Grants and Scholarships
The Institute for Medieval Studies offers scholarships to UNM undergraduate and graduate students who are looking to offset the cost of research trips, conference travel, study programs, or to present at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University.
The Foulk Medieval Studies Scholarship:
The Institute for Medieval Studies invites applications for the Foulk Medieval Studies Scholarship. The scholarship, which will be awarded in an amount up to $2,000, is intended to support an undergraduate or graduate student for any one of three purposes:
- Funding to conduct a research project in the U.S. or abroad
- Funding to attend a summer study program in the U.S. or abroad
- Funding to deliver a conference paper in the U.S. or abroad
One award will be made annually. The application deadline for the next award will be in February 2025. When applying, please send an application to the IMS director, Dr. Michael A. Ryan at ryan6@unm.edu. The winning applicant will be notified of their success at the end of March.
Graduate Student Prize:
The IMS offers an annual prize for the best paper on a medieval topic written by a graduate student. The prize winner then presents their paper at the following year’s International Congress on Medieval Studies held on the campus of Western Michigan University. The winner's conference expenses are covered by the award. This includes all travel, conference registration, accommodation, and refectory meals.
The deadline for the submission of papers is in August (TBA). All papers submitted must be suitable for 20-minute conference delivery. Papers will be judged by a committee of the Institute’s core faculty. The winner will be announced by August 31 annually.
Previous Graduate Student Prize Winners:
2024 - Coming Soon!
2023 - Ford Peay (English), "Viscous Suffering and Affective Dimensions in the Dream of the Rood"
2022 - Katie Despeaux (History), "The Emotional Power of Marguerite of Provence"
2021 - Leah Lam (History), "Pirates or Invaders: Carolingian Views on Military Conflicts"
2020 - Graham Abney (History), "The Catalan Atlas of 1375, Musa I of Mali (r. 1312–1337), and Late Medieval Expressions of Alterity"
2019- Sarah Fairbanks-Ukropen (History), “Monica’s Happy Marriage: Augustine’s Influence on Medieval Attitudes to Matrimony and Domestic Violence”
2018- Jessica Troy (English), “The Dual Bodies of Christ: Cross as Corpse in The Dream of the Rood”
2017- Dalicia Raymond (English), “Marital Problems: Gender and Power in Chaucer’s The Franklin’s Tale”
2016- Gerard Lavin (English), “‘Þe forme to þe fynisment foldez ful selden’: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and the Dynamics of Performance”
2015 - Kevin Jackson (English) "'Facie ad Faciem': Anglo-Saxon Interpretations of Biblical Theophany"
2014- Natalie Latteri (History): "Sin, Suffering, and a Projection of Promiscuity in the Chronicle of Solomon Bar Samson"
2013 - Ann D’Orazio (English): “How to Read a Saint: Agatha and Interpretation”
2012 - Nicholas Schwartz (English): “Wulfstan and the Old English Boethius: A (Partial) Reconsideration of the Textual Transmission of the ‘Three Orders’ in Anglo-Saxon England”
2011 - Yulia Mikhailova (History): “Comparative Chronicles: Henry II of England and Sviatoslav of Kiev”
2010 - Donna Ray (History): “The Whirlpool and the Abyss: Hadewijch and the Holy Trinity”
2009 - Lisa Myers (English): “‘A Gest of Robin Hood’ and Its Position in the Development of the Robin Hood Legend”
2008 - Douglas Ryan VanBenthuysen (English): “John Mitchell Kemble: From Broadswords to Beowulf”
2007 - Katherine Thompson Newell (History): “Northmen, Narrative, and Legitimacy: Using the Viking Invasions to Construct Authority in France, ca. 850–1250”
2006 - Marisa Sikes (English): “Inviolable Corporeality: The Virgin Body as Christian Triumph in Hrotsvit’s Sapientia and Dulcitius”
2005 - Sarah Baechle (English): “A Widow There Was: Mourning, Marriage, Medieval Law, and the Wife of Bath”
2004 - Lia Ross (History): “Personal Touches: Social Styles and Control at the Burgundian Court in the Chroniques of Georges Chastellain”
2003 - Kimberly Klimek (History): “Abelard: Signification and Intentionality”
Additional Scholarship Opportunities:
Department of Graduate Studies - Scholarships for Graduate Students: Click Here!
