Month: September 2012

Newsreel It’s a slow news week, but it’s interesting to see what constitutes a slow news week in archaeology. This week sees artifacts unearthing themselves (less than medieval, but still awesome), and the grave of a mysterious warrior. Both of these finds are in Poland, which is rich with a history stretching back thousands of […]

I got a lot of reactions to the Tolkien article in last week’s Newsreel. Most of them wondered what Tolkien has to do with medieval studies. Middle earth isn’t exactly historical, and even the commentary and metaphor in it isn’t a commentary on medieval events, but on ones contemporary to the author. So why do […]

Newsreel It’s not what you think. Unless you think I’ve started subscribing to the National Geographic school of post-naming, in which case you’re a little right. There’s a lot of neat things going on in classics and medieval studies this week. For scholarship, there’s a great article on the influence of J. R. R. Tolkien, […]

Newsreel This week I’ve got a pretty interesting selection here. A medieval medical manuscript that’s an odd mix of science and folklore, research on the criminal profiling done by the vikings, and…There was something else. Oh yes, archaeologists may have actually found the bones of Richard III. This is a really big deal. 

Resources If you’re looking for a quiet place to study, or a place to get some help with your Latin, look no further. In the Modern Languages building, you’ll find two rooms devoted to this task. The Classics (and Medieval) lounge in ML 245B is a second home to a lot of students, providing a […]

Newsreel Not just my Hot Hot Heat cover band or an amazing B movie title anymore! This week’s Newsreel starts in England with a curse scroll, and tours the world to bring you dog archaeologists from Australia and baby volcanoes in Germany. Strange things are afoot in the world of classical studies, but have no […]

Dear parents, You’ve been waiting a while for your child to declare their major, and you may be surprised when they come home for the summer and tell you that it’s classical studies. You were probably hoping for accounting, business, or even engineering, and you’re not sure how it’s different from a regular history degree. […]