Graduate Programs
Marco supports a vibrant and collaborative community of MA and PhD students from a number of UT departments, including English, History, World Languages & Cultures, Architecture, Musicology, and more.
Marco grad students do more than just take classes together; they also collaborate on projects, coauthor research articles, eat lunch together, volunteer in the wider Knoxville community, host study groups, organize conference panels, and much more. Being an affiliated member of the Marco graduate student community is easy: just be a student interested in or working on premodern studies! If you are not currently on our graduate mailing list, please email [email protected] and ask to be added!
The Graduate Colloquium, which meets several times per semester, offers further training in the field, introduces students to important professionalization skills, and provides graduate students with a venue in which to present their research to their peers. Graduate students are also invited to take part in (or lead) language sight-reading groups and other research and reading groups.
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Graduate Certificate in Premodern Studies
The Marco Institute offers a Graduate Certificate in Premodern Studies to students interested in pursuing an interdisciplinary course of study while at UT. Students interested in pursing the Graduate Certificate are invited to apply after their first semester at UT, in consultation with Marco’s Director or Associate Director. The Graduate Certificate is an add-on to a student’s degree program, and is not a stand-alone degree. Students interested in pursuing MA or PhD studies at UT in late antique, medieval, and early modern fields should apply directly to a home department (e.g. History, English, WLC) for admission to that department’s graduate program.