Creating a new vision of integrated, multidisciplinary research and teaching in global premodern studies at the University of Minnesota and across academia.

Research Workshops

Call for Applications: Spring 2020 CSPW Dissertation Workshop Fellowship

Call for Applications

On Purpose: Portrait of the Consortium for the Premodern World

Call for Applications: 2018-2019 CSPW Research Workshops

CSPW Students at Utrecht Summer School

Upcoming Events

September 20, 2019

Reimagining the History of Climate Science

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The history of climate science is just beginning to be written. Most versions have focused on the development of computerized general circulation models since WWII. It is time to imagine a...

October 17, 2019

CMS/James Ford Bell Lecture: Poverty and Prestige: Food and Social Status in Pre...

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Poverty and Prestige: Food and Social Status in Pre-Modern Europe What people eat is not merely the result of the natural environment or of national tastes but rather varies with class. The...

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