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Meeting in the Middle - Trailblazers: Visualizing the Pre-Modern World

an undergraduate research conference

Location

Performing Arts & Humanities Building

Date & Time

April 10, 2026, 11:30 amApr 12, 2026 12:00 pm

Description

Join Medieval and Early Modern Studies and the Music Department in welcoming to campus undergraduate researchers from across the United States and Canada as they present on Medieval, Renaissance, and Early Modern artifacts and ideas. 

Paper sessions will be held in the Music Box on Friday and Saturday, with Dr. Victoria McAlister, our keynote speaker, presenting at 4:00pm on Friday, April 10. 

Registration is free via the link on the website

We will present an immersive, 3-course Medieval Banquet on Saturday, April 11 at 6:00pm in the Dance Cube. Tickets will be available for purchase soon. 

A group field trip to the Walters Art museum is scheduled for the morning of Sunday, April 12.

Many thanks to the Arts+ initiative for their generous funding for this event!
Image gives the title of the conference, the date, the MEMS website, UMBC and MEMS titles written out, and the Arts+ logo. In the background are layers of Medieval manuscripts at varying transparencies. In the bottom left corner is a self-portrait image of Hildegard of Bingen, a nun, sitting at a writing tablet and looking up to the heavens.