close-up view of an armor

Medieval and Renaissance Studies - Graduate Studies

The Faculty of Arts offers a collaborative program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the master's level.

This bilingual graduate specialty is unique in Canada and provides a natural follow-up to current undergraduate programs. In addition to encouraging bilingualism and both the French and Anglo-Saxon schools of thought in Renaissance and medieval studies, the program gathers specialists from several disciplines and gives you the opportunity to examine a diversity of cultures and ancient societies of the fourth to seventeenth centuries.

Research fields

  • Biblical criticism and modern topics
  • French and Occitan literature of the Middle Ages
  • Gender and sexuality
  • History and trades of the book from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance
  • History of institutions
  • History of reading
  • Late Antiquity to Renaissance literature, religion and philosophy
  • Manuscript culture
  • Medieval and modern theatre
  • Multilingualism and languages in contact
  • Narrative and historiography from Late Antiquity to the Modern Era
  • Production and social use of writing
  • Renaissance Italy
  • Rhetoric and education from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance
  • Troubadour poetry
  • Women writers
uOttawa via drone

Graduate programs and opportunities

Distinguish your professional or academic profile at one of Canada’s top 10 research institutes. The University of Ottawa’s diverse range of programs allows you to choose a formula that improves your employment prospects and fits your lifestyle.
Learn more

Contact us

Faculty of Arts

Graduate Studies 
Desmarais Building, 8th Floor
55 Laurier Ave. East
Tel.: 613-562-5439
Fax: 613-562-5340
[email protected]

Office hours

Monday to Friday
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
(June 1st to August 31st:
closed at 3:30 p.m.)