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Were women ever sacred?
Some medieval and modern men would like us to think so. When white women invented chivalry and courtly love, did white men really decide...

Medievalitas
Oct 12, 20181 min read


2018 ISSM Conference at Brock U
Steampunk meets Game of Thrones. That’s how two Brock University professors describe an upcoming conference on medievalism and ...

Medievalitas
Oct 11, 20181 min read


Chivalry isn't dead. But it should be.
Amy Kaufman reveals continuities between contemporary American and medieval 'nobilities' in the Washington Post. “And yet in that sense,...

Medievalitas
Oct 11, 20181 min read


Changing medieval studies
From black military leader Saint Maurice to Arab influences in early Spain, the historical record is helping medieval scholars reclaim...

Medievalitas
Oct 8, 20181 min read


Medievally Speaking reviews: Wollenberg, Medieval Imagery in Today's Politics
Andrew Elliot reviews: Wollenberg, Daniel, Medieval Imagery in Today’s Politics (Leeds: Arc Humanities Press, 2018), for Medievally...

Medievalitas
Oct 7, 20181 min read


New co-editor for Medievally Speaking
Medievally Speaking, the review arm of the International Society for the Study of Medievalism, is the world's principal open access...

Medievalitas
Oct 7, 20181 min read


New leadership for The Year's Work in Medievalism
Wonderful change is coming to The Year's Work in Medievalism, our peer-reviewed open access journal providing codisciplinary ...

Medievalitas
Oct 5, 20182 min read


In defense of the International Congress on Medieval Studies
Higher education has not been a comfortable habitat for the humanities in the 21st century. Many of the causes for their steep decline...

Medievalitas
Oct 4, 20181 min read


The Middle Ages in popular imagination
I.B.Tauris is pleased to announce the publication of The Middle Ages in Popular Imagination: Memory, Film and Medievalism by Paul B....

Medievalitas
Sep 5, 20182 min read
ISSM sessions for Kzoo
Please consider attending one, several, or all of the following sessions at the Kalamazoo Congress. I hope to see many of you this...

Medievalitas
Aug 31, 20182 min read


Medievalism, including Russia
Recently published in The Year's Work in Medievalism: Medievalism is a Global Phenomenon: Including Russia When will all the haters and...

Medievalitas
Aug 30, 20181 min read


Loving the Middle Ages in a Flat World
Just found out that my proposal for the University of Leeds The Future of Medieval Studies Symposium has been accepted. Please join me,...

Medievalitas
May 31, 20182 min read


Review: Medievalism, politics and mass media
Review of Elliott, Andrew B. R. Medievalism, Politics and Mass Media: Appropriating the Middle Ages in the Twenty-First Century, D.S....

Medievalitas
Apr 8, 20181 min read


My first essay in Russian
My first essay in Russia(n): Ричард Утц. Дивные новые медиевализмы? ("Brave New Medievalisms?"), published in the 1/2018 issue of The New...

Medievalitas
Apr 7, 20181 min read


Friends of the International Congress on Medieval Studies
Whose (Medieval) Congress Is It Anyway? If we brand our colleagues our enemies and make winning a social media altercation more crucial...

Medievalitas
Apr 2, 20186 min read


Medievalism: A Manifesto -- Responses
Richard Utz, Medievalism. A Manifesto (Bradford, UK: ARC Humanities Press, 2017). ABSTRACT Since the inclusion of medieval studies in...

Medievalitas
Jan 1, 20186 min read


Racism and the Middle Ages
2017 was a year of many changes in the engagement with medieval culture, and the series of essays on Race, Racism, and the Middle Ages...

Medievalitas
Jan 1, 20186 min read


Featured in Atlanta Daily World on the racist history of one of the city's icons
The racist history of a city's iconic buildings is often hidden right under the veneer of a tourist attraction.

Medievalitas
Dec 1, 20171 min read


Anti-semitism, a longue durée
In 1968, the Bishop of Regensburg, Rudolf Graber, made a momentous decision. He found himself in the position to shape the future of...

Medievalitas
Aug 31, 20171 min read


Game of Thrones and the Academy
‘Game of Thrones’ Among the Medievalists Trying to turn the spectacularly popular show into a means of encouraging future medieval...

Medievalitas
Aug 28, 20175 min read
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