Comitatus formed in 1999 for students interested in medieval studies to gather together for discussion of a range of topics (literature, history, art, cooking, etc.). It has evolved into an ever-increasing group of students (both graduate and undergraduate) and activities including a reading group, annual conference, fall picnic, and many other sundry activities. We also maintain a mailing list to send out information about campus activities that are of interest to medievalists.

Reading Groups - Ryan will be organizing the reading groups and we currently have two meeting on alternating weeks: one for short fiction and one for non-fiction (both primary and secondary texts) - see the Activities page for more information.

Silent Auction - to raise money for the conference, we held a silent auction at the end of November - thank you to everyone who donated items and/or placed bids in the auction; if you have donations for the 2008 auction, contact Karen Robinson.

Conference - in February (the 15th and 16th), we had our sixth annual conference; the theme was "Authority, Authorship, and Audience in the Middle Ages" and our plenary speaker was Eve Salisbury. You can read more about the conference on the Conference page.

April 28, 2008: Updated Activities page

April 21, 2008: Officers for next year will be
Co-Presidents: Ryan Naughton and Jack Baker
Vice President: Case Tompkins
Secretary: Crystal Kirgiss
Treasurer: Marisa Buccieri

April 15, 2008: Updated Accomplishments page

April 13, 2008: Updated CFPs, Activities, and Accomplishments pages; added many new links on the Links page and checked previous links to make sure all are still active