Director Ernesto Virgulti Professor Rosemary Hale Adjunct Professor André Basson (Campus Ministries) Participating Faculty Renee-Claude Breitenstein (Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures), Michael J. Carter (Classics), Fanny Dolansky (Classics), Corrado Federici (Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures), Leah Knight (English Language and Literature), Mathew Martin (English Language and Literature), R. Andrew McDonald (History), Elizabeth Neswald (History), Brian E.Power (Music), Virginia Reh (Dramatic Arts), Matthew Royal (Music), Felipe Ruan (Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures), Elizabeth Sauer (English Language and Literature), David Schimmelpenninck (History), María del Carmen Suescún Pozas (History), Ernesto Virgulti (Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures) Academic Adviser Alisa Cunnington |
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Administrative Assistant Marija Gojmerac 905-688-5550, extension 5325 573 Glenridge 248 The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies offers an opportunity to study medieval and Renaissance culture and society from an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural study of the history, literature, languages, philosophy, and art of a wide array of cultures across the globe from 400 CE to 1700 CE, with co-operating faculty from Digital Humanities, English Language and Literatures, History, Modern Languages, Literature and Cultures, Music, Dramatic Arts, Visual Arts, and Women's and Gender Studies. The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies offers a combined major program leading to a BA (Honours or Pass) and Minor for students in other disciplines. Medieval and Renaissance Studies can be combined with any other program offering a combined major option. Medieval and Renaissance Studies core courses may also be taken as electives by students in other disciplines. Course offerings and faculty interests range from the last centuries of the Roman world to Renaissance Italy, from Byzantium to Iceland, and from the reading of Latin literature to the analysis of Chaucer, Dante and Shakespeare among many others, as well as the music and art of the period. The Middle Ages and Renaissance are instrumental in shaping the cultures in which we live. The interdisciplinary understanding of how Medieval and Renaissance cultures worked will illustrate their legacy to us, and their importance in shaping who and what we are. The program seeks to develop the skills and habits of critical inquiry, analysis, argument and expression needed for the rigorous treatment of these questions. The Centre advises students to have their programs reviewed each year by the Faculty of Humanities Undergraduate Adviser and/or the Director. Students planning to enter fourth year are required to have their programs approved by the Faculty of Humanities Undergraduate Adviser as well as the Director. Students considering graduate work in Medieval and/or Renaissance Studies should note that graduate programs normally require competence in Latin and other languages depending on the specific area of study. |
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Students wishing to major in Medieval and Renaissance Studies must declare a second discipline for a combined major program. For requirements in the second discipline, the student should consult the relevant department/centre. It should be noted that not all departments/centres provide a combined major option. Year 1
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Students in other disciplines may obtain a Minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies by successfully completing the following courses with a minimum 60 percent overall average:
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Note: As many of the courses listed below have prerequisites, students should plan their programs in advance. Roman Civilization Culture and Civilization of Central Europe: From the Prehistoric to the Carolingian Period (also offered as GERM 1P93) Myths of the Greek and Roman World Myths of the Heroic Age Study in Mediterranean Lands (also offered as VISA 3M20-3M29) History of the Early Roman Empire (also offered as HIST 3P06) Art and Architecture of Rome in the Imperial Age (also offered as VISA 3P23) Shakespeare in Performance Chaucer: The Poetry Sixteenth-Century Literature Early 17th-Century Literature Shakespeare 1590-1603 (also offered as LART 2P80) Shakespeare 1603-1614 (also offered as LART 2P81) Shakespeare's Comedies (also offered as LART 2P82) Shakespeare's Tragedies (also offered as LART 2P83) Non-Shakespearean Drama in England, 1576-1642 Spenser and the Age of Elizabeth The Literature of Milton's Time Romance and Visionary Literature of the late Middle Ages Literature of the English Revolution (also offered as HIST 4P00) Culture and Civilization of France to 1700 Medieval French Literature Sixteenth-Century Literature Early Medieval Britain 400-1000: Celts, Saxons and Vikings The Medieval British Isles, 1000-1485 Revolutions in Communication (also offered as IASC 2P25) The Middle East, 600-1800 (also offered as MARS 2P70) Western Science From Aristotle to Newton (also offered as LART 2P75) Making Modern Science (also offered as LART 2P76) Europe's Reformations, 1450-1650 Early Russia The Viking Age The World of Genghis Khan: Inner Asia since 500 BC (also offered as INTC 3P60) The Crusades Wallace, Bruce and the Wars of Scotland Witchcraft Episodes in Britain and America, 1500-1700 Language (Introductory) Language and Literature I Language and Literature II History of Music in the Middle Ages History of Music in the Renaissance History of Music and Liturgy to 1600 Topics in the History of Theory: Renaissance and Baroque |
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Note that not all courses are offered in every session. Refer to the applicable term timetable for details. # Indicates a cross listed course * Indicates primary offering of a cross listed course |
