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2026 Lord Denney’s Players Sonnet Contest
Calling all poets! Lord Denney’s Players, the Department of English and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies are excited to announce the 2026 Lord Denney’s Players Sonnet …
CFP: Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination
Call for Papers Star Gazing: Astrology and Astronomy in the Medieval and Renaissance Imagination Popular Culture and the Deep Past 2026 April 10-11, 2026 Online via Zoom & Ohio Union - The…
Passing of Professor Emeritus Anne Morganstern
The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies is sad to announce the recent passing of Professor Emeritus Anne Morganstern, CMRS affiliate faculty from the Department of the History of Art…
The Center is Hiring!
The CMRS anticipates funding to support 25% and 50% appointments for the Autumn 2025 and Spring 2026 terms. Duties: General administrative support for programs and events Designing, copywriting, &…
Digital project grant funds open-access map creation of Shakespearean London
Professor Highley’s project creates map overlays to provide viewers a more comprehensive view of what Shakespearean London looked like, compared to different eras in the modern city. Imagine you are…
2025 Lord Denney’s Players Sonnet Contest
Calling all poets! Lord Denney’s Players, the Department of English and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies are excited to announce the 2025 Lord Denney’s Players Sonnet…
Lord Denney's Players Present John Fletcher’s The Faithful Shepherdess
Though he is largely unknown to audiences today, John Fletcher was one of the most popular and successful playwrights of the English Renaissance. He took over from Shakespeare as the principal…
ASC Awards CMRS Faculty, GRA
Warmest congratulations to our award winners from the College of Arts and Sciences! CMRS affiliate faculty Karen Winstead (English) was awarded the “Ronald and Deborah Ratner…
2024-2025 Student Award Winners
At the April 22 end-of-year celebration, the Humanities Institute's center directors announced their award winners for the academic year. Undergraduate and graduate students were present to receive…