College of Arts and Sciences
The Marco Institute
The Marco Institute is an internationally-acclaimed center for the study of the history and culture of the premodern world, from roughly 300 to 1700 C.E
With our rich schedule of lectures, workshops, and symposia; multiple fellowship opportunities for faculty and graduate students; undergraduate major and minor and graduate certificate; and annual premodern language training program, we pursue the research and teaching of the early periods at the highest levels.
Our award-winning faculty represents a wide range of disciplines and periods – drawing from over a dozen departments and programs spanning from late antiquity to the early modern period and from Europe and the Mediterranean to Africa, East Asia, and the Americas – and we boast special strengths in late antique history and religion and medieval and early modern literature. Our interdisciplinary approach and collaborative enterprises contribute to the intellectual life of the UT campus, the Knoxville community, and beyond.
We hope you will take time to explore our site to learn more about our offerings, faculty, and history. Please contact the Marco Institute at [email protected] for more information, or visit our offices.
Academic Programs
Learn more about our academic programs in medieval and renaissance literature and premodern studies.
Events
The Marco Institute hosts an array of events throughout the year, including lectures, manuscript workshops, and reading groups.
Research
Scholarship at the Marco Institute is various and rich, including the Lindsay Young Distinguished Visiting Senior Scholar Program, research funding, and graduate fellowships.
Toolkit of
Online
Medieval
Educational
Sources (TOMES)
The Toolkit of Online Medieval Education Sources is an online repository of resources for primary and secondary school educators teaching medieval and renaissance studies in Tennessee and beyond.
Marco Summer Language Program
The Marco Institute offers non-credit medieval language training for six to eight weeks every summer.