The Medieval and Renaissance Studies program invites students to look into the past and learn for the future.
The Med-Ren program began around 1968 with a 15-credit certificate. The certificate is offered to both undergraduate and graduate students with departments including classics, east Asian languages and literatures, history, religious studies and theater arts.
Caro Pirri, an assistant professor of English, highlighted the importance of studying the medieval and renaissance periods centuries later. “It helps us to think beyond our own knowledge horizons while remaining attentive to the ways that modern systems and institutions have both changed and stayed the same over time,” Pirri said.
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