A provisional synthesis of the results of the research project Medieval Urban Literacy can be found here.
Study of Literacy and Communication in the Middle Ages:
- The Sonderforschungsbereich 496 “Symbolische Kommunikation und gesellschaftliche Wertesysteme vom Mittelalter bis zur Französischen Revolution” at the Universität Münster was the successor of
- Sonderforschungsbereich 231 “Träger, Felder, Formen pragmatischer Schriftlichkeit im Mittelalter”http://www.uni-muenster.de/Geschichte/MittelalterSchriftlichkeit/ (see also USML 06b and USML 06a).
- The National Centre of Competence in Research “Mediality. Historical Perspectives” at Zürich University deals with the historicity of media and mediality http://www.mediality.ch/index.php
- Results of the international research programme on Medieval Urban Literacy have been published as USML 27 and USML 28.
- At the yearly International Medieval Congress, hosted by the Institute for Medieval Studies of the University of Leeds (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ims/imc/index.html), sessions on ‘Literacy and Communication’ are grouped into a separate strand.
Medieval Studies at Utrecht University
- Medieval Studies at Utrecht University. Information about research and teaching at Utrecht University concerning the Middle Ages can be found through the site of the Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies (UCMS).