Medieval Institute

Medieval Institute
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5432 USA
(269) 387-8745

Courses

Western Michigan University offers a variety of graduate courses of interest to medievalists. Each semester the Medieval Institute produces a list of upcoming courses, which can be downloaded below. You can also check WMU Course Offerings to see which courses are currently offered.
DOWNLOAD FALL 2025 COURSE LIST
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Fall 2025 courses

  • 5300 Medieval Literature (Schulman, J.)
    - W 4:00-6:20, 3408 Dunbar 
  • 5760/6970 Introduction to Old Norse (Schulman, J.)
    - Th 4:00-6:20, 3402 Dunbar
  • 5910 Gender Theory and History (Pérez-Villa, A.)
    - W 4:00-6:30, 2025 Brown
  • 6010 Historiography (Simon, L.)
    - Tu 5:30-8:00, 2422 Dunbar 
  • 6090 Early Modern Worlds (Palmitessa, J.)
    - Th 6:30-9:00, 2426 Dunbar 
  • 1000 Basic Latin I (Martin, H.)
    - M/Tu/W/Th 11:00-11:50; 3409 Dunbar
  • 2000 Introduction to Latin Literature (Barney, J.)
    - Tu/Th 10:00-11:40, 3426 Dunbar 
  • 2010 Latin Composition and Style (Kutzko, D.) 
    - Tu/Th 2:00-3:40, Location TBD
  • 6000 Advanced Seminar, Newberry Library, Chicago 
    - Discovery, Exploration, and Legacy: The Shifting Influence of Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America
    - Application deadline: May 15, 2025
    - Time and format: W 1:00–4:00pm (12:00–3:00 Central), Hybrid (some meetings in person, TBD) from Oct 1 to Dec 1
  • 6150 Teaching World Religions (Covell, S.)
    - F 10:00-12:30, 1111 Moore

Recent courses

Listed below are courses recently offered by the Medieval Institute's affiliated faculty, as well as other courses of interest to medievalists.

