There are eleven medieval history faculty available on campus to students. The resources of the Medieval Institute and over twenty medievalists in other departments are also available to those specializing in medieval history. Students may study many geographic regions at WMU including: Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Central Europe, Byzantium, the Middle East/North Africa, and China. We particularly welcome applicants interested in the medieval Mediterranean, social history, and religion and culture in comparative perspective.

The largest contingent of our 50-60 actively enrolled graduate students is in medieval history. Graduate work in medieval history at Western Michigan University includes field preparation through readings and topics courses, original research on primary sources in seminars, and rigorous training in historical methods and theory. All students are continuously enrolled in Latin until they pass a graduate course in medieval Latin and all students study other medieval or modern languages related to their program.

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Faculty List

Links
Institute of Cistercian Studies and Cistercian Publications

Medieval Institute

Rawlinson Center for Anglo-Saxon Studies

Faculty
Beech, George (Johns Hopkins), emeritus; France and England in the High Middle Ages, social and institutional history, Founding Co-Editor, Medieval Prosopography

Berkhofer, Robert (Harvard) France and England in the High Middle Ages, social and legal history; Co-Editor, The Medieval Review

Breisach, Ernst (Vienna ), emeritus; Historiography and Historical Theory, Renaissance Europe

Elder, E. Rozanne (Toronto) Medieval intellectual history, monasticism; Director, Institute for Cistercian Studies and Editorial Director, Cistercian Publications

Maier, Paul (Basel) Roman history, early Christianity, Reformation

Palmitessa, James R. (New York University) Europe ca. 1400-1800, society and religion, urban history, material culture, central Europe

Simon, Larry J. (UCLA) Spain, Italy, and the Mediterranean, Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations; Editor, Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World series (Brill Publishers)

Xiong, Victor C. (Australian National) Chinese history and archaeology (Sui-Tang period), urban, social and cultural history