The Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) at the University of York is one of the world’s leading centres for postgraduate study and research into the Middle Ages.
Our vision of medieval studies situates world-leading expertise on the European Middle Ages, 400-1550, within a wider Afro-Eurasian framework, with current concentrations of excellence in medieval England and its neighbours, the built environment, religion and dissent, gender and sexuality, Viking studies and Islamic cultures.
We draw upon expertise from the departments of Archaeology, English and Related Literature, History and History of Art, as well as from Computer Science, Language and Linguistic Sciences, Music and Physics. Our teaching and research is shaped by long experience of innovative interdisciplinary collaboration, extending across the Humanities to the Natural Sciences.
We are a welcoming and supportive community, fully committed to diversity and inclusivity in our study of the Middle Ages.
Fit for the Gods: Chinese Porcelain and Collecting Practices at the Court of Ferrera
5.00PM, BS/104, Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York
Dr Leah Clark, Kellogg College/Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Oxford
The Englishman Abroad: the Medieval Origins of an Identity
5.30PM, Berrick Saul Lecture Theatre, Humanities Research Centre, West Campus, University of York
Prof. Anthony Bale, Birkbeck, University of London
Chivalry and Genocide. The French Conquest of the Canary Islands 1402-1405
1.00PM, V/N/123
Prof. Craig Taylor, Department of History/CMS
Friday 8 March 2024
N/EMICS Interdisciplinary Conference, June 1-2, 2024. Invitation for 20-minute papers relating to the theme of texture.
Thursday 7 March 2024
We are delighted to announce that Eleanor Johnson (MA in Medieval Archaeology) has won the Richard III Society Dissertation Prize for the best 2022-3 MA dissertation submitted on a topic relevant to the period of Richard III.
Friday 1 March 2024
Two new books from York Medieval Press’ Health & Healing in the Middle Ages series
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