In this episode, editors Sara Torres and Nahir I. Otaño Gracia discuss the themed issue of Viator they co-edited entitled "Early Global Insularities." They are joined by three of the contributors to the cluster (Tarren Andrews, Tanvir Ahmed, and Jonathan F. Correa Reyes) for a conversation about both pre-modern discourses of insularity, the lasting legacies of discourses that approach insularity as a form of isolation, and some of the ways in which insularity can be theorized

Listen now! The colorful and monumental fourteenth-century frescoes of Bohemian church interiors have received very little scholarly attention, and many remain completely unknown today. Yet the wall paintings have played major roles in the creation of national(ist) art historical narratives, and they offer a rare chance to examine how medieval frescoes operated within their original architectural contexts. In this episode, Reed O’Mara speaks with art historican Isabelle Chish

In this episode, scholar Aaron C. Pattee chats with Logan Quigley about the roles and realities of the ministeriales—non-nobles who served in a variety of administrative capacities within the royal palaces, the imperial estates, and the entourages of emperors, kings, and bishops in the Holy Roman Empire during the High Middle Ages.

Kristian Powell and Thomas Warren, Fordham masters students, discuss the multicultural life of Theodore of Tarsus, including his legacy and impact on the early church in England.

In this episode, Michael D. Barbezat (Australian Catholic University) and Miles Pattenden (Oxford University) explore the "queer medievalism" of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in the early 1980s.

In this episode, Margaret Sheble (webmaster/contributing editor for Arthuriana), Arielle McKee (Outreach Coordinator for The So What), and Brittany Claytor (Assistant Outreach Coordinator) discuss the origins and importance of the new public humanities journal The So What.

This episode discusses the work of The Medievalist Toolkit, medievalisms, some of the many ways in which the "medieval" seeps into contemporary political and public discourse, and the importance of outreach.

Mary Catherine O’Connor explores the role of translated literature in introducing ideas of courtliness and chivalry but also in fostering a shared European literary culture at the multi-cultural and cosmopolitan court of King Hákon Hákonarson in Bergen in the thirteenth century.

Larisa Grollemond and Kelin Michael discuss the process of bringing the Book of Marvels to a general audience.

The MMA podcast producers chat about the origin of the podcast, some upcoming episodes, and their own medieval inclinations.

Listen now! In this episode, Reed and Loren chat with co-founder of popular site Medievalists.net Peter Konieczny about the history of...

JULY 2025 UPDATE: Christopher T. Richards follows up on the conversation from our episode in his new article, “Painting Against Nature: A...

Listen now! The peasantry constituted an impressive percentage of the medieval population. Historiography has not ignored the existence...

Listen now! In this episode, MMA series producer and host Reed O'Mara chats with organizers of and participants in Cosmic Ecologies:...

This podcast episode presents a scholarly examination of a significant mural painting located within the Alhambra Palace in Granada,...

Afghanistan today is—in the eyes of politicians, pundits, soldiers, scholars, and many others—a medieval space. It is all too often...

Listen now! Medievalism has been a common, and hardly innocent practice, in eastern European political discourses ever since the...

Listen now! Recent years have seen the re-ignition of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The...

In this episode, four scholars from the “Conques in the Global World” project sit down for a round-table style discussion about how the...

In this episode, Amanda Váldes Sánchez addresses the crucial role of Marian devotion in the Castilian domination of the former territory...