Welcome to the Crusade Studies Forum
The Crusades Studies Forum at Saint Louis University is an international venue for the presentation of current research, the discussion of recent scholarship, and the exploration of new directions in topics relating to the Crusades. Participants include those local to the Saint Louis region as well as distinguished scholars from across the globe. All are welcome to attend and participate in the forum.
See below for details on our upcoming events, and stop by our Resources page for links to online resources for the study of the crusades and the Latin East. To stay connected and receive digital links to our meetings, send us your contact information via our contact form.
Please feel free to email us with any questions : [email protected]
The Crusade Studies Forum is proud to sponsor three sessions at this year’s Symposium for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, hosted right here at Saint Louis University. These panels bring together scholars from around the world, showcasing the latest research in crusade history and the military orders. They also highlight the important contributions being made by researchers at Saint Louis University in these fields.
The Twelfth Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place from June 9-11, 2025, at Saint Louis University, in St. Louis, MO. The Crusade Studies Forum at SLU invites proposals for scholarly papers related to the memory of the crusades and the Kingdom of Jerusalem in texts, images, and liturgies. Papers will be twenty minutes each in three sessions scheduled for ninety minutes.