Latin may be known as a “dead” language, but its influence on music is undeniable, surviving as a language for traditional religious music dating back to the early Middle Ages. On Jan. 25 at 5:30 p.m.

Beautiful monastic music will be heard again in a former Exeter priory closed by Henry VIII thanks to the discovery of a rare collection of medieval ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Given the current tensions between the Muslim and Judeo-Christian worlds, it’s hard to imagine a ...

General introduction to major themes in the cultural, intellectual, and institutional history of China and Japan, with some attention to Korea and Southeast Asia. Two lectures, one preceptorial. This ...

Blue Heron early music ensemble. Baritone David McFerrin (on bench, third from left) and music director Scott Metcalfe (to right of David) spoke with Here & Now's Eric Westervelt. (Liz Linder) Scott ...

Appointed assistant professor of religious studies and of classical and medieval studies at Bates in 2012, Ali Humayun Akhtar studies the complex interactions among political, religious and ...

Image credit: "Adoration of the Magi," Gondarine sensul, Ethiopian, late seventeenth century. Baltimore, The Walters Gallery, Walters Manuscript 36.10, fol. 2r. CC BY-NC-SA 3.0. Challenging the ...