Research
The Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University fosters research on various aspects of medieval studies and hosts the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies.
Research activities and resources include:
- The Rawlinson Center, which promotes the study of early medieval England and manuscripts.
- The annual Otto Gründler Book Prize.
- A distinguished lecture series, the Loew Lectures in medieval studies.
- The Wallace Johnson Program for First Book Authors.
Find bibliographies, indices, articles, and a collection of essays of the Early, Drama, Art, and Music project on ScholarWorks at WMU, the University's digital commons.
Search the Medieval Institute libraries' holdings of books, offprints, microforms, and video and audio.
Digital Projects
WMU Libraries is currently developing a digital project on Cistercian Women’s houses in the Middle Ages. The Cistercian Women Wiki is a collaboration with the Transkribus Project at the University of Innsbruck, the Verein zur Gründung und Förderung der "Europäischen Akademie für Cistercienserforschung" im ehemaligen Kloster Lehnin and the compilers of Cistopedia: Encyclopedia Cisterciensis. The portal will provide access to unpublished notes by Leopold Janauschek (1827–1898) and an interface for researchers to contribute new information. This project is based on work begun when the Medieval Institute administered various programs in Cistercian Studies.
