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Meeting in the Middle Ages

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Patriotism
Medieval Political Thought
Nationalism
Islamic History
Teresa Of Avila
Pierre Ceffons
William Of Ockham
First Crusade
Medieval Letters
Manuscript Culture
Sufism
Zoroastrianism
Education / Teaching In Humanities
Political Theory
Christian–muslim Relations
Medieval South Asia
Kinship and Property
Java / Medieval Indonesia
Medieval Europe
Medieval Philosophy

Meeting in the Middle Ages is the Medieval Institute of Notre Dame's podcast. Our goal is to answer the questions "what do medievalists do, and how do they do it?" Episodes—a new one each month—are built around informal conversations between our hosts, Ben and Will, and medievalist scholars and graduate students. We discuss how they became medievalists, what led them to their current research, the... more

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This month, Dr. Anne Elise Crafton returns to the podcast to update us on their first year as the Professor of Early Literature and Linguistics at Mississippi University for Women. We discuss how medieval studies changes based on context, the joys an... more

This month, we chat with Dr. Mekhola Gomes, Assistant Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations at Amherst College, about copper plate land grants, kinship, and what it means to study the Middle Ages outside of Europe. Dr. Gomes disc... more

What happens to an ancient priesthood when the balance of power changes? This month, we’re joined by Dr. Kayla Dang, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies at Saint Louis University, to uncover the dramatic transformation of the Zoroastrian priesthoo... more

This month, we speak with Dr. Manolis Ulbricht, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame. Dr. Ulbricht has been tracing the transmission of Greek translations of the Qur'an and their use in Byzantine ant... more

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Mekhola Gomes
Assistant Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations at Amherst College; visiting scholar at the Medieval Institute
Amherst College; Initiative on Race and Resilience; Medieval Institute, Notre Dame
Episode: 33: Written in Copper: Charters, Kinship, and Medieval South Asia with Dr. Mekhola Gomes
Kayla Dang
Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies
Saint Louis University
Episode: 32: Zoroastrian Priests under Islam: Remapping Religious Landscapes with Dr. Kayla Dang
Manolis Ulbricht
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Postdoctoral Fellow at the Medieval Institute
University of Notre Dame
Episode: 31: From Damascus to Byzantium: Tracing Christian-Muslim Relations across the Middle Ages with Dr. Manolis Ulbricht
Dr. Linda G. Jones
Professor of Medieval History
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
Episode: 30: Preaching without Permission?: Women Preachers in Medieval Islam with Dr. Linda G. Jones
Thomas W. Smith
Keeper of the Scholars at Rugby School; head of Oxbridge Arts and Humanities
Rugby School
Episode: 29: Facts and Fiction: Rewriting the First Crusade with Dr. Thomas Smith
Dana Delibovi
Poet, essayist, translator, author of Sweet Hunter: The Complete Poems of St. Teresa of Avila
Author, Translator
Episode: 28: Marketing Mysticism 101: Hunting for Teresa of Avila with Dana Delibovi
Dr. Tyler Wolford
Byzantine archaeologist, Byzantine Studies Fellow
University of Notre Dame
Episode: 27: Spiritual Stronghold and Settlement Surveys: Uncovering Medieval Byzantium with Dr. Tyler Wolford
Cary Nederman
Professor of political science, Bush School of Texas A&M University; historian of political thought in the medieval period
Texas A&M University
Episode: 26: The Medieval Mind in the Lone Star State: Teaching Medieval Political Thought with Dr. Cary Nederman
Roberto Lambertini
Professor of Medieval History
University of Macerata
Episode: 25: The Devil's in the Details: Exploring Medieval Politics and Parody with Dr. Roberto Lambertini

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Will Beattie
Host of the podcast and co-host of the show, affiliated with the Medieval Institute at Notre Dame.
Ben Picari
Co-host and host of meetings in the Middle Ages, associated with Notre Dame's Medieval Institute.

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29: Facts and Fiction: Rewriting the First Crusade with Dr. Thomas Smith
Q: What makes the letters from the First Crusade so central to understanding the Crusade itself?
They reveal how information was produced, circulated, and received, showing that the narrative of the Crusade was shaped by manuscript culture, not just by the actions of armies. The letters are malleable and embedded in communal memory, which reconfigures our sense of historical events.
32: Zoroastrian Priests under Islam: Remapping Religious Landscapes with Dr. Kayla Dang
Q: How has her multilingual training influenced her research approach and how does she manage multiple languages?
Dang explains she doesn't memorize every language; she juggles them, using dictionaries and online tools, and learns by leveraging similarities between Arabic and related Semitic languages to access related scripts and texts.
32: Zoroastrian Priests under Islam: Remapping Religious Landscapes with Dr. Kayla Dang
Q: What sparked Kayla Dang's interest in this field and how did she get into the medieval world?
She describes a winding path from Classics in undergrad to Zoroastrian and Iranian studies, leveraging language work and advising relationships, which gradually led to a focus on how Iranian religious communities fit into Islamic history in the medieval period.
31: From Damascus to Byzantium: Tracing Christian-Muslim Relations across the Middle Ages with Dr. Manolis Ulbricht
Q: How do you introduce your work at conferences or professional settings?
He emphasizes his study of Christian–Muslim relations between Byzantium and Islam, aiming to connect religious, linguistic, and historical perspectives across centuries.
31: From Damascus to Byzantium: Tracing Christian-Muslim Relations across the Middle Ages with Dr. Manolis Ulbricht
Q: What do you do for a living, in simple terms and in more professional settings?
He is a historian specializing in Byzantium and Christian–Muslim relations, with a focus on the 7th–13th centuries and the study of sources in Greek and Arabic to understand cross-cultural dynamics.

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Meeting in the Middle Ages features informal conversations with medievalists and graduate students, exploring how researchers approach their work, the resources they use, and the realities of conducting humanities research. Episodes emphasize cross-regional and cross-disciplinary medieval studies, with guests ranging from epigraphy and charter studies to Byzantine archaeology, medieval Islam, and political thought. A notable strength is the strong emphasis on making scholarly work approachable—sharing career trajectories, teaching realities, and practical research methods—while highlighting non-European medieval histories and the process of turning archival material into book manuscripts. The show tends to feature senior scholars and rising... more

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