UNL Medieval and Renaissance Studies

04/27/2026

Tomorrow! We hope to see you there!

04/23/2026

happy (probably) birthday, Shakespeare! To celebrate, maybe get yourself some tickets to Flatwater Shakespeare Company's summer production of "Much Ado About Nothing"! Get them at the website: https://www.flatwatershakespeare.org/. It's going to be great -- no probably about it!

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04/18/2026

for all you Homer, Iliad, Achilles, and music fans, here's a MedRen-adjacent event from our friends in University of Nebraska-Lincoln Classics & Religious Studies Department that you might be interested in!

04/15/2026

The end of the year is soon upon us! Join us on April 28 to celebrate a great year.

04/08/2026

We're co-sponsoring this event! Join us on Thursday (TOMORROW!) at 5:30 (at the Sheldon Museum of Art) to learn more about Dr. Colls's "Finding Shakespeare Project!"

Lincoln, Neb.—Archaeologist Kevin Colls will present the next Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist Lecture on Thursday, April 9 at 5:30 p.m. in Sheldon Art Museum’s Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.Colls is an archaeologist and reader of archaeology working for the C...

04/07/2026

There are TWO fantastic MedRen-related events coming up this week! Here's the first one.

04/02/2026

TOMORROW!

Celebrate the opening of the exhibition "Crown & Stage: The Monarchy and Shakespeare in Quilts" during First Fridays at the International Quilt Museum!

Co-Curated by Dr. Carole Levin, Willa Cather Emerita Professor of History at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, "Crown & Stage" explores how quilts and other forms of material culture traveled beyond the playhouse and palace. This exhibition features quilts honoring British queens, Shakespeare’s words stitched in fabric, and contemporary objects that reinterpret these icons.

At 5:30 p.m., join us in the IQM Reception Hall for a special reading of "Creatively Expanding the Premodern." Written by Levin, Marguerite A. Tassi, Christine Stewart-Nuñez, and Julia Griffin, this book highlights the stories of women from premodern history and literature through poems, plays, and essays. The authors will also be available for a book signing following the reading.

Remember First Fridays are always free. These events are held on the first Friday of each month from 4-7 p.m.
International Quilt Museum
1523 N 33rd St, Lincoln, NE 68503

03/27/2026

Coming up on Sunday! We're co-sponsoring this event -- join us!

03/23/2026

join us this Sunday at the The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center - we are co-sponsoring this event and it should be great!

What: Film Screening (The Lost King, 2023) followed by a discussion and Q&A with Philippa Langley, who discovered the burial of King Richard III
When: Sunday, March 29, 2026, 1:00 PM
Where: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center UNL, 313 N 13th Street, Lincoln

The Archaeological Institute of America (Lincoln-Omaha Society) will be screening the feature film, The Lost King (2023), which tells the story of how Philippa Langley, an amateur historian, unlocked the clues hidden lost documents and convinced British archaeologists that the body of King Richard III, the last king of the Plantagenet dynasty, who died on the battlefield of Bosworth field in 1485, lies buried under a parking lot in the center of Leicester. In 2012, within hours of the excavation commencing, the body of an individual was indeed discovered. Analysis did in fact verify that the skeletal remains were those belonging to Richard. For her efforts in finding the king’s remains, Ms. Langley was awarded the MBE by the Queen, and Richard’s remains were permanently interred within Leicester Cathedral.

Following the screening, Philippa Langley will speak via Zoom to the audience about the discovery and her latest research regarding the “Princes in the Tower,” also a medieval mystery. Following the discussion Philippa will engage with the audience in a Q&A.

The event is free and open to the public, but admission tickets will be required and are available at the box office.
This event is co-sponsored by the School of Art, Art History & Design and the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program.

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03/23/2026

Consider applying to this fabulous program!

A seminar exploring 700 years of the history and culture of Nahua people Indigenous to Mexico and Central America.

03/18/2026

H/t Bodleian Libraries 😅👗👗