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Audition for "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Lord Denney's Players' Fall 2023 production is A Midsummer Night's Dream, which is LDP's TENTH production since 2014. The show will run October 26, 27, 28, and November 2, 3, 4…

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We're Hiring: Accepting Applications for a 50% Graduate Associate

The CMRS anticipates funding to support a 50% Graduate Associate appointment for the Autumn 2023 and Spring 2024 terms. 

In addition to providing some general administrative support for…

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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 Lord Denney’s Players Sonnet…

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March 3 is Deadline for Nicholas G. Howe Funding

Thanks to the generosity of donors to the Nicholas G. Howe Memorial Fund, CMRS is offering funding for graduate students working on any aspect of the Middle Ages or Renaissance. First…

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2021-2022 Lord Denney’s Players Sonnet Contest

Application deadline: Friday, April 1, 2022

Lord Denney’s Players, the Department of English, and the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies are excited to announce the Lord Denney’s…

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Kristina Sessa awarded National Endowment for the Humanities grant

Kristina Sessa, a professor in the Department of History, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant, which recognizes and supports humanities initiatives, innovative…

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Richard Firth Green Elected Fellow Of Medieval Academy Of America

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies would like to congratulate Professor Emeritus Richard Firth Green on being elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America.

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Call for Applications: NEH Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers, "Printing and the Book During the Reformation: 1450-1650"

Please consider applying to the forthcoming National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers on "Printing and the Book During the …

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Charles M. Atkinson Awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the Universität Würzburg

On Wednesday, 8 December 2021, the Universität Würzburg, Germany, conferred upon Charles M. Atkinson (professor emeritus, musicology) the degree of Doctor honoris causa.  In…