Home - UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies Skip to main content Axis-Based Research UCLA’s world-class research hub promotes and sustains transdisciplinary studies of the periods from the 3rd to the 17th century CE across the globe. More than a half-century after its founding, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) is now known as CMRS Center for Early Global Studies (CMRS–CEGS). Find Out More Publications at CMRS-CEGS The volumes published under the CMRS-CEGS aegis include the highly-regarded journal Viator, the graduate student journal Comitatus, the Cursor Mundi book series, and the proceedings from many of our conferences. CMRS Publications Student Support CMRS-CEGS supports graduate students and postdoctoral scholars in their academic and research activities through fellowships, travel grants, research assistantships, research funds, publication projects, and classes. Awards & Fellowships Race in the Global Past through Native Lenses Congratulations to our director, Zrinka Stahuljak, as she and Professor Shannon Speed (Director of UCLA American Indian Studies Center) have received a $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to support their project called “Race in the Global Past through Native Lenses.” Read more News at CMRS-CEGS Call for Proposals: BRIDGE BRIDGE (Building Regional Interdisciplinary Dialogue in Global Early Studies) The UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies invites proposals for a new funding initiative to support small-scale,... Congratulations to CMRS-CEGS Faculty, Professor Javier Patiño Loira on Receiving the 2025-2026 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award Please join us in congratulating Professor Javier Patiño Loira on receiving the 2025–26 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award. Professor Javier Patiño Loira has been selected by the UCLA... Call to Faculty for 2026–2027 Research Seminar Proposals Fall 2026 or Winter 2027 CMRS-CEGS Seminar Proposals are being accepted from CMRS-CEGS faculty members for a CMRS-CEGS Research Seminar for Fall 2026 or Winter 2027. A... CMRS-CEGS Director Zrinka Stahuljak to Give Keynote at Collège de France Symposium We are delighted to share that CMRS-CEGS Director Zrinka Stahuljak will give a keynote at the “World Histories of Nations” symposium at the Collège de France on... California Medieval Seminar Steering Committee member, Alison Perchuk, will give the first plenary lecture at the 61st ICMS Alison Perchuk (CSU Channel Islands), one of our California Medieval Seminar Steering Committee members, will give the first plenary lecture at the 61st International Congress on Medieval... CMRS-CEGS Faculty, Jamie Kreiner (History), receives 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship We are delighted to congratulate CMRS-CEGS Faculty, Jamie Kreiner, Professor of History and Robert and Dorothy Wellman Chair in Medieval History, on receiving the 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship.... View All News Upcoming Events Performing Dragons Conference Thursday, Oct 8 California Medieval Seminar (Fall 2026) Saturday, Oct 17 @ 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM California Centers for the Study of the Premodern Saturday, Nov 14 California Medieval Seminar (Winter 2027) Saturday, Jan 30, 2027 @ 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM Hammer Art History Lecture Wednesday, Feb 17, 2027 View All Events