Program Overview

Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program

The Medieval and Early Modern Studies program at Rice University offers a major and a minor, enabling students to study medieval and early modern cultures in the period between 300 and 1800 A.D. Both the major and minor are interdisciplinary and foster a global perspective, combining a broad background in various aspects of medieval and early modern culture with more specialized study in a selected field.

Fields of Emphasis

These fields of emphasis or specialized study include:

• Medieval and early modern art history
• History
• Literature (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, or Latin)
• Music
• Philosophy
• Religion

Bachelor's Program

• Bachelor of Arts (BA) Degree with a Major in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Minor

• Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies

Graduate Program

Medieval and Early Modern Studies does not currently offer an academic program at the graduate level.

Program Director and Advisor

• Program Director: Claire Fanger
• Program Advisor: Claire Fanger

Faculty

The program's faculty includes:

• Professors:
  • Lisa A. Balabanlilar
  • Gregory Barnett
  • Joseph A. Campana, Jr.
  • David Cook
  • Lori Diel
  • Jeffrey B. Fleisher
  • Shih-Shan Susan Huang
  • Joseph Manca
  • Scott McGill
  • Alida C. Metcalf
  • Brian Ogren
  • Edward A. Snow
• Associate Professors:
  • Sherwin Bryant
  • Niki Clements
  • Daniel Domingues Da Silva
  • Sarah Ellenzweig
  • Farshid Emami
  • Claire Fanger
  • Emily Houlik-Ritchey
  • Eric Huntington
  • Andrew Kraebel
  • Maya Soifer Irish
  • Peter V. Loewen
  • Aysha Pollnitz
• Assistant Professors:
  • Denva Gallant
  • Jaymin Kim
  • Susannah Wright
• Senior Lecturer:
  • Ted Somerville
• Lecturers:
  • Philip Mogen
  • Kevin "Casey" Shoenberger, Jr.

Courses

The Medieval and Early Modern Studies program offers a variety of courses, including:

• MDEM 101 - ELEMENTARY LATIN I
• MDEM 102 - ELEMENTARY LATIN II
• MDEM 103 - INTRODUCTION TO JEWISH MYSTICISM
• MDEM 111 - INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ART I: ANCIENT TO MEDIEVAL
• MDEM 120 - MEDIEVAL CIVILIZATIONS
• MDEM 205 - MEDIEVAL MEDITERRANEAN WORLD
• MDEM 210 - MEDIEVAL VIOLENCE
• MDEM 211 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN I: PROSE
• MDEM 212 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN II
• MDEM 222 - MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE ERAS
• MDEM 230 - EARLY MEDIEVAL ART
• MDEM 231 - LATER MEDIEVAL ART
• MDEM 238 - SPECIAL TOPICS
• MDEM 271 - MEDIEVAL POPULAR CHRISTIANITY
• MDEM 281 - GOLDEN AGE OF ISLAM
• MDEM 308 - THE WORLD OF LATE ANTIQUITY
• MDEM 311 - THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF AFRICA
• MDEM 316 - CHAUCER
• MDEM 317 - ARTHURIAN LITERATURE
• MDEM 319 - MEDIEVAL ROMANCE
• MDEM 320 - DIRECTED READING IN MEDIEVAL STUDIES
• MDEM 323 - BUDDHIST AND DAOIST ART AND RITUAL
• MDEM 324 - CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE IN MEDIEVAL SPAIN
• MDEM 327 - EUROPEAN FRONTIER SOCIETIES
• MDEM 340 - NORTHERN RENAISSANCE ART
• MDEM 343 - MASTERS OF THE BAROQUE ERA
• MDEM 350 - DEMONS, MENTAL ILLNESS AND MEDICINE
• MDEM 357 - JEWS AND CHRISTIANS IN MEDIEVAL EUROPE
• MDEM 370 - INTRODUCTION TO TRADITIONAL CHINESE POETRY
• MDEM 373 - CHINESE ART AND THE WORLD
• MDEM 375 - INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL CHINESE NOVELS
• MDEM 377 - MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS
• MDEM 379 - WOMEN IN CHINESE LITERATURE
• MDEM 398 - INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES
• MDEM 435 - MULTICULTURAL EUROPE
• MDEM 436 - LITERATURE AND CULTURE OF THE MIDDLE AGES: KING ARTHUR
• MDEM 444 - VISIONS AND VISIONARY PRACTICES: MEDIEVAL TO MODERN
• MDEM 456 - COLLEGIUM MUSICUM
• MDEM 477 - SPECIAL TOPICS
• MDEM 494 - SENIOR THESIS
• MDEM 495 - SENIOR THESIS

Course Catalog/Schedule

• Course offerings/subject code: MDEM

Department (or Program) Description and Code

• Medieval and Early Modern Studies: MDEM

Undergraduate Degree Description and Code

• Bachelor of Arts degree: BA

Undergraduate Major Description and Code

• Major in Medieval and Early Modern Studies: MDEM

Undergraduate Minor Description and Code

• Minor in Medieval and Early Modern Studies: MDMM

CIP Code and Description

• MDEM Major/Program: CIP Code/Title: 30.1301 - Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• MDMM Minor: CIP Code/Title: 30.1301 - Medieval and Renaissance Studies