An informal Medieval Centre was established at Copenhagen in the early 1970s as the result of long-standing cooperation among medievalists in the Faculty of Humanities. In 1982 it was given official status, associated with the Institute for Greek and Latin Medieval Philology, now the Institute for Greek and Latin.
The purpose of the Centre is to encourage and coordinate interdisciplinary teaching and research in any aspect of medieval studies, within the University of Copenhagen, and between the University and other institutions.
Program (Spring 2006)
Research meetings are held frequently. At these meetings, current projects are informally presented, and plans for future joint research and teaching are drafted. Regular participants include medieval scholars from the Institutes for English, History, Religion, Music, and Art History at the University, as well as from the National Museum and the State Archives. Research students and visiting scholars are also invited.
See the Program for Lunch meetings here!
Joint teaching projects on topics such as monasticism, the Bible in the Middle Ages, the medieval epic, drama, art, and music have involved students and teachers from a broad range of disciplines. Frequently, such courses develop into inter-departmental research projects and publications.
International students in medieval subjects are welcome in Copenhagen. For information, please contact Christian Troelsgård.
The Centre has organized a number of international congresses since
1983. Topics include: War and Peace in the Middle Ages; Literacy and Society in
Early North-Western Europe; The Concept of Nobility in the Middle Ages; The
Birth of Europe: Danish and European Identity in the Middle Ages (1996).
Proceedings still in print e.g.: War and Peace in the Middle Ages,
Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, 1987., The Birth of Identities: Denmark and Europe
in the Middle Ages, C.A. Reitzel 1996.
Lately an International Symposium on Richard Southerns "The Making of the Middle
Ages" was held:
International Symposium, Friday 26 sept.
2003: "The Making of the Middle Ages"
Read more: Program -
Brief notice (in Danish)
For information on any of the points above, please contact: Christian
Troelsgård or Karsten Friis-Jensen, Medieval Centre,
Institute for Greek and Latin,
University of Copenhagen, Njalsgade 90, 2300 Copenhagen S., Denmark
or E-mail to Christian Troelsgård, same
address.
Dr. Brian McGuire, the initiator and chair of the Medieval Centre since 1982 was
appointed to a professorship in medieval history at Roskilde Univeritetscenter
by Oct 1, 1996. Brian McGuire has kindly continued to support and
encourage the activities of The Medieval Centre.
Karsten Friis-Jensen and Christian Troelsgård
This page created: 1995 Jun 30. Last revision, 2005 - Aug. 25