# Jan Ziolkowski Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin On leave spring 2026 ![Jan Ziolkowski](/sites/g/files/omnuum8266/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2024-10/Jan%20Ziolkowski.jpg?h=58de20d9&itok=zii-4-JE) location\_on Boylston 216 smartphone [617.496.6062](tel:617.496.6062) email laptop\_windows [Harvard Website](https://ziolkowski.scholars.harvard.edu/) laptop\_windows [Academia.edu](http://harvard.academia.edu/JanZiolkowski) laptop\_windows [Personal Website](https://janziolkowski.com/) [Office Hours Information](https://classics.fas.harvard.edu/faculty-office-hours) Research interests: Medieval literature, especially narrative and Latin; education (grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic), poetics, and literary criticism and theory in the Middle Ages; folktales and popular culture in medieval sources, especially Latin; Latin-vernacular relations *(Photo: Jeffrey Pike)* Download 29 citations download- [BibTeX](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=97101&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&&format=bibtex) - [EndNote X3 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=97101&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&&format=endnote8) - [EndNote 7 XML](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=97101&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&&format=endnote7) - [Endnote tagged](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=97101&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&&format=tagged) - [Marc](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=97101&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&&format=marc) - [PubMedId](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=97101&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&&format=pubmed_id) - [RIS](/bibcite/export?pager_style=standard_pager&number_of_items=50&sort_field=title--asc&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_facultynames%5D%5B0%5D%5Btarget_id%5D=97101&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_recitations%5D&taxonomy_filters%5Bfield_hwp_c_series12%5D&&&format=ris) Ziolkowski, Jan, and Ronald Pepin, eds. 2023. *[ Miracles of the Virgin. Tract on Abuses](/publications/miracles-virgin-tract-abuses)*. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, and Ronald Pepin, eds. 2023. *[ Miracles of the Virgin. Tract on Abuses](/publications/miracles-virgin-tract-abuses)*. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674660267) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674660267) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2023. *[A Commentary on Nigel of Canterbury’s Miracles of the Virgin](/publications/commentary-nigel-canterbury%E2%80%99s-miracles-virgin)*. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2023. *[A Commentary on Nigel of Canterbury’s Miracles of the Virgin](/publications/commentary-nigel-canterbury%E2%80%99s-miracles-virgin)*. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780884024941) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780884024941) Ziolkowski, Jan, and Bridget K. Balint, eds. 2007. *[A Garland of Latin Satire, Wisdom, and History: Verse from Twelfth-Century France (Carmina Houghtoniensia)](/publication/garland-latin-satire-wisdom-and-history-verse-twelfth-century-france-carmina)*. *Houghton Library Studies*. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, and Bridget K. Balint, eds. 2007. *[A Garland of Latin Satire, Wisdom, and History: Verse from Twelfth-Century France (Carmina Houghtoniensia)](/publication/garland-latin-satire-wisdom-and-history-verse-twelfth-century-france-carmina)*. *Houghton Library Studies*. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780976547273) - [ descriptionDASH](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37369886) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780976547273) - [ descriptionDASH](https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/37369886) Ziolkowski, Jan. 1985. *[Alan of Lille’s Grammar of Sex: The Meaning of Grammar to a Twelfth-Century Intellectual](/publication/alan-lilles-grammar-sex-meaning-grammar-twelfth-century-intellectual)*. *Speculum Anniversary Monographs*. Cambridge, MA: The Medieval Academy of America. Ziolkowski, Jan. 1985. *[Alan of Lille’s Grammar of Sex: The Meaning of Grammar to a Twelfth-Century Intellectual](/publication/alan-lilles-grammar-sex-meaning-grammar-twelfth-century-intellectual)*. *Speculum Anniversary Monographs*. Cambridge, MA: The Medieval Academy of America. Ziolkowski, Jan, and Edoardo D’Angelo, eds. 2014. *[Auctor et Auctoritas in Latinis Medii Aevi Litteris: Author and Authorship in Medieval Latin Literature](/publication/auctor-et-auctoritas-latinis-medii-aevi-litteris-author-and-authorship-medieval-latin)*. *MediEVI*. Florence: SISMEL Edizioni del Galluzzo. Ziolkowski, Jan, and Edoardo D’Angelo, eds. 2014. *[Auctor et Auctoritas in Latinis Medii Aevi Litteris: Author and Authorship in Medieval Latin Literature](/publication/auctor-et-auctoritas-latinis-medii-aevi-litteris-author-and-authorship-medieval-latin)*. *MediEVI*. Florence: SISMEL Edizioni del Galluzzo. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 2015. *[Dante and Islam](/publication/dante-and-islam)*. *Dante’s World: Historicizing Literary Cultures of the Due and Trecento*. New York: Fordham University Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 2015. *[Dante and Islam](/publication/dante-and-islam)*. *Dante’s World: Historicizing Literary Cultures of the Due and Trecento*. New York: Fordham University Press. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://fordhampress.com/dante-and-islam-hb-9780823263868.html) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://fordhampress.com/dante-and-islam-hb-9780823263868.html) Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 2014. *[Dante and the Greeks](/publication/dante-and-greeks)*. *Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Humanities*. