Research Groups
Interdisciplinary Collaborations
At the University of Minnesota, English faculty and students regularly make connections across campus, whether via workshops at the Center for Medieval Studies, collaborative groups at the Institute for Advanced Study, or co-sponsored events with other departments and centers.
Research Groups
Research groups (or subfields), comprised of graduate students and sometimes faculty, mau meet once or twice a month, on or off campus, for discussion of texts, recently published works, or works-in-progress. Students participate for social networking as well as academic support. If there is no group that suits your particular interests, the graduate office can help you start one. Currently active research groups include the Premodern Workshop.
The Premodern Workshop
The Premodern Workshop is a multidisciplinary group for graduate students and scholars of the premodern world that partners with the Center for Early Modern History, the Center for Medieval Studies, and the Consortium for the Study of the Premodern World. We provide a variety of opportunities including work-in-progress workshops, pedagogy workshops, professionalization events, visiting speaker events, and more. Our goal is to maintain a unified group of students and faculty from a range of disciplines, in order to expand the network of premodern scholars on campus.