PIMS Library Closed
PIMS
In light of the present COVID situation, the PIMS Library will remain closed for now. We plan to re-open on Tuesday 1 February 2022 if the situation has improved.
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.
Institute Mellon Fellows and Visitors: Changes and Opportunities
PIMS
The Academic Council of the Institute would like to announce a new deadline and application form for scholars who are applying to become Institute Visitors, as well as a new teaching opportunity for the Institute’s Mellon Fellows.
Kenneth Duggan at Vancouver Island University
Appointments
Congratulations to Kenneth Duggan, a Mellon Fellow at PIMS in 2019-2020, who will start a permanent job in the department of history at Vancouver Island University on 1 January 2022.
A Symposium for a PIMS Publication
Publications
Johns Hopkins University's Stulman Program in Jewish Studies External Link has organized a virtual Book Symposium on a recent PIMS publication, Pinchas Roth's In This Land: Jewish Life and Legal Culture in Late Medieval Provence. The symposium will take place on Sunday 31 October via Zoom.
Medieval Women Workshop IV in January
PIMS
The Medieval Women Workshop IV, originally scheduled for the end of January 2021, has been tentatively rescheduled to 28–29 January 2022.
PIMS Library Reopening
PIMS
The PIMS Library has received approval to reopen on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. A set of rules and safety protocols will apply.
The Shook Common Room in September
PIMS
We were hoping to be able to open the Laurence K. Shook Common Room to students and scholars this September, but right now we are keeping an eye on the situation. We will post updates on decisions and protocols on this website, so please check back regularly.
Talia Zajac at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester
Appointments
Congratulations to Talia Zajac (Mellon Fellow, 2020–2021), who started a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library at the University of Manchester this past May.
Kenneth Duggan at Vancouver Island University
Appointments
Congratulations to Kenneth Duggan, Mellon Fellow at PIMS in 2019–2020, who will be teaching at Vancouver Island University next year.
Good News for Former Mellon Fellows
Appointments
Congratulations to Benjamin Barootes and Lydia Walker on their recent appointments.
Announcement of New PIMS Praeses
Appointments, PIMS
The Board of Governors of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies is pleased to announce the appointment of the Very Rev. Professor Augustine Thompson, O.P. as Praeses, with effect 1 February 2022.
Medieval Women Workshop IV Postponed
PIMS
The Medieval Women Workshop IV, originally scheduled for the end of January 2021, has been postponed to September. Further details are to be announced as the COVID-19 situation becomes more clear.
Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies, 2021
Courses
Out of an abundance of caution, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the Institute’s Manuscript Studies Programme for 2021, which had been scheduled to take place at the Angelicum in Rome this summer.
Mellon Fellowships 2021–2022
PIMS
The 1 February applications deadline for post-doctoral Mellon Fellowships for the academic year 2021–2022 is approaching quickly.
An Honour for a PIMS Fellow
Prizes & Awards
James P. Carley, Fellow of the Pontifical Institute, has been invited to receive the degree of Honorary Doctor of Letters from his Alma Mater, the University of Victoria.
PIMS Library Closure
PIMS
Please be aware that the PIMS library will be closed from today, 23 November 2020, until further notice. This is the policy of both the province and the University.
Fr Martin Dimnik (1941–2020)
In memoriam
It is with sadness that we report the loss of Fr Martin Dimnik.
Katie Bugyis Awarded 2020 Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize
Prizes & Awards
Congratulations to Katie Bugyis, former Mellon Fellow at PIMS, whose book The Care of Nuns: The Ministries of Benedictine Women in England during the Central Middle Ages has won the 2020 Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize of the American Society of Church History External Link .
Lydia Walker at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette
Appointments
Congratulations to Lydia Walker, who will be a Visiting Instructor at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette for the Spring semester.