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In this MA Research Seminar, students study the foundations of the discipline making up Medieval Studies. They will also get acquainted with some of the fields of work in which medievalists can be found.
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An advanced course, covering the current state of affairs in the field of Medieval Studies. Using the theoretical frameworks from 'Fundamentals of AMRS', this course focuses on the problems scholars in Medieval Studies are currently facing and the various solutions they have found. Medieval Studies feature a wide spectrum of disciplines and currents. This course is meant as a critical introduction to these multiple approaches, methods and topics. In a series of seminars, attention will be paid, a.o. to 'new' sources and their exegesis; new areas of study; the major theories in the fields of history, literature, and art as they apply to medieval studies. Which theories are currently en vogue in medieval studies? What is the relationship between these theories and the ways in which we select and use our sources? What are their strengths and weaknesses and how did the modern disciplines and sub-disciplines come about? And what about the place of the medievalist in present-day society?
Career orientation:
General introduction to the fields in which medievalists find work
Early exit option for international exchange students
Students who are required to return to their home university by the end of December, are allowed to complete the course by 'distance learning' (extra assignments, papers etc) in the month of January, receiving 5 ECTS for the course. Students must always make individual arrangements with the course coordinator before the start of the course.
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