Medieval Studies is an interdisciplinary program that explores the many cultures of the European and Middle Eastern Middle Ages from the viewpoints of history, literature, religious studies, drama, art, and music.
Undergraduate Program
Students build individual programs drawing on several different subject fields. In addition, cross-listed courses in the Medieval Studies Program put students in touch with medievalists both at UCSB and in the larger scholarly community. Each year one upper-division course from a participating department that fulfills the requirements of the medieval studies major is cross-listed as Medieval Studies 100 (A-Z). The instructor from that course invites faculty from other UCSB departments to guest teach classes. The students in the Medieval Studies 100 (A-Z) are also invited to attend the medieval Colloquium Series.
Graduate Program
The program offers a Ph.D. emphasis in European Medieval Studies, which all Ph.D. and M.A. candidates in the humanities are eligible to pursue. The emphasis has been developed primarily for Ph.D. candidates whose dissertations focus on medieval studies, but in keeping with our interdisciplinary interests, we also welcome graduate students specializing in Early Modern Studies, Classics, and other related fields.
The following faculty are in this field
The following courses are in this field
- History 200E Historical Literature: Europe
- History 201E Advanced Historical Literature: Europe
- History 215A Seminar in Medieval History
- History 215B Seminar in Medieval History
- History 215E Research Seminar in Medieval Social History
- History 215F Research Seminar in Medieval Social History