Inspired by medieval monks, Dr Aaron Ralby began building “memory palaces” to learn new languages in the way monks used to learn scripture. He's now developed this technique into an online service, ...

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Analysis: from útluighe to bánbiad, the rediscovered words demonstrate the quirky and colourful language of medieval Irish. In contrast, new additions to a dictionary of medieval language are not ...

Medieval Europe’s diverse regional cultures were balanced by a conscious attempt to create a unified view of the world that embraced religious and social ideals, Latin and vernacular literature, and ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Lisa Robertson, an internationally renowned Canadian poet, feminist and essayist, will be the featured speaker for the University at Buffalo’s third annual Robert Creeley Lecture on ...

Join us for the 2025 Loew Lecture with Lynn Ramey, Professor of French at Vanderbilt and Jake Abell, Assistant Professor of French at Baylor. The title of their lecture is Brendan's Voyage: New ...

At university I had a lecturer of medieval language and literature who was so wonderfully idiosyncratic that you will no doubt suspect I have made him up. His name was Alaric. He recited Beowulf from ...

It has mystified scholars for more than a century since a Polish collector acquired the medieval book now known by his name, its parchment pages filled with colorful illustrations of plants, stars and ...

Across medieval studies, there has been a recent explosion of interest in Indigenous studies and indigeneity, spurred, in part, by the “global medieval” movement and critical race studies, but also by ...