ABOUT CMRS
CMRS has a reciprocal relationship with St Peter’s College, Oxford. Students at CMRS during Autumn and Spring semesters have access to College facilities, academic and social: Library, Music Room, Chapel, Junior Common Room, Dining Hall, sporting facilities, fitness room and clubs. Students at St Peter’s may also use the CMRS Common Room and Library. Through CMRS’s proximity to the College, its students also enjoy informal participation in the life of the University. The emphasis at CMRS is on scholarship. The academic programme is carefully devised so that students can receive either specialized training in Medieval and Renaissance Studies or a more general course of studies in the Liberal Arts. Teaching at CMRS is provided by one-to-one tutorials, by small seminar classes, and by lecture courses. The Oxford tutorial system ensures the closest possible cooperation between teachers and pupils. The overall aim of CMRS is to provide each student with a rigorous training in particular disciplines within the context of a broad and well-balanced academic, cultural, and social life. Certain qualities are necessary if a student is to obtain maximum benefit from an education here: an enquiring mind, a critical approach to facts and, above all, a capacity for creative as well as analytical thought. In considering each individual applicant, the greatest importance is attached to recommendations from faculty members who have personal knowledge of his or her work. |
The
Centre for Medieval & Renaissance Studies was founded in 1975
by Dr John Feneley to achieve two purposes: to establish in Oxford
a permanent institute for the interdisciplinary study of the Middle
Ages and Renaissance, and to provide an academic training for overseas
students who wish to complete part of their education in Oxford
but are not matriculated members of the University. The CMRS curriculum
is rooted in the liberal arts tradition: qualified students from
all academic disciplines are welcome to apply.