Medieval & Renaissance Studies Graduate Minor

Contact Information

College of Arts and Science

• 143 Arts and Science
• 573-882-6977
• Medieval & Renaissance Studies Web Site

Eligibility

The staff of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies program is composed of faculty members from the departments of art history and archaeology, classical studies, English, German and Russian studies, history, music, philosophy, religious studies and romance languages. (See below for a full list of faculty.)

A doctoral candidate in one of these departments offering a PhD may elect a minor concentration in interdisciplinary medieval or renaissance studies by taking at least three appropriate courses outside the department, and all appropriate ones within it. Thus, one earns, for example, a PhD in art history and archaeology with specialization in medieval studies, or a PhD in history with specialization in renaissance studies.

Under certain circumstances, a minor in medieval or renaissance studies also may be arranged for MA programs.

Requirements

A student must be accepted for advisement by the major department. Then, in consultation with the major adviser, who must be a specialist in the medieval or renaissance period, an interdisciplinary curriculum for the minor is prepared and submitted to the area committee for approval.

Because the program places considerable emphasis on foreign languages, all doctoral candidates must study at least two languages, and sometimes more are required.

Resources

Ellis Library has large collections in the medieval and renaissance fields and course offerings in the two fields are extensive. The Museum of Art and Archaeology houses a number of medieval and Renaissance works of art, including holdings in the Samul H. Kres Study Collection of European Paintings.

Funding

Information on fellowships may be obtained by writing to the director of graduate studies in the department of major interest.

Faculty

Anne Rudloff Stanton

chair, associate professor of art history and archaeology, PhD, University of Texas.

John Miles Foley

professor of English and classical studies, PhD, University of Massachusetts.

Daniel Hooley

professor of classical studies, PhD, University of Minnesota.

Norman Land

professor of art history and archaeology, PhD, University of Virginia.

Mary Jo Muratore

professor of French, PhD, University of California-Davis.

Ellie Ragland

professor of English and French, PhD, University of Michigan.

Marcus Rautman

professor of art history and archaeology, PhD, Indiana University.

Charles F. Saylor

professor of classical studies, PhD, University of California-Berkeley.

A. Mark Smith

professor of history, PhD, University of Wisconsin.

John Zemke

professor of Spanish, PhD, University of California-Davis.

Russell Zguta

professor of history, PhD, The Pennsylvania State University.

Charles G. Nauert

professor emeritus of history, PhD, University of Illinois.

Osmund Overby

professor emeritus of art history and archaeology, PhD, Yale University.

Jill Raitt

professor emerita of religious studies, PhD, University of Chicago.

John R. Roberts

emeritus professor of English, PhD, University of Illinois.

John Frymire

associate professor, History, PhD, University of Arizona.

Lois L. Huneycutt

associate professor of history, PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara.

William Kerwin

associate professor of English, PhD, University of North Carolina.

Emma Lipton

associate professor of English, PhD, Duke University.

Charles Presberg

associate professor of Spanish, PhD, Harvard University.

David T. Read

associate professor of English, PhD, University of Chicago.

Dennis Trout

associate professor of Classical Studies, PhD, Cornell University.

Alexander von Schoenborn

associate professor of philosophy, PhD, Tulane University.

Ben L. Honeycutt

associate professor emeritus of French, PhD, The Ohio State University.

Michael Bednar

assistant professor of History, PhD, University of Texas at Austin.

Tara Foster

resident instruction assistant professor of French, PhD, Rutgers University.

Rabia Gregory

assistant professor of Religious Stuides, PhD, University of North Carolina.

Michelle Karnes

assistant professor of English, PhD, University of Pennsylvania.

Johanna Kramer

assitant professor of English, PhD, Cornell University.