Meeting in the Middle Ages

About Meeting in the Middle Ages

Meeting in the Middle Ages is the Medieval Institute of Notre Dame's podcast. Our goal is to answer the questions "what do medievalists do, and how do they do it?" Episodes—a new one each month—are built around informal conversations between our hosts, Ben and Will, and medievalist scholars and graduate students. We discuss how they became medievalists, what led them to their current research, the resources they use, and how they use them.

Publisher

Meeting in the Middle Ages

Category

history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

22 Aug 2022

Latest episode

31 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 36 episodes have a transcript.

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   31 Aug 2026

   36: Fair Fowl: Perusing Medieval Recipe Collections with Dr. Eileen Morgan

   Skip the endless scroll of online recipe preambles and open up a medieval recipe collection this month with our guest, Dr. Eileen Morgan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval History at Western Washington University. Come for the food, but stay for the stories about archival research, the medieval art of cooking, and how to display a peacock dish properly at your next feast. (If its mouth isn't flaming, you're not doing it right.)

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   31 Jul 2026

   35: Adventures in Bernard's Affective Mysticism with Dr. Macie Sweet

   Tired of the endless onslaught of addictive short form content on your social media feeds? Join us this month as we rediscover the simple power of our senses through the writings of Bernard of Clairvaux with Dr. Macie Sweet, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Loyola University New Orleans. Dr. Sweet provides insight into the exciting transitions of a scholar early in their career, shares about her writing process, and reminisces about her first foray into the exciting world of medieval mysticism. Contact information for Dr. Sweet: mlsweet@loyno.edu https://www.bl.uk/collection/digitised-manuscripts-archives

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   1 Jun 2026

   34: Bringing the Medieval to Mississippi: Teaching Medieval Literature in the American South with Dr. Anne Crafton

   This month, Dr. Anne Elise Crafton returns to the podcast to update us on their first year as the Professor of Early Literature and Linguistics at Mississippi University for Women. We discuss how medieval studies changes based on context, the joys and woes of a new professor's first year teaching, and how Mississippians handle the finer points of Old English poetry translation. https://www.annecrafton.com/home

Inside a recent episode

29: Facts and Fiction: Rewriting the First Crusade with Dr. Thomas Smith

Published 1 Nov 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] I'd love to know how you've had to adapt your teaching what you focus on differently if you are still teaching the same kind of topics or maybe you've had to totally pivot away from certain elements of the medieval world because it just it doesn't quite yeah the things work better or worse depending on the group. I think they're remarkably similar to be honest I think I love teaching a lot it's one of my favorite things I really I genuinely enjoy doing it which is why I wanted to work at rugby. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

13 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 41 / 100

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53

Social presence

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0

Engagement

71

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