Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies
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The Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies is an independent research institute at the University of Toronto, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The Institute was founded in 1929, as the Institute of Mediaeval Studies, at the University of St. Michael's College at U of T. In 1939 it became associated with the Papacy, and was given the power to grant doctorate degrees. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, currently Aloysius Matthew Cardinal Ambrozic, acts as the Chancellor of the Institute.
In 1964 the Institute established the Centre for Medieval Studies as part of the School of Graduate Studies, for students pursuing a master's degree or doctorate in medieval studies.
Faculty are divided into Senior Fellows, Junior Fellows, Visiting Fellows, and Associate Fellows. The Institute also has its own library with over 100,000 volumes, one of the largest collections of medieval documents in North America.
External links
- Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies (http://www.pims.ca)
- Centre for Medieval Studies (http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/medieval/index.shtml)