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UT Tyler Center for Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies |
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Mission Statement: The UT Tyler Center of Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies has two primary missions: 1) To facilitate the study of students interested in some classical, medieval, or renaissance studies; 2) To help scholars across disciplines to communicate and collaborate on projects of many kinds. In the spirit of its first mission, the CCMRS helps students to develop the research skills and awareness of resources required for the nuanced development of complex projects. Simultaneously, the Center will make it possible for students to become familiar with some of history's most powerful and creative minds, an experience that will sharpen their intellect, stimulate their creativity, and promote grace and clarity in their written and oral communication. In the spirit of its second mission, the CCMRS fosters communication between scholars in order to help them pool resources; collaborate on projects, proposals, and courses; sponsor symposia, lectures, and conferences; and promote the awareness and development of the humanities and the arts both at the university and local levels. In keeping with both of these missions, the center makes available information on relevant new minors and majors, maintain a web page, advises the Dean on the awarding of scholarship monies to qualified candidates, and develops resources and programs to augment the intellectual opportunities for UT students and to enhance the standing of UT Tyler within a larger scholarly community. Recent News/Faculty Activities "Orpheus Observed: Performance and Criticism from Classical Antiquity to the Present Day" Conference, March 22, 2008 - Pictures "Art Matters: Image and Interpretation from Classical Times to the Present Day" Conference March 3, 2007 Call for Papers - Art Matters: Image and Interpretation From Classical Antiquity to the Present Day "From Sophocles to Sondheim" Conference Pictures Final Program - "From Sophocles to Sondheim" Conference - April 7-8, 2006 Daniel S. Murphree, Assistant Professor of History, presented a paper titled "Settling Florida's Atlantic Borderlands: Subalterns, Immigrants, and Transnational Identity, 1564-1573" at the Fifth Annual British Group in Early American History - "Diasporas, Migration, and Identities" Conference in Cambridge, United Kingdom (September 9-11, 2005) Chantal Roussel-Zuazu, Assistant Professor of Spanish, presented a paper titled "El libro de viaje científico-histórico" at the Alexander von Humboldt Third International Conference - “Travel literature to and from Latin America from XV to XXI Centuries” in Vera Cruz, Mexico (July 18-22, 2005) Victor Scherb, Professor of English and Chair of the Department of Literature and Languages, had his article titled "Playing at Maturity in John Redford’s Wit and Science” published in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900. 45 (Spring 2005): 271-98. Jill E. Blondin, Assistant Professor of Art History, had her article titled "Power Made Visible: Pope Sixtus IV as Urbis Restaurator in Quattrocento Rome," published in The Catholic Historical Review, XCI (January 2005): 1-25. Edward Tabri, Assistant Professor of History, had his book titled Political Culture in the Early Northern Renaissance: The Court of Charles the Bold Duke of Normandy (1467-1477) published by Edwin Mellen Press in January 2005. "Plato to Potter" Conference Pictures
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Medieval and Renaissance Studies "Art Matters: Image and Interpretation from Classical Times to the Present Day" Conference March 3, 2007 "From Sophocles to Sondheim" Conference April 7-8, 2006 "From Plato to Potter" Conference March, 26, 2005 University of Texas at Tyler College of Arts & Sciences
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"My time at UT Tyler represents a period of tremendous growth in my life. I’ve always had a passion for the Middle Ages, but until starting my History/English degree I had never found soil where that passion could take root. The lectures, the readings, the papers and the exams expanded my knowledge of that era tremendously. More importantly, though, they challenged me to look in new ways at ages of the world that in the common view are shrouded in shadow. The veil was pulled back and I beheld the color, richness and humanity of the pre-modern world. Learning at UT Tyler was for me a communal affair. I spent countless hours discussing the merits and shortcomings of medieval works and their modern critics with professors and fellow students alike. In my opinion, the recent formation of the CCMRS is therefore an outward reflection of what has long been a reality at UT Tyler: a community of student and professional scholars working closely together to foster the pursuit of knowledge and a warm welcoming atmosphere of learning." -Seth Wilson UT Tyler Alumnus Graduate Student, Oxford University |
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