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Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met. Medieval and Renaissance Civilizations Key themes, problems and topics in Medieval and Renaissance civilizations, including: the development of concepts of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; notions of decline, renewal, rebirth and reformation in the West; sources and methods of inquiry. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Colonial Latin America (also offered as HIST 2P08) Introduction to the history of Latin America from pre-hispanic times through 1810 focusing on the clashes, alliances and negotiations among indigenous peoples, conquistadores, slaves and missionaries. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. The Middle East, 600 - 1800 (also offered as HIST 2P70) Major themes in Middle Eastern history from the advent of Islam to 1800 AD art, culture, religions, migration, minorities, slavery and political developments. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Western Science from Aristotle to Newton (also offered as HIST 2P75 and LART 2P75) Western science from Greek natural philosophy through Arabic, Medieval and Renaissance science to the Scientific Revolution. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Note: no background in science is required. Medieval and Renaissance Art, Architecture and Society (also offered as VISA 2P89) Interdisciplinary study of the inter-relation and connectedness between the arts, architecture and society in medieval and Renaissance Europe. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Early to High Renaissance Art and Architecture (also offered as ITAL 2P92 and VISA 2P92) Major monuments, buildings and art works of the period from several critical perspectives including the humanist influence on the arts in Florence and Rome, the issue of patronage and the question of the artist's cultural status. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one of MARS 1F90, ITAL 1F90, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or permission of the instructor. Note: given in English. Reading the Middle Ages: the Heroic and the Chivalric (also offered as ENGL 2P95) Interdisciplinary examination of literature, music, arts and society of both the northern Germanic hero and the medieval and Renaissance court. Included are Beowulf and other Anglo-Saxon heroic literature, Eddic poetry, Old Norse sagas, the Niebelungenlied, the lais of Marie de France, Arthurian-related narratives, troubadours, and religious and secular music. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Study in Mediterranean Lands (also offered as CLAS 3M20-3M29 and VISA 3M20-3M29) Topographical investigations of ancient sites and monuments. Study tours of the great cities and museums of the Mediterranean world emphasizing the art and architecture of the Prehistoric, Classical and later periods. Restriction: permission of the Department of Classics. Note: offered in the Spring or Summer Session for three or four weeks of intensive study abroad. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. 2015-2016: Study Tour to Turkey (also offered as CLAS 3M24 and VISA 3M24) Major monuments of Turkey in Istanbul, Cappadocia, the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, focusing on Greco-Roman antiquity, the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Restriction: permission of the Department of Classics. Note: offered in the Spring or Summer Session for three or four weeks of intensive study abroad. Students are expected to pay their own expenses. Medieval and Renaissance Studies Abroad Study of the Medieval and/or Renaissance history and culture of a country, region or theme in its geographic context. Restriction: students must have a minimum of 10.0 overall credits and permission of the instructor. Note: students are responsible for travel, accommodation and other expenses. Usually offered in the Spring/Summer session. The Rise of Christian Philosophy (also offered as PHIL 3P19) Philosophy from the patristic period through Erigena and Anselm up to and including the 12th-century Renaissance. Lectures, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one PHIL credit or permission of the instructor. Petrarch and Boccaccio (also offered as ITAL 3P92) Literature, arts and culture of the Middle Ages, emphasizing Petrarch's Canzoniere (Song Book) and Boccaccio's Decameron. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one MARS credit, one ITAL credit or permission of the instructor. Note: given in English. No knowledge of Italian is required. Dante and The Divine Comedy (also offered as ITAL 3P93) Dante's Divine Comedy and the world it created and reflected. References to relevant visual arts (illustrations of the Divine Comedy and works depicting the Last Judgement) as well as to Dante's The New Life and the Monarchy. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one MARS credit, one ITAL credit or permission of the instructor. Note: given in English. No knowledge of Italian is required. Medieval and Early Modern Christianity (also offered as HIST 3P96) Interdisciplinary study of the continuities and discontinuities in the history of the Christian Church from the onset of the Middle Ages to the eve of the Protestant reformations. Examination of ecclesiastical authority, Christianity's interactions with Judaism and Islam, changing social structures, monastic reforms, the Crusades, magic, science, religion, the papacy, and the cult of saints and devotion to relics. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. The World of the Renaissance and Beyond (also offered as HIST 3P97) Interdisciplinary study of the primary texts relative to the European Renaissance and global questions that reshape the world, emphasizing the historical, cultural and intellectual legacies of the Renaissance, including literature, religion, philosophy, science, medicine and the history of exploration. Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week. Directed Studies Program of study designed in consultation with a faculty member. Restriction: open to MARS majors with approval to year 4 (honours). Note: topic for a major piece of written work or the equivalent must be submitted by the student by April 1 of year 3 and approved by Director and the appropriate instructor. Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies Critical approaches to Medieval and Renaissance Studies from a variety of disciplines. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to MARS majors with approval to year 4 (honours). Note: students in other disciplines may register with permission of the instructor and Director. Students will be encouraged to share their research projects from MARS 4P00 in the discussions. Medieval Literature and Social Control (also offered as ENGL 4P06) Medieval English literature in relation to the management of different populations in Britain in the late Middle Ages. Topics include the English Rising of 1381, punishment systems, sexuality, literacies and class, the disciplining of bodies to conform to etiquette, the regulation of female speech, and colonization and civility. Seminar, 3 hours per week. Restriction: open to MARS (single or combined), ECUL, ENCW, ENGL (single or combined) and ENGL (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) majors with approval to year 4 (honours), and to RWRT majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 60 percent major average or permission of the instructor and Chair. Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in MARS (ENGL) 4V06. The Later Roman Empire (also offered as CLAS 4P55) History of the Roman Empire from the death of Marcus Aurelius to Late Antiquity. Lectures, 3 hours per week. Prerequisite(s): one CLAS credit numbered 2(alpha)90 or above. Selected Topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies Issues in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. |
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2015-2016 Undergraduate Calendar
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