The Cathedral and Culture: Medieval York

FAIN: EH-50077-06

Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5200)
Paul E. Szarmach (Project Director: March 2006 to January 2009)

A four-week institute for twenty-five college and university teachers on medieval life and culture at University of York and York Cathedral in the United Kingdom.

The Richard Rawlinson Center for Anglo-saxon and Manuscript Research at the Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University, working with faculty and staff from the Centre for Medieval Studies at York University, proposes a Summer Institute for College and University Teachers on "The Cathedral and Culture: Medieval York," to be held at York Minster and collateral units of York University, June 18 thru July 13, 2007. Dr.'s Dee Dyas and Paul Szarmach will direct the institute. Using York Minster as a teaching laboratory, the institute will focus on two major units: 1) Anglo-Saxon England and Northumbria; 2) Late Medieval York. Verbal, visual, and material evidence will combine to give participants an interdisciplinary perspectivefor their teaching and research. The Medieval Institute will offer participants venues for the publication and dissemination of their work.