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Axis-Based Research
UCLA’s world-class research hub promotes and sustains transdisciplinary studies of the periods from the 3rd to the 17th century CE across the globe. More than a half-century after its founding, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) is now known as CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CMRS–CEGS).
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Publications at CMRS-CEGS
The volumes published under the CMRS-CEGS aegis include the highly-regarded journal Viator, the graduate student journal Comitatus, the Cursor Mundi book series, and the proceedings from many of our conferences.
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Student Support
CMRS-CEGS supports graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in their academic and research activities through fellowships, travel grants, research assistantships, research funds, publication projects, and classes.
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Mellon Foundation Grant
Congratulations to our director, Zrinka Stahuljak, as she and Professor Shannon Speed (Director of UCLA American Indian Studies Center) have received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support their project called “Race in the Global Past through Native Lenses.”
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News at CMRS-CEGS
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In memoriam: Diego Loukota, 38, specialist in Indian and Central Asian Buddhism, ‘once-in-a-generation’ intellect
UCLA Humanities | March 27, 2024 Diego Loukota, assistant professor of Asian languages and cultures, died at the age of 38 on March 17, in his home...
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Jamie Kreiner joins UCLA as Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History
The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is excited to welcome Professor Jamie Kreiner, Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History! Kreiner is a historian...
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Marco Polo: The travel writer who shocked medieval Europe
Interview by Christina Burack with Professor Margaret Kim, CMRS-CEGS 2018 Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Professor Kim also gave the CMRS-CEGS co-sponsored talk, Kublai Khan's Body: Marco Polo and...
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Call for Papers: Cultivating and Contesting the Spiritual Meaning of Male Hair
Viator Cluster: “Cultivating and Contesting the Spiritual Meaning of Male Hair” Editors: Dawn LaValle Norman (Australian Catholic University) and Lea Niccolai (Cambridge University) The connection between hair and the...
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CMRS-CEGS Director, Zrinka Stahuljak, to deliver CARA Plenary at 99th annual meeting of the Medieval Academy of America 2024
At the upcoming 99th annual meeting of the Medieval Academy of America 2024, Zrinka Stahuljak (Director, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies) will deliver the CARA Plenary....
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CMRS-CEGS announces sponsorship of seven panels at upcoming annual meeting of RSA Chicago 2024
We are proud to share that UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CMRS-CEGS) is sponsoring seven panels at the upcoming annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of...
