University of Michigan professor Karla Mallette shared her research on global languages in the Mediterranean region during a lecture entitled “Lives of the Great Languages: Cosmopolitan Language ...

Analysis: from útluighe to bánbiad, the rediscovered words demonstrate the quirky and colourful language of medieval Irish. In contrast, new additions to a dictionary of medieval language are not ...

In the world of medieval literature and linguistics, Chris Cannon is a self-described "anti-foundationalist." He digs down into bedrock understandings within these scholarly areas, and then challenges ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This article explores medieval and early modern Jewish-Christian polemic rooted in the specific properties of the Hebrew and Latin languages ...

Inspired by medieval monks, Dr Aaron Ralby began building “memory palaces” to learn new languages in the way monks used to learn scripture. He's now developed this technique into an online service, ...

Deciding to move from the sciences to the humanities as a graduate student is not necessarily common or easy, especially for disciplines as substantively and methodologically distant as physics and ...

It has mystified scholars for more than a century since a Polish collector acquired the medieval book now known by his name, its parchment pages filled with colorful illustrations of plants, stars and ...