Fall 2021 Graduate Courses

Courses accepted for credit toward the MA degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Course listings change often, please check departmental websites, as well as this page, to confirm courses.

As the situation surrounding COVID-19 develops please check https://covid19.columbia.edu/ for updates from the University's COVID-19 Taskforce. 

The department of Art History and Archaeology requires students to apply for registration in certain courses please see the department website for more information. 

AHIS GU4727
Medieval Monuments and Memory
M. Boomer

AHIS GR6601
Painting in the Song Dynasty
R. Harrist

AHIS GR8366
Renaissance Portraits
M. Cole

Reading Rome in the Middle Ages and Beyond
Carmela Franklin
GU4160

OE/Norse/Celtic/ Literature 
Patricia Dailey
GU4093

16th Century Poetry
Molly Murray
GU4209

Human Limits in the Middle Ages: Animals, Reason, and Race
K. Steel
GU4231

Tudor-Stuart Drama
Lauren E. Robertson
GU4702

History of the English Language
David Yerkes
GU4901

Early modern Theatricality and Playhouse Space
L. Robertson
GR6932

French Literature of the 17th Century
Pierre Force
GU4301

Making and Knowing in Early Modern Europe
Pamela Smith
GU4962

Muslims in Early Modern Europe
David Do Paco
GR5294

Topics in Jewish Studies
GU4990 Sec. 1
Isabelle Levy

Philology
GU6021
Kosto

Directed Individual Readings
GR6990
Kosto

MA Thesis I
GR6998
Kosto

MA Thesis II
GR6999
Kosto

Sem-Historical Musicology Middle Ages
GR 8101
Susan Boynton

Satisfies Book Course Requirement for MedRen Program

Friday, 10-12, Chang Room (RBML)

This seminar will provide an introduction to the study of medieval Latin liturgical chant manuscripts with an emphasis on digital humanities. Focusing on manuscripts in Columbia collections, students will learn discipline-specific research methods in medieval chant studies, including material description, analysis of textual contents, contributing to databases, and creating new resources. With support from Digital Publishing Librarian Michelle Wilson, we will engage in three DH activities (two as a group and the third in small groups or independently). Along the way students will be asked to reflect on their experiences working with different tools and technologies and to assess the impact of digital space, varying forms of scholarly communications, and audience on their research methodologies and scholarship.

Political Thought- Classical and Medieval
GU4132
G. Giorgini

Students may take courses at the Union Theological Seminary and receive credit in the MedRen Program with the permission of the Instructor and Program Director. Please consult the UTS Course Directory and contact the MedRen Program Manager for more information.