Welcome medievalists!

We’ve launched a new web-presence for the Medieval Studies Workshop (MSW) which will allow us to keep you posted on upcoming MSW presentations, events and other goings-on in the Medieval Studies community at the U of C, and beyond. Please bookmark this blog and check it often!

We have an exciting program of workshop presentations planned for 2010-11, featuring new work by our graduate student medievalists as well as talks by U of C faculty and distinguished visitors. After a year’s hiatus we’re excited to renew our regular alternate Friday meetings from 12:00-1:30pm in Wieboldt 207. Our first meeting will be October 8th.

For details of this year’s schedule of MSW speakers please click on the “2010-11 Program” tab above. You can also consult find individual presentations by clicking on the calendar posted in the sidebar.

We’re hoping to make this blog a ‘first stop’ in your search for medieval-focused lectures and events: please consider contributing a notice of a relevant event by contacting the blog administrators. Click on the “Contact” tab above for information about how to reach us.

Clicking on the “Directory“ tab above will take you to a listing of faculty & graduate student medievalists at the U of C and in the region. Please do check to be sure we have you listed in the directory and that your listing is up to date: corrections & new listing entries are most welcome.

We’ll be adding more content and features to the MSW blog over the course of the year. If you have suggestions about content or functionality that you’d like to see incorporated in the blog, please let us know.

Finally, you’ll find that many posts are open for comments. Please feel free to leave a comment: in good medieval fashion, we welcome your marginalia!