Goal of the Degree
The Master’s Program of Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies (MEMI) in Strasbourg wishes to expose students to diverse aspects about the Middle Ages.
During the Middle Ages, the same individual could, in one single day, practice his or her profession, wish for salvation, take interest in literary works and through which, possibly speak or uses two or three languages, admire a work of art ...
Nowadays, some medievalists specialize in medieval agriculture, others in fortifications, others still in works of art, literary texts, law, thought, material vestiges, manuscripts … The Master’s Program of Interdisciplinary Medieval Studies wishes to heighten students’ awareness of the enormous wealth of the Middle Ages under all aspects of its diversity.
The principle of this program is to allow students – but also instructors! - to discover the Middle Ages not only through their own discipline, but also through a diverse range of possible disciplines.
That is why our program cooperates with :
- The Department of the Arts (Music)
- The Foreign Languages and Culture Department
- The Literature Department
- The Philosophy Department
- The Department of Historical Sciences (Archeology, History, Art History)
- The Department of Catholic Theology
- The Department of Protestant Theology
The program also unites professors and researchers belonging to the following research groups:
- EA 1337 Configurations littéraires
- EA 1339 LILPA (Linguistique, langues, parole)
- EA 1341 Etudes Germaniques
- EA 2325 SEARCH (Savoirs dans l'espace anglophone. Représentations, culture, histoire)
- EA 2326 CREPHAC (Centre de Recherches en Philosphie Allemande et Contemporaine)
- EA 3400 ARCHE (Arts, civilisation et histoire de l'Europe)
- EA 3402 ACCRA (Approches contemporaines de la création et de la réflexion artistiques)
- EA 4377 Théologie catholique et sciences religieuses
- EA 4378 Théologie protestante
- UMR 7044 Archimède (Archéologie et Histoire ancienne: Méditerranée-Europe)