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.
Online memorial for Roger E. Reynolds
In memoriam
Read more to view information at the Turner and Porter website.
Service and Online Memorial for Roger E. Reynolds
In memoriam
Visitation: Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 6:00–9:00 PM, Turner & Porter Yorke Chapel, 2357 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M6S 1P4 (Bloor West Village).
Funeral service: Thursday, 2 October 2014, 11:00 AM, Saint Thomas’s Church, 383 Huron Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 2G5.
Read more to view information at the Turner and Porter website.
Roger E. Reynolds (1936–2014)
In memoriam
It is with sadness that the Council of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies reports the passing of Roger E. Reynolds, Senior Fellow Emeritus of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, on 24 September 2014.
Works Sited
PIMS
We are proud to announce the new PIMS website, launched officially today at the open meeting of Academic Council.
2014 Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies
Courses
PIMS’ Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies reconvened in Toronto this past summer. Fifteen participants joined us from around the world: from Finland, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland in Europe; from Argentina and Brazil in South America; from Canada, the U.S., and the U.K.
Murmurs without Shouts - news from the PIMS
PIMS
Long weekends are traditionally hives of activity at the Institute: presidents, fellows, and staff are found working eagerly away on the transformation of the world, or at least the world of medieval studies.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Grants
PIMS, Prizes & Awards
Greti Dinkova-Bruun, Institute Fellow and Librarian,and Edouard Jeauneau, Institute Professor, have been awarded with SSHRC Insight Grants.
JPC, Professor of the History of the Book
Appointments, Courses
On 9 April, James Carley, Associate Fellow at PIMS, gave his inaugural lecture as Professor of the History of the Book at the University of Kent.
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Mellon Fellows
Prizes & Awards
The President and Fellows of the Institute are proud to announce the election of four new Mellon Fellows drawn from the U.S., Canada, and Italy for the current academic year.
Virginia Brown Chair - The Ohio State University
In memoriam, Prizes & Awards
Through the generosity of James Hankins the Center for Epigraphical and Palaeographical Studies has established a fund to support the Virginia Brown Endowed Chair in Latin Palaeography.
Virginia Brown Fellowship 2014-2015 - The Ohio State University
Prizes & Awards
Ainoa Castro Correa has been awarded a Virginia Brown Fellowship at The Ohio State University.
Body-Worlds: inaugural volume of Text Image Context
Publications
We are very pleased to announce the publication of the inaugural volume of Text Image Context: Studies in Medieval Manuscript Illumination, edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Harvard University.
Prof Andrew Hughes (1937–2013) - in memoriam
In memoriam
We mourn the loss of Professor Andrew Hughes, internationally renowned scholar of medieval music.
Prof John Munro (1938–2013) - in memoriam
In memoriam, PIMS
Professor John Munro, among the world’s leading authorities on late medieval and early modern monetary, financial, and industrial history, died on 23 December 2013.
Gazing on God - publication of a new book
Publications
We are pleased to announce the publication of a new book by an alumnus of the Institute.
Honorary Degree to be Conferred on James K. McConica
Prizes & Awards
The Doctor of Divinity degree, honoris causa, will be conferred on James K. McConica, CSB at the University of St Michael’s College Faculty of Theology and Continuing Education Convocation on 2 November 2013.
Convocation 2013 Licence in Mediaeval Studies and Diploma in Manuscript Studies
Courses
The Institute will soon be celebrating its 2013 Convocation for the conferring of the Licence in Mediaeval Studies and Diploma in Manuscript Studies.
Pierre Chauveau Medal Awarded to James Carley
Prizes & Awards
The Royal Society of Canada has awarded James P. Carley, a fellow of the RSC, Associate Fellow at the Institute, and Distinguished Research Professor at York University, the Pierre Chauveau Medal for his remarkable contributions to the humanities.
Faustino Avagliano, OSB (1941–2013) - in memoriam
In memoriam
Don Faustino Avagliano, OSB, one of the most illustrious doctores honoris causa of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, died unexpectedly during the night of 4–5 September 2013.