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The ”’Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies”’ was a research center under the [[Medieval Institute]] of [[Western Michigan University]] in [[Kalamazoo]], [[Michigan]], United States until 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Medieval Institute History |url=https://wmich.edu/medieval/about/history |website=wmich.edu |publisher=Western Michigan University |access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref>

== History==

In 1973, Western Michigan University and Cistercian Publications, Inc. jointly founded the Institute of Cistercian Studies, which was later integrated into the Institute of Medieval Studies at the same university. In 2010 it was reformed as the Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies.

The center, which was supported by an Advisory Board,<ref>{{cite web |title=Center for Cistercian and Monastic Studies Advisory Board |url=https://wmich.edu/medieval/research/cistercian/advisory |website=wmich.edu |publisher=Western Michigan University |access-date=6 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422125411/https://wmich.edu/medieval/research/cistercian/advisory |archive-date=22 April 2023 |language=English |url-status=dead}}</ref> organized colloquia and published the Monastic Life series as part of the Medieval Institute Publications.

The Cistercian and Monastic Studies conference ran in conjunction with the International Congress on Medieval Studies until 2021, and focused on all aspects of [[monasticism]] from late antiquity to the present.<ref>{{cite web |title=Conference on Cistercian Studies Programs |url=https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/cistercian-conference/ |website=scholarworks.wmich.edu |publisher=ScholarWorks@WMU |access-date=6 November 2025}}</ref>

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