Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies records, 1966-1982
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Summary
- Creator:
- Duke University. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
- Abstract:
- Contains the records of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, an interdisciplinary degree-granting program for scholars at Duke University. The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies was established around 1968 in an effort to join and strengthen the medieval and renaissance programs at Duke University. Also includes materials of the Committee on Medieval and Renaissance Studies concerning the development of the program, the Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Types of materials include correspondence, budgets, newsletters, curriculum planning materials, announcements, reports, and minutes. Major subjects include the Duke University faculty, Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, university cooperation, renaissance study and teaching, and humanities study and teaching. Materials range in date from 1966 to 1982. English.
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English.
- Collection ID:
- UA.26.03.0008
- University Archives Record Group:
- 26 -- Interdisciplinary Institutes, Research Centers, and Departments
26 -- Interdisciplinary Institutes, Research Centers, and Departments > 03 -- University-wide Interdisciplinary programs
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains correspondence, newsletters, curriculum planning materials, budgets, announcements, reports, and minutes pertaining to the establishment and operation of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Duke University. This collection reflects cooperative curriculum development among faculty of fine arts, sciences, literature, history, religion and philosophy departments. Materials range in date from 1966 to 1982.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies was established at Duke University around 1968 after a committee on Medieval and Renaissance Studies formed around 1966 to examine the possibilities of combining courses from a variety of disciplines. The committee analyzed faculty resources at Duke University and critiqued programs at other institutions. The committee then made recommendations to establish a Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, create a journal, provide undergraduate and graduate study programs, and establish a monograph series to permit publication of studies relating to the Renaissance and Middle Ages. Additionally, they recommended reviving the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, active at Duke University from 1963 to 1969.
Each proposal was approved, and interdisciplinary coursework was planned for the 1968-1969 academic year under the guidance of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Committee and the Duke Humanities Council. The distinguishing feature of the Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies was the requirement of intensive work in the transmission of medieval texts. Degree-granting programs combined courses in fine arts, languages, history, and philosophy to achieve the goals of a well-rounded education in the humanities. The Center also sponsored or supported conferences, symposia, lecture series, meetings, and cooperative workshops with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 1971, the Center has produced the Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies (formerly titled Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies).
As of 2003, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies has over forty faculty in ten different departments. All faculty participate in the University Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, which is the academic unit of the Center. The Center currently collaborates with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University in the Joint Program for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
- Acquisition information:
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Transfer; 1978; 78-64.
Gift; 1989; 89-84.
Gift; 1992; 92-78.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Emily Glenn
Completed March 2003
Encoded by Emily Glenn, March 2003
- Physical location:
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives, Duke University.
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Subjects
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- Subjects:
- Civilization, Medieval -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Humanities -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Southern States
History -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States
Renaissance -- Study and teaching -- North Carolina
Journal of medieval and Renaissance studies
University cooperation - Names:
- Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- Faculty -- History
Duke University -- Faculty -- History
Duke University. Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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