The Global Middle Ages Project (GMAP) announces the launch of its web portal today, October 1, 2015. GMAP is an ambitious effort by an international collaboration of scholars to see the world whole, c. 500 to 1500 CE, to deliver the stories of lives, objects, and actions in dynamic relationship and change across deep time. GMAP grew out of a teaching experiment at the University of Texas in 2004, when 7 scholars of different specializations invited students to see what the planetary past looked like when teaching was not carved up into disciplines and departments, or bound by area studies and regional studies. The project has continued and grown since that time, now facilitating collaborations between medievalists in all disciplines from around the globe.

The web portal showcases the digital work of affiliated groups whose projects range from 3D visualizations to manuscript collections to social media experiments. In addition, the site makes available syllabuses and open-access research, all aiming to understand the Middle Ages from a global perspective. Visit the site at www.globalmiddleages.org.