The Institute for Pilgrimage Studies at the College of William & Mary in Virginia was created to facilitate the study of pilgrimage through two primary mechanisms.
First, the Institute provides support for the international Consortium on Pilgrimage studies. The Institute supports the Consortium by:
This article discusses the similarities between medieval relic veneration and the events spanning the discovery and reburial of Richard III's remains in Leicester in 2012-2015.
Explores aspects of gender and women with pilgrimage practice. Theoretical, art historical, literary, and historical aspects.
Explores the prehistory of Ophelia's reference to Walsingham and the sacred and profane aspects of her utterance. Pilgrimage badges are explored.
Examination of women pilgrims in late medieval England with focus on Walsingham, spatial theory, religious and secular texts, Margery Kempe, and approaches to women and pilgrimage.