Comments on: Survival of the Fittest http://www.meggiemacdonald.com/survival-of-the-fittest/ Studying Roman History Sat, 29 May 2010 01:42:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Vellum http://www.meggiemacdonald.com/survival-of-the-fittest/comment-page-1/#comment-410 Vellum Sat, 23 Jan 2010 16:13:40 +0000 http://www.meggiemacdonald.com/?p=361#comment-410 What strikes me most about that is the similarities to medieval studies -- I think they face similar challenges. The solutions many universities are coming up with is to have the same two majors that UIC offers, but substituting "medieval" for "classical": Medieval Languages and Literature, and Medieval Studies. I know my alma mater (U. of York) offers them. Another thing that Medieval and Classical Studies departments have in common is the interdisciplinary nature of study -- both tend to include the use of multiple disciplines, be they history, language and literature, archaeology, art history, and so forth. I think Classicists and Medievalists could stand to work together to come up with tactics for keeping our fields alive in a world that so desperately seems to want to rid itself of any research not explicitly and monetarily "profitable". hm. I should write a paper about that ;) What strikes me most about that is the similarities to medieval studies — I think they face similar challenges. The solutions many universities are coming up with is to have the same two majors that UIC offers, but substituting “medieval” for “classical”: Medieval Languages and Literature, and Medieval Studies. I know my alma mater (U. of York) offers them.

Another thing that Medieval and Classical Studies departments have in common is the interdisciplinary nature of study — both tend to include the use of multiple disciplines, be they history, language and literature, archaeology, art history, and so forth. I think Classicists and Medievalists could stand to work together to come up with tactics for keeping our fields alive in a world that so desperately seems to want to rid itself of any research not explicitly and monetarily “profitable”.

hm.

I should write a paper about that ;)

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