CMRS at the UofS

02/16/2026

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02/01/2026

Please consider supporting our colleagues and fellow students at University of Calgary. The university has announce it will be closing the Classics and Medieval program.

Save Classics and Medieval Studies at the University of Calgary!

12/04/2025

Our CMRS boys play the Art Bar tonight.

10/20/2025

Townsend: The Ram in the Thicket.

As a scholar of medieval literature, I’m long used to writing books that only a few people read and that make virtually no money.

09/02/2025

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-bayeux-tapestry-art-conservation-france/

French President Emmanuel Macron insists the 1,000-year-old tapestry can be transported to Britain, a move to signify warming relations between the countries

08/13/2025

For Allison Glazebrook, deciphering ancient history is key to understanding the issues of present-day societies. The Professor of Classics explores the social and cultural history of ancient Greece, focusing on women, gender, sexuality and slavery. Her work centres the experiences ...

02/20/2025

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-long-life-of-manuscripts-mini-conference-and-exhibit-tickets-1256042148879?aff=oddtdtcreator

Manuscript exhibit and six ten-minute talks on the long history of manuscripts from the Middle East & Europe, from antiquity to the present.

09/17/2024

Medieval Times!! September 21st 11:00 am to 5 pm in the Usask Bowl

The Museum of Antiquities is eager to host Saskatoon Historical Fencing (SHF) at our Medieval Times event on September 21! Join us in The Bowl from 11am - 5pm to witness masters of historical sword techniques wield their weapons in rousing mock combat!

SHF is the premier Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) club in Saskatchewan and have been operating for over 10 years. Their focus is the understanding and practice of weapon martial arts, informed by historical documents.

SHF is a proud member of a growing and diverse group of sword enthusiasts, with a vast and accessible competitive community. SHF offers a place for casual enthusiasts looking to expand their knowledge and physical literacy, and those seeking a place to expand their competitive skills.

Culture Days | Fête de la culture

06/22/2024

The next sculpture that we're featuring in honour of Pride Month is the Apollo Lykeios!

In ancient Greece, Apollo represented youthful male beauty. He was sort of like a counterpart to Aphrodite, the goddess of feminine beauty. The ideal male youth in Graeco-Roman culture displayed some feminine qualities and some masculine ones. Thus, sculptures of Apollo often represent this ideal by carefully balancing masculine and feminine physical attributes. Apollo also had many lovers in mythology, and pursued relationships with both men and women.

06/22/2024

Happy Pride Month!

We’ve decided to celebrate by showcasing some highlights of our current exhibit “Not Set in Stone: An Exploration of Gender and Sexuality in Greek and Roman Art”. We’ll be posting a new one each week so stay tuned to see more and be sure to stop by this month to explore the whole exhibit yourself.

First up is the Sleeping Hermaphrodite! This sculpture is a first-century Roman copy of a Greek original. In the ancient world the Hermaphroditus figure was not an anomaly and there are references to Hermaphroditus which date as far back as the fourth century BCE. The most famous myth of Hermaphroditus is from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, which tells the story of how Hermaphroditus, the son of Hermes and Aphrodite, was transformed into a person who is both male and female after a nymph falls in love with him and begs the gods to allow them to be together forever.

However, an earlier version of the myth found near Halicarnassus tells a very different story. In this myth, Hermaphroditus is born with both male and female anatomy, just like they are in this sculpture. Hermaphroditus is an important deity who, through this fusion of masculine and feminine, is credited with inventing marriage. Interestingly, in Greek creation myths, intersex beings like Hermaphroditus were often at the forefront of all creation, and in some accounts, they created the gods themselves.

04/09/2024

Read more in the Guardian story posted today:

02/13/2024

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/837967121217?aff=oddtdtcreator

See our new Hereford Mappa Mundi facsimile and a fabulous collection of Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts including Bestiaries.