Topic: Schools, Teachers, and Education in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Humanity is completely dependent on education, hence on schools and teachers. Each society has its own approach, but learning has to happen for a society to survive. The better the education system is, the better society at large, as the history of the university from the twelfth to the twenty-first century indicates. Most of the major intellectuals in the pre-modern period were also university professors or at least teachers in other settings (Latin schools, monasteries, cathedral schools, etc.). The rise of the Carolingian Empire, for instance, was directly contingent on the rise of its educational system (Alcuin). This is such a fundamental aspect that it certainly behooves us to explore more aspects, such as major figures, institutions, libraries, pedagogies, textbooks, etc.
University of Arizona, Tucson
May 1-2, 2026 (arrival, if possible, on April 30, for our first social get-together; suggested departure: May 3; there are many sites in our area you should visit, if you have time).
Preferred modus: in person; but some online presentations will be accepted. Max: 24 speakers. Presentations must be in English. Subsequently, I will work toward the goal of getting the expanded and fleshed-out papers published in the next volume of our series “Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture.”
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