PIMS Library Closed 30 June
PIMS
The PIMS Library will be closed on Friday 30 June 2023, since the University of Toronto will be closed for a "Presidential Day". The PIMS Library will also be closed on Monday 3 July for Canada Day.
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.
PIMS at Kalamazoo
PIMS, Publications
We will be displaying the past four years worth of our new publications in person at the 58th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo. We hope to see you there!
PIMS Library Summer Hours
PIMS
Starting Monday 1 May, summer hours at the PIMS Library will be 10 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday.
PIMS Book to be Honoured at Kalamazoo
Publications
A recent PIMS publication, Women’s History in the Age of Reformation, translated by Claire Taylor Jones, will be honoured by the Society for Medieval Germanic Studies at the 58th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo.
Convocation and Gilson Lecture Photos
PIMS
We are pleased to be able to present some photographs of Convocation, which took place on 3 April 2023, as well as some photographs of the Gilson Lecture delivered by Bernard McGinn on 4 April 2023.
PIMS Library Closures for Easter
PIMS
The PIMS Library will be closed on Friday 7 April and Monday 10 April in observance of Good Friday and Easter Monday.
Conference Photos
PIMS
We are happy to present some photographs of the international conference Ritual Life in the Medieval Dominican Order: Liturgical Expressions, which took place on 6–7 March 2023.
Conference Registration Closed
PIMS
Due to enthusiastic interest, capacity has been reached and therefore registration for the conference Ritual Life in the Medieval Dominican Order: Liturgical Expressions has now been closed.
PIMS Author Awarded the 2022 AFCEMS Prize
Prizes & Awards, Publications
We congratulate Amy Neff, who has been awarded the 2022 AFCEMS Prize for her book A Soul’s Journey, published by PIMS.
Microhistory on the Medieval Church of Thame
Publications
The PIMS Library is acknowledged in a forthcoming book on the conflict over the church of Thame between 1292 and 1294.
In Memoriam: Harold Anthony Roe
In memoriam It is with the greatest sadness that we inform you of the sudden passing of Harold Anthony Roe in Toronto on November 26, 2022, at age 89.
Mellon Fellowships 2023–2024
PIMS The 1 February applications deadline for post-doctoral Mellon Fellowships for the academic year 2023–2024 is approaching quickly.
The Institute’s Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies Reconvenes in 2023
Courses
Applications are now open for the 2023 instalment of the Manuscript Studies Programme, which will convene in Rome from 5 June to 14 July 2023.
St Michael’s and PIMS Condemn Invasion of Ukraine in Joint Statement Posted 1 March 2022
PIMS
The University of St Michael’s College and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies strongly condemn the invasion of Ukraine. The ongoing attacks by Russia are unwarranted, unprovoked, and unacceptable. To read more, please click here.
Massimiliano Vitiello Named Curators’ Distinguished Professor
Prizes & Awards
Massimiliano Vitiello (Licentiate in Mediaeval Studies, PIMS, 2009) has been awarded the highest academic rank in the University of Missouri system.
Registration Open for Ritual Life in the Medieval Dominican Order - Liturgical Expressions
PIMS
The Institute is sponsoring an international academic conference focused on medieval Dominican liturgy; the conference will take place from 6 to 7 March 2023. Registration is free, and is open to everyone, but is required to attend sessions; to register please contact Institute Secretary Cynthia Watson at cynthia.watson@utoronto.ca.
The Diagram as Paradigm
Publications
We are happy to announce that this new publication, co-edited by Linda Safran, Associate Fellow at PIMS, has just been published by Dumbarton Oaks.
New Mellon Fellows Announced for 2022–2023
Appointments
The President and Fellows of the Institute are pleased to announce the election of new Mellon Fellows for the academic year 2022–2023.