Students can get either a major or a minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MEDREN). Duke is one of a handful of universities in the U.S. to offer an undergraduate major in Medieval and ...

The Decameron has surprised and shocked readers for centuries. This course asks why—and how. Investigating censored editions and translations, along with visual and cinematic adaptations, we will ...

The book captures a moment when the competing ambitions of the Mughal Empire and the English East India Company brought them into armed conflict. The central document is a previously unpublished diary ...

Graduate students may receive a formal Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Medieval and Renaissance Studies upon successful completion of core program requirements. This certificate is indicated ...

The Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies offers a Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Graduate students associated with the program—whether pursuing the ...

Study in approaches to acting Shakespeare text which focus on the actor's embodiment of text in ways which are organic, physical, and truthful. Use of text as the primary source for the actor's work.

Special topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies open only to students in the Focus Program. Enroll Consent Department Consent Required Drop Consent Department Consent Required Typically Offered ...

The idea that the Renaissance witnessed the emergence of the modern individual remains a powerful myth. In this important new book Martin examines the Renaissance self with attention to both social ...

Michael Cornett (MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is the Associate Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Duke's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and he is ...

Prerequisites Reserved for first-year students, transfer students, and students with a first-year exception Typically Offered Occasionally Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 340B Trent Hall ...

This class explores conflicting and competing ideas about nature in Shakespeare's plays. We examine creatureliness, human and non-human, in relation to ideas of the natural and the supernatural.

MEDREN 254 Europe in the Middle Ages: Rome to Renaissance CCI, CZ HISTORY 254 MEDREN 304 The Problem of Love in Western Literature CCI, R, ALP, CZ ITALIAN 225 MEDREN 125 Renaissance & Revolution: ...