Welcome to the Centre for Medieval Studies
World views: Liber Floridus (Ghent University Library, MS 92, fols 226'v-226"r)
New Islamic pathway: tiles, Bu Inania madrese, Fez
York: a great medieval city
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Viking ships by the River Ouse
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.
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Dr Andrew Woods (Head of Collections and Research at York Museums Trust)
News
Thursday 17 April 2025
A wide-ranging, illustrated exploration of the uses of stucco in Islamic architecture in the pre-modern period.
Wednesday 5 February 2025
We are delighted to announce our 2023/4 MA and PhD prize winners
Tuesday 3 September 2024
Congratulations to Matt Townend, who has just published The Victorians and English Dialect: Philology, Fiction, and Folklore (Oxford University Press).
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