312 Milbank
854-5321
pusher@barnard.edu
http://medren.barnard.edu
This program is supervised by the Committee on Medieval and Renaissance Studies:
Art History: Professors Keith Moxey, Stephen Murray (CU), David Rosand (CU), Associate Professor Holger Klein (CU)
Classics: Professor Carmela Franklin (CU)
English: Professors Christopher Baswell, Susan Crane (CU), Kathy Eden (CU), Achsah Guibbory, Kim Hall, Jean Howard (CU), Peter Platt, Anne Lake Prescott, James Shapiro (CU), Paul Strohm (CU), Associate Professors Julie Crawford (CU), Assistant Professors Patricia Dailey (CU), and Molly Murray (CU), Senior Lecturer Timea Szell
French: Assistant Professor Phillip Usher (Chair), Senior Lecturer Laurie Postlewate
History: Professors Martha Howell (CU), Joel Kaye, Deborah Valenze, Associate Professors Matthew Jones (CU), Adam Kosto (CU), Pamela Smith (CU) and Assistant Professor Neslihan Senocak (CU)
Italian: Professor Teodolinda Barolini (CU), Associate Professor Jo Ann Cavallo (CU)
Philosophy: Professors Alan Gabbey and Christia Mercer (CU)
Religion: Professors Robert Somerville (CU), Peter Awn (CU), Elizabeth Castelli
Spanish: Assistant Professor Orlando Bentancor
The Medieval and Renaissance program at Barnard College is designed to enable students to acquire both a broad knowledge of the European Middle Ages and/or Renaissance and a richer and more detailed understanding in one area of concentration chosen by the student. Students can elect to concentrate in one of the following disciplines: art history, history, literature, philosophy, romance languages and cultures, music, or religion. We encourage our students to take advantage of relevant courses taught at Columbia as well as at Barnard, with the result that more than sixty courses are currently listed as approved for the major.
Student Learning Outcomes
Students who graduate with a major in Medieval and Renaissance Studies will be able to attain the following outcomes:
- Demonstrate a broad knowledge of the European Middle Ages and/or Renaissance.
- Show they also have in-depth knowledge in their chosen concentration of study.
- Create an original research project centered in primary sources.
