DEEM 2015-2016

Complete programme and schedule

In 2015-2016 the European Diploma for Medieval Studies (Diplôme européen d’études médiévales // Mediaevalium Studiorum Diploma Europense) takes place at the Istituto S. Tommaso d’Aquino (Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino), Largo Angelicum, 1 / 00184 Rome.

The Diploma is organized by a web of universities with ERASMUS mobility agreements with LUMSA (Libera Università Maria Ss. Assunta), in Rome. The Diploma is coordinated by Professor Giacinta Spinosa (Università di Cassino e del Lazio Meridionale, Italia) (email: deem@fidemweb.org).

The courses are taught in Italian, with English and French used as supporting languages.

Outside their commitments in the courses, the students can pursue their own research interests in the numerous libraries and archives in Rome.

Schedule

I. Courses: 40 credits (ECTS)

Classes start on Monday, October 19t^th, with Italian I, which is an optional course.

The first mandatory course, Introduction to Bibliography and Sources, starts on November 30^th. The last course, Editing of Texts II, ends on June 3^rd.

The courses are usually taught in the afternoon, but sometimes in the morning. Changes in the schedule will be announced well in advance.

Notes:

The students must participate in all mandatory courses.
In view of their evaluation and in order to pass the course, the students have to submit all the assignments requested by the professors.

Course	Credits – ECTS	Dates	Prof.	email
Italian I (intensive, optional)	0	October 19^th – 30^th	Rosina Abalsamo (Roma)	rosina.abalsamo@fastwebnet.it
Italian II (intensive, optional)	0	November 2^nd – 6^th	Giuseppe La Grassa (Jyväskylä)	giuseppe.g.lagrassa@jyu.fi
Latin I (intensive, optional)	0	November 9^th – 13^th	Mercè Puig (Barcelona)	mercepuig@ub.edu
Latin II (intensive, optional)	0	November 16^th – 27^th	Ana Gómez Rabal (Barcelona)	agrabal@imf.csic.es
Introduction to Bibliography and Sources	2	November 30^th – December 4^th	Massimo Ceresa (Roma)	massimoceresa2@gmail.com
Christmas Holidays		December 7^th – January 6^th
Medieval Latin I	2	January 11^th – 15^th	Barbara Bartocci (Leuven)	Barbara303@virgilio.it
Medieval Latin II	4	January 18^th – 29^rd	Wim Verbaal (Gent)	Wim.Verbaal@UGent.be
Palaeography I	6	February 1^st – 19^th	Greti Dinkova-Bruun (Toronto)	greti.dinkova.bruun@utoronto.ca
Palaeography II	4	February 22^nd – March 4^th	Marc Smith (Paris)	msmith@enc.sorbonne.fr
Codicology I	4	March 7^th – 18^th	Adrian Papahagi (Cluj-Napoca)	adrian.papahagi@lett.ubbcluj.ro
Easter Holidays		March 19^th – April 3^rd
Codicology II (decoration)	4	April 4^th – 15^th	Marta Pavón Ramírez (Roma)	martapavonramirez@gmail.com
Diplomatic I	4	April 18^th – 29^th	Rita Cosma (Roma)	rita.cosma@uniroma1.it
Diplomatic II	2	May 2^nd – 6^th	Daniel Piñol (Barcelona)	danielpinol@ub.edu
Editing of Texts I	4	May 9^th – 20^th	(to be defined)
Editing of Texts II	4	May 23^th – June^rd	Dominique Poirel (Paris)	dominique.poirel@gmail.com

II. Research

Final Essay / Research Project: 20 credits (ECTS)

In order to help the students develop as scholars according to the rigorous European demands, the FIDEM Diploma includes a Final Essay / Research Project (20 ECTS), which is equivalent to the projects requested at the students’ home universities. This Essay / Project (about 6,000 words) which needs to result in a publishable piece of work, will be supervised by a professor at the student’s home university in collaboration with a professor who has taught the FIDEM course in Rome. The final project will be evaluated by a committee of at least two experts in the field chosen by the student.

Total credits: 60 (ECTS)

The students will receive:

A Diploma in cases where all courses were successfully completed and the final research project approved.
A Certificate of Participation for the successfully completed courses together with the accumulated ECTS credits.

Location

Istituto S. Tommaso d’Aquino (Pontificia Università San Tommaso d’Aquino) Largo Angelicum, 1 / 00184 Rome