia Costigan
- Nena Couch
- Frank Coulson
- Melissa Curley
- Jessica Delgado
- Kayley DeLong
- Amrita Dhar
- Darrell Estes
- Alan B. Farmer
- Harriet Fertik
- Laura Flannigan
- Angus Fletcher
- Daniel Frank
- Naomi Fukumori
- Mark Fullerton
- Meow Hui Goh
- Matt Goldish
- Fritz Graf (Retired - Active)
- Abigail Greff
- Anna Grotans
- Barbara Haeger (On Leave)
- Rebecca Haidt
- Hannibal Hamlin
- J. Albert Harrill
- Tom Hawkins
- Tryntje Helfferich
- Sarah-Grace Heller
- Jennifer Higginbotham
- Christopher Highley
- Zachary Hines
- Benjamin Hoffmann
- Eric J. Johnson
- Mary-Allen Johnson
- Sarah Iles Johnston
- Christopher Jones
- Brian D. Joseph
- Gregory Jusdanis
- Merrill Kaplan
- Christian Kleinbub
- Ethan Knapp
- Elizabeth Zeman Kolkovich
- Alyssa Kotva
- Scott Levi
- Morgan Y. Liu
- Leslie Lockett
- Fernando Martinez-Gil
- Dionisio Mingallon
- Dana Munteanu
- Helen Myers
- Travis Neel
- Sarah Neville
- Sue Oakes
- Chan Park (Retired - Active)
- Geoffrey Parker
- Shelley F Quinn (Retired - Active)
- Katie Rask
- Amanda Respess
- Carlos Rivas
- Alan Ross
- Tamar Rudavsky
- Kristina Sessa
- Barry Shank
- Clare Simmons
- Ryan Skinner
- Michael Swartz
- Adena Tanenbaum
- Heather J. Tanner
- Zoe Thompson
- Rebecca Turk
- Hugh Urban
- Galal Walker
- April Weintritt
- Karl Whittington
- Luke Wilson
- Margaret H. Wilson
- Karen Winstead
Staff
- Alyssa Bedrosian
- Stephanie Founds
- Lisa Iacobellis
- Megan Moriarty
- Sofia Racevskis
- Kaya Sahin
- Andy Spencer
- Nick Spitulski
- Savannah Stearmer
- Wendy Watkins
Students
- Veronica Barker
- Genevieve Berendt
- Adrian Butler
- Adrielys Calderon Ortiz
- Sergio Carlos Tamez
- Madison Chapman
- Dario Chimenti
- Olivia Cleymaet
- Lauren Colwell
- Jessica Crabtree
- Victoria Dikeman
- David Eichert
- Emily Eikost
- Holly Engel
- Karin Flora
- Bethany Geiger
- Kellie Giordano
- Cole Graham
- Allison Hargett
- Olivia Hendershott
- Hallie Hofherr
- Eileen Horansky
- Qurrat Jamal
- Ashley Jordan
- Seonoh Kim
- Mia Kivel
- Aditya Kothawade
- Athen Lau
- Trevor Lee
- Matthew Lideros
- Honor Lundt
- Tamara Mahadin
- Rachel McCoy
- Henry Misa
- Khushboo Mundada
- Godfred Ogoe
- M. Elise Robbins
- Shan Ruan
- Adrian Salgado
- Merve Savas
- Stef Scimeca
- Monica Shah
- Dylan Shoemaker
- Samuel Stevens
- Anna Strauch
- Emilela Thomas-Adams
- Aristogeneia Toumpas
- Jack Van Dine
- Di Wang
- Beverly Warner
- Zach Waters
- Christian Williams
- Margaret Wilson
- Lila Wright
Fellows
- Andrea Armijos Echeverria
- Yuri Belloube
- Casey Carsel
- Anna Davis
- John Friedman [C]
- Anastasia Northlake
- Elise Robbins
- Sadie Wuertz