Join-in Courses 2025 -2026
The join-in courses 2025–2026 comprise a selection of courses organized by the universities affiliated with the Research School. For the join-in courses, the Research School does not issue ECTS credits and, accordingly, do not count towards the 10 ECTS Research Master and PhD students are required to take within the Research School.
To register for the join-in courses and other activities, please contact the relevant teachers and/or coordinators at their respective universities.
The Join-in Courses 2025–2026 offer PhD candidates and Research MA students in Medieval Studies the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of academic courses across multiple universities. These courses, ranging from 5 to 10 ECTS, can be selected freely based on the student’s research interests and disciplinary focus. The course load is flexible and determined by the student’s own graduate program in consultation with their supervisor or graduate school.
The overview below lists the available join-in courses for 2025–2026, organized by participating universities. Each course entry includes the title, instructors, ECTS load, and the period in which it is offered.
For more information on the following courses, please check out the Leiden University course catalogue .
Reading Medieval Women: Literacy and Writing Women in Medieval France and England
Dialogen in literatuur en interactie
The Epic Course: A Pre-Modern Genre and its digital disclosure
The Medieval Manuscript: Parchment to Pixel
The Book in Print: Handpress to Mass Industry
Research Seminar in Book History: Information, Reading and Bookishness in Manuscript and Print
Core Course: Methodologies and Theories – Medieval & Early Modern
Goths, Gothic and Gothic Heritage: from Architectural Style to Global Subculture
Comparing and Connecting: Medieval and Early Modern Worlds (I)
Comparing and Connecting: Medieval and Early Modern Worlds (II)
Gender and Political culture in Early Modern Europe
For more information on the following courses, please check out the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen course catalogue.
The Crusades and ‘Islam’: Approaches to Sources, Translation and Perspectives
Digital Approaches to the Premodern World
Onderzoekscollege Oudere NL Letterkunde: Een schaterend tijdvak. Humor van middeleeuwen naar vroegmoderne tijd
Schrift, Handschrift en Druk I
Schrift, Handschrift en Druk II
Uses of the Past: Public History and Heritage
Reading Cultures in Premodern Europe
Materiële religie: dingen, plaatsen, praktijken en geloof
Museums and Religion
Humour and Religion in Medieval Drama
WEM 2: From Manuscript to Printed Book
The World of Women in Early Medieval Lit
The Carolingian experiment
NB: Voor de cursussen van Dr Dekker en Karin Olsen gelden de volgende voorwaarden: Entry requirements, according to the TER: Minimum language requirements of TOEFL iBT 110 (with a minimum of 25 on all items), or IELTS 8.0 (with a minimum of 7.5 on all items). Cambridge C1 Advanced (level A) or C2 Proficiency with a minimum score of 200. Minimum ERK level C2. A Bachelor’s degree certificate with a literary profile and/or knowledge of literary theory, genres, and at least 40 ECTS worth of experience in literature courses.
For more information on the following courses, please check out the Utrecht University course catalogue.
Medieval History
Medieval Literature
Advanced Medieval History
Latin in Late Antiquity
Medieval Written Culture I
Medieval Written Culture II
Early Medieval History and Pseudo-History in the Insular World I
It is assumed that students have sufficient knowledge of their primary language (Latin, Old English or Old Irish / Middle Welsh) to participate fully in the course.
*also as optional course.
Early Medieval History and Pseudo-History in the Insular World II
It is assumed that students have sufficient knowledge of their primary language (Latin, Old English or Old Irish / Middle Welsh) to participate fully in the course.
*also as optional course.
Early Medieval Insular Religion
It is assumed that students have sufficient knowledge of their primary language (Latin, Old English or Old Irish / Middle Welsh) to participate fully in the course.
*also as optional course.
Early Medieval Insular Law
It is assumed that students have sufficient knowledge of their primary language (Latin, Old English or Old Irish / Middle Welsh) to participate fully in the course.
*also as optional course.
For more information on the following courses, please check out the UvA course catalogue.
The Power of Words, Objects and Rituals
Van manuscript tot Transkribus. Nieuwe levensverhalen uit oude bronnen
Playing and Performing in the Pre-modern City
Information will be provided as soon as it is made available to the Research School, but feel free to browse the VU course catalogue.
For more information on the following courses, please check out the Radboud University course catalogue.