Russell Peck: The ‘ideal of what a humanities professor ought to be’
English professor Russell Peck is being remembered as much for his eminent medieval scholarship as his excellence in teaching.
Digital exhibit highlights female adaptations of the Lady of Shalott
By showcasing the work of women artists and authors, the Rossell Hope Robbins Library exhibit challenges the notion that a woman’s death is beautiful, passive, and even romantic.
Rochester project democratizes access to medieval English literature
The pioneering Middle English Texts Series “puts the literature out there for everybody,” making medieval English texts available to scholars and students around the world.
Turning the gears of an early modern search engine
A collaboration between librarians and engineering students, the book wheel in Rossell Hope Robbins Library is a recreation of a 16th-century design, solving the problem of needing access to multiple books at the same time.
Going beyond medieval times to explore early worlds
The Early Worlds Initiative—an interdisciplinary research project at the University of Rochester—connects faculty researching social and cultural developments worldwide from medieval times to the early modern period.
New director appointed for Robbins Library, Koller-Collins Center
Marie L. Turner has been appointed director of the Rossell Hope Robbins Library and the Koller-Collins Center for English Studies at the River Campus Libraries. The Rossell Hope Robbins Library houses one of the most comprehensive medieval studies collections in North America.