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Publications. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 2014. *[Dante and the Greeks](/publication/dante-and-greeks)*. *Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Humanities*. Washington, DC: Dumbarton Oaks Publications. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780884024002) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780884024002) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2007. *[Fairy Tales From Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Past of Wonderful Lies](/publications/fairy-tales-fairy-tales-medieval-past-wonderful-lies)*. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2007. *[Fairy Tales From Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Past of Wonderful Lies](/publications/fairy-tales-fairy-tales-medieval-past-wonderful-lies)*. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.press.umich.edu/2688346/fairy_tales_from_before_fairy_tales) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.press.umich.edu/2688346/fairy_tales_from_before_fairy_tales) Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1989. *[Jezebel: A Norman Latin Poem of the Early Eleventh Century](/publication/jezebel-norman-latin-poem-early-eleventh-century)*. *Humana Civilitas: Studies and Sources Relating to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance* . New York, Bern, Frankfurt am Main, and Paris: Peter Lang. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1989. *[Jezebel: A Norman Latin Poem of the Early Eleventh Century](/publication/jezebel-norman-latin-poem-early-eleventh-century)*. *Humana Civilitas: Studies and Sources Relating to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance* . New York, Bern, Frankfurt am Main, and Paris: Peter Lang. Ziolkowski, Jan, trans. 2008. *[Letters of Peter Abelard, Beyond the Personal](/publication/letters-peter-abelard-beyond-personal)*. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, trans. 2008. *[Letters of Peter Abelard, Beyond the Personal](/publication/letters-peter-abelard-beyond-personal)*. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1994. *[Nigel of Canterbury, The Passion of St. Lawrence, Epigrams, and Marginal Poems](/publication/nigel-canterbury-passion-st-lawrence-epigrams-and-marginal-poems)*. *Mittellateinische Studien Und Texte*. Leiden: E. J. Brill. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1994. *[Nigel of Canterbury, The Passion of St. Lawrence, Epigrams, and Marginal Poems](/publication/nigel-canterbury-passion-st-lawrence-epigrams-and-marginal-poems)*. *Mittellateinische Studien Und Texte*. Leiden: E. J. Brill. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1986. *[Nigel of Canterbury. Miracles of the Virgin Mary, in Verse. Miracula Sancte Dei Genitricis Marie, Uersifice](/publication/nigel-canterbury-miracles-virgin-mary-verse-miracula-sancte-dei-genitricis-marie)*. *Toronto Medieval Latin Texts*. Toronto: Published for the Centre for Medieval Studies by the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1986. *[Nigel of Canterbury. Miracles of the Virgin Mary, in Verse. Miracula Sancte Dei Genitricis Marie, Uersifice](/publication/nigel-canterbury-miracles-virgin-mary-verse-miracula-sancte-dei-genitricis-marie)*. *Toronto Medieval Latin Texts*. Toronto: Published for the Centre for Medieval Studies by the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2024. *[Nostalgia and the German(ic) Past: The Medieval Poem of Walthare](/publication/nostalgia-and-germanic-past-medieval-poem-walthare)*. *Mediävistische Perspektiven*. Vol. Band 17. Zürich: Chronos Verlag. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2024. *[Nostalgia and the German(ic) Past: The Medieval Poem of Walthare](/publication/nostalgia-and-germanic-past-medieval-poem-walthare)*. *Mediävistische Perspektiven*. Vol. Band 17. Zürich: Chronos Verlag. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.chronos-verlag.ch/node/28702) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.chronos-verlag.ch/node/28702) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2007. *[Nota Bene: Reading Classics and Writing Melodies in the Early Middle Ages](/publications/nota-bene-reading-classics-and-writing-melodies-early-middle-ages)*. Turnhout: Brepols. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2007. *[Nota Bene: Reading Classics and Writing Melodies in the Early Middle Ages](/publications/nota-bene-reading-classics-and-writing-melodies-early-middle-ages)*. Turnhout: Brepols. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503525341-1) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9782503525341-1) Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1998. *[Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European Middle Ages](/publication/obscenity-social-control-and-artistic-creation-european-middle-ages)*. *Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions 4*. E. J. Brill: Leiden. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1998. *[Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European Middle Ages](/publication/obscenity-social-control-and-artistic-creation-european-middle-ages)*. *Cultures, Beliefs and Traditions 4*. E. J. Brill: Leiden. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1990. *[On Philology](/publication/philology)*. University Park, Pennsylvania: Penn State Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1990. *[On Philology](/publication/philology)*. University Park, Pennsylvania: Penn State Press. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2008. *[Solomon and Marcolf](/publications/solomon-and-marcolf)*. Cambridge, MA: Department of the Classics, Harvard University. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2008. *[Solomon and Marcolf](/publications/solomon-and-marcolf)*. Cambridge, MA: Department of the Classics, Harvard University. