Network for Medieval Arts & Rituals (NetMAR)

We are an international, cross-disciplinary network dedicated to the study of medieval arts and rituals.

NetMAR brings together scholars, researchers, and students from different countries, backgrounds, institutions, and disciplines, all of whom are committed to academic excellence and to widening participation.

The network is made up of three major partners:

  1. University of Cyprus (UCY) and its newly-created Centre for Medieval Arts & Rituals (CeMAR)
  2. Centre for Medieval Literature (CML) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU)
  3. the Centre for Medieval Studies (ZeMas) at the University of Bamberg (UNI BA)


This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under grant agreement No 951875.

January 14, 2022
Call for Papers: Material Culture and Emotions
The online journal Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture Online (MEMO) invites expressions of interest for articles on the subject of Material Culture and Emotions for publication in MEMO #10 (2022). Those interested are invited to send a short abstract (max. one page) in English or German to [email protected] by 31 January 2022. Manuscripts should be ready for submission by 30 April 2022. For more information on the topics covered by this issue, please click here.
December 30, 2021
Medievalism in Linguistic Teaching

By Gabriele Knappe & Patrizia Noel Aziz Hanna

What is ‘linguistic medievalism’ and what can it teach us? In our brand new post, Prof. Gabriele Knappe and Prof. Patrizia Noel Aziz Hanna of the University of Bamberg jointly present a teaching experiment they carried out on ‘Linguistic Medievalism’. Read on to find out what they did and what they found!
November 30, 2021
A palimpsest that faith built: The Church of the Transfiguration in Sotera (Cyprus) and its Murals

By Maria Parani

Dr Maria Parani tells the story of one of the many medieval churches that populate the Cypriot countryside: that of the Church of the Transfiguration at the village of Sotera in southeast Cyprus. Tracing its history of successive building phases and painting campaigns opens up a window into the lives of the people whose needs - social and spiritual - it served.
November 18, 2021
Bookcity Università 2021: Milano University Press at Bookcity Milano
19 November 2021, 18:00 CET (in Italian) More info here: https://lastatalenews.unimi.it/bookcity-universita-2021-statale-presenta-sua-milano-university-press “Libera e senza barriere: l’Università editore di saperi” è il titolo dell’evento di apertura di Bookcity Università alla Statale 2021, il palinsesto di 65 eventi con cui l’Ateneo aderisce, come da tradizione, a Bookcity Milano. 18 novembre, ore 18, Aula Magna (via Festa del Perdono 7) e in diretta sul canale YouTube @UnimiVideo.
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Last Updated on July 17, 2023