Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Maryland
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The Medieval and Renaissance Literature Group in the Department of
English offers outstanding educational and research opportunities, with
distinguished faculty whose scholarship engages a range of fields and
approaches. Located within easy reach of one of the world’s richest
archival environments, our campus affords easy access to the Folger
Shakespeare Library, the Library of Congress, Dumbarton Oaks, and the
resources of the National Gallery of Art and the Smithsonian
Institution. English Renaissance literature has long been recognized
and supported as an established strength within the University of
Maryland's large and dynamic English department. We offer small
classes, fellowships and teaching assistantships for graduate student
support, and an enviable record of academic job placements.
With an unusually large and distinguished contingent of sixteen core
and affiliated faculty, the Medieval and Renaissance Studies group is
committed to broad coverage of the period as well as training in
cutting edge scholarly methods. Special strengths include historical
approaches, textual studies, women's studies, and contemporary theory.
In collaboration with the Maryland Institute for Technology in the
Humanities (MITH) and the Folger Shakespeare Library, we are also in
the forefront of bringing contemporary technology to bear on the study
of early modern literature. As a recognized area of excellence within
the University, we benefit from strong funding for recruitment and
support of graduate students with special fellowship packages. In
addition, Medieval and Renaissance studies at Maryland also benefits
from its overlapping work with other prominent areas of interest in the
English department, including: Comparative Literature; the long
Eighteenth Century; transatlantic studies; rhetoric; literatures of the
African Diaspora; feminist criticism and theory; and gender, gay, and
lesbian studies. Our ties outside the department with the Center for
Renaissance and Baroque Studies, the Committee on Africa and the
Americas, Women's Studies, the Maryland Institute for Technology in the
Humanities, Performance Studies, History, and the Department of Modern
Languages and Literatures provide our faculty and students with
opportunities to enrich their intellectual communities and to expand
and challenge their research interests.
The university library system has excellent holdings in secondary
literature, an extensive selection of electronic databases and
journals, and a valuable microfilm archive. Researchers of the
Renaissance benefit especially from the university's active
participation in the Folger Consortium. As well as reading in the
library, Faculty and students can participate in the Folger Institute's
academic programs, and graduate students are encouraged to enroll in
Folger seminars for credit. Further opportunities are available through
the Washington Area consortium that allows cross-registration with
other area universities.
Renaissance Reckonings: Fall 2009 Schedule
- September 25, 12:30pm
Julia Schleck, "Practicum on the Study of Travel Literature."
Room: TWS 3136
- October 9, 3:30pm
Jessica Wolfe, "The Razor's Edge: Homer, Milton, and Epic Deliberation."
Room: TWS 1107
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December 11, 3:30pm
Daniel Vitkus, Title tba.
Room: TWS 1107
For further information about graduate study at the Department of English, University of Maryland, please contact:
Kandice Chuh, Director of Graduate Studies (301-405-3798;
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Elizabeth Bearden, Medieval and Renaissance Area Group Coordinator (
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Potential students are also encouraged to communicate directly with
members of the Renaissance faculty about individual areas of study.
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