Medieval Studies

University of California, Berkeley

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Overview

The Medieval Studies Program at UC Berkeley is an interdisciplinary group that coordinates and sponsors lectures, events, and visiting professorships, promotes scholarly interests common to medievalists of different academic departments, and communicates information of interest among them. The Committee on Medieval Studies offers a concurrent PhD program in which candidates have both a home department and training in the core disciplines of medieval studies. The program also offers an undergraduate minor.

Undergraduate Program

Medieval Studies : Minor

Graduate Program

Medieval Studies : concurrent PhD

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Courses

Medieval Studies

MED ST 150 Studies in Medieval Culture 2 - 4 Units

Normally three hours of lecture per week for fifteen weeks. In the event that the instructor is in residence for fewer than fifteen weeks, the course may be offered for either 2 or 3 units of credit, in proportion to the number of actual contact hours. Course may be repeated for credit. Normally taught by the Visiting Distinguished Professor of Medieval Studies. An interdisciplinary exploration of Medieval culture, focusing on an area of the instructor's expertise. Specific topic varies with instructor.

MED ST 200 Introduction to Research Materials and Methods 4 Units

The gradute proseminar. Basic materials and resources in fields represented in the Medieval Studies program, and in some subjects involving expertise in more than one discipline (e.g., liturgy, codicology). Emphasis on methods of interdisciplinary research, research tools, and critical evaluation of their use.

MED ST 205 Medieval Manuscripts as Primary Sources 4 Units

This course explores the use of medieval manuscripts as primary sources for contemporary scholarship and as evidence of book culture in the medieval West.

MED ST 210 Paleography and Codicology 4 Units

Instruction in Medieval Latin paleography and/or the paleography of one or more of the medieval vernacular languages of Western Europe, emphasizing the evolution of scripts as well as practice in reading them. Ancillary instruction in the principles of codicology with attention to the process of text-making and book manufacture.

MED ST 250 Seminar in Medieval Culture 2 - 4 Units

Taught by the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Medieval Studies on a topic related to his or her specialty. In the event that the instructor is in residence for fewer than 15 weeks, the course will be offered for either 2 or 3 units of credit, in proportion to the number of actual contact hours.

Contact Information

Medieval Studies Program

7305 Dwinelle Hall

Phone: 510-642-4218

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Program Director

Katherine O’Brien O’Keefe, PhD (Department of English)

427 Wheeler Hall

kobok@berkeley.edu

Graduate and Undergraduate Adviser

Niklaus Largier, PhD (Department of German)

5412 Dwinelle Hall

nlargier@berkeley.edu

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