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ʿAṭṭār, Khayyām & Ghazāli: Scholars of the Past, Influencers of Today?

In the whirlwind of modern life and the ceaseless march of technology, universities and prospective students grapple with the question: do classical works still resonate in our contemporary world?

A new reading of medieval ‘doodles’

Doodles in medieval manuscripts are often interpreted as idle and mindless scribbles. But is this an accurate assessment? Could doodles instead reveal a hitherto unexplored way that people in the Middle Ages interacted with their manuscripts?

Literature

To be continued. Medieval and modern motivations for literary continuation

Series, sequels and spin-offs are at the centre of the modern media landscape. But our literary culture has a rich history of continuation and narrative transformation, in particular when it concerns the medieval romance tradition.

Op zoek naar de bijl van Sint-Olav

Een bijl, een aartsbisschop en een scheepswrak. In dit blog blikt Louis Sicking terug op zijn zoektocht naar kerkschatten uit middeleeuws Noorwegen.

YouTube series on the 'East' and the 'West' in the Early Middle Ages: Behind the Scenes

How do you go about making a YouTube series on cultural contacts between early medieval England, Northern Africa and the Middle East? Fatima al Moufridji shares her behind-the-scenes experiences.

The Discovery of the Middle Ages in Korea

The Vestiges of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea (Samguk yusa) is the most famous medieval text from the Korean peninsula, occupying a central position in research into the period and in the maintenance of Korean identities. Its coming-into-being as a seminal text however is not straightforward.