Dies Legibles* is the first undergraduate journal of Medieval Studies at Smith College. Founded in 2020 by students Alexandra Domeshek and Gwen Ellis and overseen by Professor Joshua C. Birk, PhD, our focus is the period 400–1600 CE regarding art, art history, language & translation, religion, and so on.
With the goal to de-center Western Europe in discourse about the Middle Ages, Dies Legibles serves to provide an academically rigorous platform upon which students can showcase their research. Our team of editors want to facilitate a period of academic exchange for the next generation of scholars, so please consider either reading or submitting to Smith College’s Dies Legibles!
- Read Dies Legibles’ first 2020-2021 edition!
- Check out Dies Legibiles Collaborations Presentation for Smith College’s research show, Collaborations, 2021-2022!
*“Dies Legibiles” is a phrase which was used in 14th and 15th-century academic calendars at Oxford University, and means “reading days”. It denotes a day on which lectures were to be held (and, conversely, “dies non legibiles” were vacation days). For us, every day is a good day for learning!