A richly illustrated account of how premodern botanical illustrations document evolving knowledge about plants and the ways ...

Yes, Medieval and Renaissance Studies is a fascinating area of study, but what can you do with a MedRen major?—the inevitable question asked (with worry?) before deciding to jump in. You don’t need to ...

Michael Cornett (MA, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) is the Associate Director and Director of Undergraduate Studies for Duke's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and he is ...

The course provides a panorama of Italian Renaissance art including theory, painting, print, sculpture, and architecture. The objectives are to ensure knowledge of Renaissance artistic production and ...

The range of topics implicated by 'meaning of life' as essentials of Islamic philosophy and theology includes the features of the good life; true happiness; the quest for eternity and not to be ...

Architecture, design, theory, engineering, construction, and the related arts, 1400-1600. The architectural production of the Italian Renaissance in its historical ...

The Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies offers a Graduate Certificate in Interdisciplinary Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Graduate students associated with the program—whether pursuing the ...

Students can get either a major or a minor in Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MEDREN). Duke is one of a handful of universities in the U.S. to offer an undergraduate major in Medieval and ...

Special topics in Medieval and Renaissance Studies open only to students in the Focus Program. Enroll Consent Department Consent Required Drop Consent Department Consent Required Typically Offered ...

A global history of Islamic thought, practice, spirituality, politics, and culture. This course analyzes the emergence of Islam and the spread of Muslim culture and learning across Africa, Asia, and ...

Reading the major epics of antiquity in translation (Gilgamesh, Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid) and the European Middle Ages (Beowulf, Song of Roland, Dante's Inferno), emphasizing the ...