Nicole Oresme, Traitié de l’espere: A Critical Edition
Publications
We are happy to announce that this new publication, edited by Fellow Emeritus Ronald B. Thomson, has just been published by Brepols.
News and Announcements
This page is devoted to news about the Institute, its fellows and programs, as well as items of interest to the wider medieval community.
Saints Outside Hagiography: Call for Proposals
Miscellanea
On behalf of Dr Alicia Smith, a former Mellon Postdoctoral fellow of the Institute:
We invite expressions of interest to participate in a new series of online workshops examining how saints and holy people are represented outside the classic form of the single-text hagiography, what Thomas J. Heffernan calls the ‘sacred biography’.
The Medieval Frog
Resources
Greti Dinkova-Bruun's article The Medieval Frog in Medical Recipes and Fable Narratives, published in the latest issue of Mediaeval Studies, has led to How frogs were used as medicine in the medieval age on Radio New Zealand and to The Medieval Frog: From Healing Charm to Cautionary Tale on Medievalists.net.
Julie Glodt Awarded Prix Lambert
Prizes & Awards
Congratulations to Julie Glodt, Mellon Fellow at the Institute in 2024–25, for being awarded the Prix Lambert for 2024!
The 2026 Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies
Courses
Applications are now open for the 2026 Manuscript Studies Programme, which will convene in Toronto from 1 June to 10 July 2026.
PIMS Library opening hours, 29 September onward
PIMS
The Library of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies is happy to announce extended hours on Monday evenings. The current opening hours are 10 AM to 7 PM Monday to Thursday, and 10 AM to 5 PM Friday.
PIMS Library Book Sale 2025
PIMS
The PIMS Library will be holding a book sale on the 4th floor of the Kelly Library on September 24–26 (10 AM–5 PM).
PIMS Library Opening Hours
PIMS
Starting Tuesday 2 September 2025, the PIMS Library will return to regular hours: 10 AM to 5 PM on Monday and Friday, and 10 AM to 7 PM on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
“Faith, profit and fear: The genesis of a multilingual, multiconfessional Bible”
Publications
The Multiplicity of Scripture by Theodor Dunkelgrün was reviewed in a recent issue of the TLS.
William Paul Lundell (1956–2025)
In memoriam
It is with sadness that we report the loss of William Lundell.
Benefactions and Bequests
PIMS
The Institute welcomes gifts and bequests in furtherance of its objectives.
PIMS Library Opening Hours, 1 May onwards
PIMS
As of 1 May, the PIMS Library will be holding summer hours, opening from 10:00am to 4:30pm, Monday to Friday.
PIMS Library Opening Hours, 26 March onwards
PIMS
As of Wednesday, 26 March, the PIMS Library will resume extended hours for the rest of the semester. The Library will be open Mondays and Fridays, 10:00am–5:00pm, and Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, 10:00am–7:00pm. Summer hours are expected to begin 1 May.
Good News from a Student of the Institute
Publications
Dr Talia Zajac, a continuing Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow under the direction of Fr T. Allan Smith, CSB, has just had a book chapter published in the Brill volume Christian Rus in the Making.
Stephen Metzger Awarded Premio Abelardo Lobato
Prizes & Awards
The Pontifical Institute’s Associate Fellow Stephen Metzger, along with his co-organizer, Sister Panagia Miola, has recently been honored with the Premio Abelardo Lobato in recognition for their work on an exposition, “Il Libro e lo Spirito.”
An Award for a PIMS Volume
Prizes & Awards
Congratulations to John S. Ott and Anna Trumbore Jones, whose book The Medieval Clergy, 800–1250: A Sourcebook, has been selected by the RUSA History Section Historical Materials Committee as one of the Best Historical Materials published in 2024.
PIMS Library Opening Hours, 19 March onwards
PIMS
As of 19 March, the PIMS Library will no longer have extended hours in the evenings. Regular hours will be Monday to Friday, 10:00am–5:00pm.
An Award for a PIMS Volume
Prizes & Awards
We are delighted to announce that Henry Constable, The Complete Poems, edited by María Jesús Pérez-Jáuregui, has received a prestigious award.