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Marcelle Couto | Friday, September 24, 2021
This year, the Notre Dame Medieval Institute is celebrating its 75th anniversary since its inception in 1946. The Notre Dame Medieval Institute is the nation’s “largest and most prestigious” center for the study of the Middle Ages. It contains fifty faculty members from thirteen different departments and an incomparable library with a growing collection of
Anna Hurt | Tuesday, February 18, 2020
When Susan Ohmer, professor of film and television, was approached about teaching a new course titled “Harry Potter, Medievalism and Transmedia Narratives,” she said “it didn’t take me more than five seconds to think about it before I said ‘yes.’” The class, which focuses on author J.K. Rowling’s popular fantasy book series and subsequent film
Mary Steurer | Wednesday, November 1, 2017
The Medieval Institute at Notre Dame will celebrate medieval culture and the work of author J.R.R. Tolkien with a special screening of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, co-sponsored by the Meg and John P. Brogan Endowment for Classic Cinema. The festival begins Thursday with an introduction to the films by graduate student Maj-Britt Frenze
Natalie Weber | Friday, September 8, 2017
On the seventh floor of the Hesburgh Library, students can access resources from one of the most well known medieval institutes in North America — Notre Dame’s own Medieval Institute. “Notre Dame has resources for undergraduate education that almost nobody else has,” Thomas Burman, the Robert Conway Director of the Medieval Institute, said. “And those resources