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Medieval Institute#Publications

The Medieval Institute (also known as the Medieval Institute of Western Michigan University){{cite web |title=Medieval Institute of Western Michigan University |url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG74809 |publisher=The British Museum |access-date=February 22, 2023}} is a research and teaching institute in the field of medieval studies associated with Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The institute was founded in 1962 and offered the United States's first publicly awarded Master of Arts degree in medieval studies.{{cite web|title=About|url=https://wmich.edu/medieval/about|accessdate=February 22, 2023|publisher=Medieval Institute}} Presently, the institute organizes the International Congress on Medieval Studies (an annual academic conference held for scholars specializing in, or with an interest in, medieval studies).{{cite web | url = http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/about-us/history.html | access-date = June 18, 2007 | title = A Brief History of the Medieval Institute | publisher = Western Michigan University | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080719105950/http://www.wmich.edu/medieval/about-us/history.html | archive-date = July 19, 2008 }}{{cite news | first = Meehan | last = Chris | title = Medievalists make annual Kalamazoo pilgrimage | publisher = Kalamazoo Gazette | date = May 3, 2006}}{{cite web|title=Western Michigan University {{!}} Western Michigan University: World's medievalists to convene virtually during annual congress |publisher=BuySellSignals|date=May 3, 2022|url=https://www.proquest.com/wire-feeds/western-michigan-university/docview/2660021809/se-2|accessdate=February 22, 2022}}

Publications

Publications authored by the Medieval Institute are released through the Medieval Institute Publications university press imprint. This press, which was founded in 1978 and became a member of the Association of University Presses in 2011,{{cite web|title=About|url=https://wmich.edu/medievalpublications/about|accessdate=February 22, 2023|publisher=Medieval Institute Press}}{{cite web |title=Our Members |url=https://aupresses.org/membership/membership-list/ |access-date=January 30, 2023 |publisher=Association of University Presses}} specializes in "archeology, art history, dance, drama, history, literature, music, philosophy, and theology of the European Middle Ages and early modern period".{{cite book|author=Association of University Presses|author-link=Association of University Presses|title=Directory 2021|publisher=Association of University Presses|location=Washington, DC|ISBN=9780945103455|year=2020|pages=111|chapter=Medieval Institute Publications}} The press currently operates in a partnership with the German academic publishing house De Gruyter.{{cite journal |author1=Morgenstern, J. D. |author2=Whitaker, T. |date=19 May 2021 |title=International Publishing Partnerships |journal=The Serials Librarian |publisher=Routledge |volume=80 |issue=1–4 |pages=35–40 |doi=10.1080/0361526X.2021.1877078 |issn=0361-526X|doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |date=July 26, 2018 |title=Medieval Institute Publications and De Gruyter Partnership |url=https://wmich.edu/arts-sciences/mip-degruyter-partnership |access-date=March 2, 2023 |publisher=Western Michigan University}}

=Book series=

Major book series released by Medieval Institute Publications include the following:

  • "Christianities Before Modernity"
  • "Early Drama, Art, and Music"
  • "Festschriften, Occasional Papers, and Lectures"
  • "Late Tudor and Stuart Drama: Gender, Performance, and Material Culture"
  • "Ludic Cultures, 1100–1700"
  • "Monastic Life"
  • "Monsters, Prodigies, and Demons: Medieval and Early Modern Constructions of Alterity"
  • "New Queer Medievalisms"
  • "The Northern Medieval World"
  • "Premodern Transgressive Literatures"
  • "Research in Medieval and Early Modern Culture"
  • "Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center"
  • "Studies in Iconography: Themes and Variations"
  • "Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Culture"
  • "Teaching Association for Medieval Studies (TEAMS) Commentary Series"
  • "TEAMS Documents of Practice"
  • "TEAMS German Texts in Bilingual Editions"
  • "TEAMS Middle English Texts Series"
  • "TEAMS Secular Commentary Series"
  • "TEAMS Varia"

=Journals=

Journals published by the press include:

References

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External links

  • [https://wmich.edu/medieval Official website].

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