  • ART 5210: Medieval Foreign Encounters (Kubiski)
  • ART 5210: Medieval Manuscripts (Kubiski)
  • REL 6100: Theory and Method (Wanner, Perkins)
  • REL 6150: Teaching World Religions (Covell, Wilson)
  • REL 6200: Medieval Religions (Wanner)
  • ENGL 5300: Medieval Literature (various)
  • ENGL 5320: English Renaissance Literature (Tiffany)
  • ENGL 5390: Post-Colonial Literature (Mirzeler)
  • ENGL 5550: Chaucer (Sweany)
  • ENGL 5750: Icelandic Sagas in Translation (Schulman)
  • ENGL 5760/ENGL 6100: Introduction to Old Norse (Schulman)
  • ENGL 5770/ENGL 6970: Advanced Readings in Old Norse (Schulman)
  • ENGL 5970: Non-Shakespeare Renaissance Drama (Tiffany)
  • ENGL 6100: "Beowulf" and Old Norse Analogues (Schulman)
  • ENGL 6100: Bodies of Old English Literature (Sweany)
  • ENGL 6100: The Devil's in the Details (Schulman)
  • ENGL 6100: Medieval Women (Steuer)
  • ENGL 6100: Monstrosity in Old English Literature (Schulman)
  • ENGL 6100: Old English Heroic Literature (Schulman)
  • ENGL 6150: Literary Criticism (Nagle)
  • ENGL 6300: Professionalization in English (various)
  • ENGL 6520: Shakespeare Comedy (Tiffany)
  • ENGL 6520: Shakespeare Tragedy (Tiffany)
  • ENGL 6760: Old English (Schulman)
  • FREN 5000/LANG 5800: Beginning French for Reading Knowledge (various)
  • FREN 5010/LANG 5800: Intermediate French for Reading Proficiency (various)
  • FREN 5400: Old French Language and Literature (Lynde-Recchia)
  • GER 5000/LANG 5800: German for Reading Proficiency I (various)
  • GER 5010/LANG 5800: German for Reading Proficiency II (various)
  • HIST 5000: Topics in History: Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity (Strong)
  • HIST 5495: Burgundian/Hapsburg 1400-1600 (Murray and Palmitessa)
  • HIST 5501/HIST 6730: Medieval History Proseminar (Berkhofer)
  • HIST 5850: Global Islams (Tabor)
  • HIST 5891: Digital Humanities (Hadden)
  • HIST 6010: Historiography (various)
  • HIST 6115: Readings in Ancient History: Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient Word (Strong)
  • HIST 6120: Readings in Medieval History: Social and Political History of Early Medieval Europe (Berto)
  • HIST 6120: Readings in Medieval History: History and Memory in Medieval Italy (Berto)
  • HIST 6120: Readings in Medieval History: Rulers and Regions in Medieval Europe (Berkhofer)
  • HIST 6120: Readings in Medieval History: Cultural History of Medieval Italy (Berto)
  • HIST 6350: Research Techniques in Medieval History (various)
  • HIST 6440: Material Culture (Palmitessa)
  • HIST 6730: Research Seminar in History: Writing History When It Counts (Benac)
  • HIST 6820: Research Seminar in Medieval History: Medieval Mediterranean (Berto)
  • HIST 6820: Research Seminar in Medieval History: Medieval Historical Writing (Berkhofer)
  • HIST 6820: Research Seminar in Medieval History: Muslim-Christian-Jewish Relations in the Middle Ages (Simon)
  • HIST 6820: Research Seminar in Medieval History: The Mendicants and Their World, 1200-1500 (Simon)
  • HIST 6820: Research Seminar in Medieval History: Writing and Reckoning in the Middle Ages (Berkhofer)
  • HIST 6980: College Teaching and Professional Development (Hadden)
  • LAT 1000: Basic Latin I (Various)
  • LAT 1010: Basic Latin II (Various)
  • LAT 2000: Introduction to Latin Literature (Barney)
  • LAT 5600: Medieval Latin (Johnson, Kutzko)
  • MDVL 5970: Directed Study (various)
  • MDVL 6000: Advanced Seminar in Medieval Studies: Boethian Abolition (Chaganti, virtually through the Newberry Library)
  • MDVL 6000: Advanced Seminar in Medieval Studies: Codicology and Latin Paleography (Harrington)
  • MDVL 6000: Advanced Seminar in Medieval Studies: Digital Humanities and Premodern Studies (Fletcher/Magni, at the Newberry Library)
  • MDVL 6000: Advanced Seminar in Medieval Studies: Researching Medieval Performance (Durham)
  • MDVL 6000: Advanced Seminar in Medieval Studies: Super Amorem Mulierum (Johnson)
  • MDVL 6000: Advanced Seminar in Medieval Studies: Materiality, Mobility, Mind: Early Modern Printed Images (Zorach, at the Newberry Library)
  • MDVL 7000: Master's Thesis (various)
  • MDVL 7100: Independent Research (various)
  • MDVL 7120: Professional Field Experience (various)
  • SPAN 5600: Survey of Spanish Literature to the 18th Century (Pastrana-Pérez)
  • SPAN 5600: Viaje, Conquista, Exploración (Pastrana-Pérez)
  • SPAN 6070: Dialectologia (Pastrana-Pérez)
  • SPAN 6070: Lengua Española en su historia (Pastrana-Pérez)
  • SPAN 6100: Cross-Cultural Encounters (Ohanna)
  • SPAN 6100: Minorities on Stage (Ohanna)
  • SPAN 6200: Topics in Spanish Literature: Armas y letras (Ohanna)
  • SPAN 6260: Survey of Spanish Literature: Medieval (Pastrana-Pérez)
  • SPAN 6600: History of the Spanish Language (Pastrana-Pérez)