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674028418) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674028418) Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 2022. *[Solomon and Marcolf: Vernacular Traditions](/publications/solomon-and-marcolf-vernacular-traditions)*. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 2022. *[Solomon and Marcolf: Vernacular Traditions](/publications/solomon-and-marcolf-vernacular-traditions)*. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674271876) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674271876) Ziolkowski, Jan. 1993. *[Talking Animals: Medieval Latin Beast Poetry](/publication/talking-animals-medieval-latin-beast-poetry)*. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Ziolkowski, Jan. 1993. *[Talking Animals: Medieval Latin Beast Poetry](/publication/talking-animals-medieval-latin-beast-poetry)*. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1994. *[The Cambridge Songs (Carmina Cantabrigiensia)](/publication/cambridge-songs-carmina-cantabrigiensia)*. *Garland Library of Medieval Literature*. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc. Ziolkowski, Jan, ed. 1994. *[The Cambridge Songs (Carmina Cantabrigiensia)](/publication/cambridge-songs-carmina-cantabrigiensia)*. *Garland Library of Medieval Literature*. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674258464) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674258464) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 1: The Middle Ages](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-1-middle-ages)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers . Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 1: The Middle Ages](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-1-middle-ages)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers . - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/697) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/697) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 2: Medieval Meets Medievalism](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-2-medieval-meets)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 2: Medieval Meets Medievalism](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-2-medieval-meets)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/805) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/805) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 3: The American Middle Ages ](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-3-american-middle-ages)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 3: The American Middle Ages ](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-3-american-middle-ages)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/819) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/819) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 4: Picture That: Making a Show of the Jongleur](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-4-picture-making-show)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 4: Picture That: Making a Show of the Jongleur](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-4-picture-making-show)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/820) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/820) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 5: Tumbling into the Twentieth Century ](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-5-tumbling-twentieth)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publisher. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 5: Tumbling into the Twentieth Century ](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-5-tumbling-twentieth)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publisher. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/821) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/821) Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 6: War and Peace, Sex and Violence ](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-6-war-and-peace-sex-and)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publisher. Ziolkowski, Jan. 2018. *[The Juggler of Notre Dame and the Medievalizing of Modernity. Volume 6: War and Peace, Sex and Violence ](/publications/juggler-notre-dame-and-medievalizing-modernity-volume-6-war-and-peace-sex-and)*. Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publisher. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/822) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.openbookpublishers.com/product/822) Ziolkowski, Jan, and Mary Carruthers, eds. 2002. *[The Medieval Craft of Memory: An Anthology of Words and Pictures](/publication/medieval-craft-memory-anthology-words-and-pictures)*. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, and Mary Carruthers, eds. 2002. *[The Medieval Craft of Memory: An Anthology of Words and Pictures](/publication/medieval-craft-memory-anthology-words-and-pictures)*. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Thomas, Richard F., and Jan Ziolkowski, eds. 2014. *[The Virgil Encyclopedia](/publications/virgil-encyclopedia)*. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. Thomas, Richard F., and Jan Ziolkowski, eds. 2014. *[The Virgil Encyclopedia](/publications/virgil-encyclopedia)*. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell. - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/virgil) - [ descriptionPublisher's Version](https://www.wileyonlinelibrary.com/ref/virgil) Ziolkowski, Jan, and Michael Putnam, eds. 2008. *[The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years](/publication/virgilian-tradition-first-fifteen-hundred-years)*. New Haven: Yale University Press. Ziolkowski, Jan, and Michael Putnam, eds. 2008. *[The Virgilian Tradition: The First Fifteen Hundred Years](/publication/virgilian-tradition-first-fifteen-hundred-years)*. New Haven: Yale University Press. - ## People Role [Classics Faculty](/people-role/classics-faculty)