As an integral part of its research activities, the Department of Historical Studies hosts several research centers. These centers are run by faculty members, involve university faculty, and collaborate with international scholars. The centers also offer a variety of research opportunities for students of the Department. To find out more about the profile and work of the Centers, follow them at their respective home pages:
- Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies
- Center for Religious Studies
- Jewish Studies Program
- Pasts, Inc
Our faculty and students are integral members of international research networks. These include:
The primary purpose of this network is to keep scholars and students working on the medieval (c. 800-1550 a.d.) history and culture of the region (“between the Baltic and the Adriatic”) informed of research projects, publications, meetings, queries, etc. It will consist of researchers from both the region and beyond, open to all interested persons. Joint research projects will be initiated and monitored, and occasionally joint applications for funding composed. The Network is joining CARMEN thus establishing contacts with medievalists in general.
Our faculty are also involved in international projects, including:
Poetics before Modernity is a collaborative project aimed at rethinking the history of early literary theory and literary criticism in the West, broadly understood, from its ancient beginnings to the eighteenth century CE.