Monthly Archives: November 2011

Summer Seminar: “Health and Disease in the Middle Ages”

Applications are being sought for a five-week Seminar for College and University Teachers—“Health and Disease in the Middle Ages”—which is being held June 24 through July 28, 2012, in London, England. Part of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Beyond Accessibility: Textual Studies in the 21st Century

The Textual Studies team of INKE (Implementing New Knowledge Environments) wish to invite presentation proposals for Beyond  Accessibility: Textual Studies in the 21st Century. June 8, 9, and 10, 2012, University of Victoria, Victoria BC, Canada. Keynote speakers: Adriaan van … Continue reading

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“Collaboration in Cataloging: Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan” Project Extended

Dear Colleagues, The University of Michigan Library’s “Collaboration in Cataloging: Islamic Manuscripts at Michigan” project staff are pleased to announce that our collaborative project to fully catalogue our Islamic Manuscripts Collection has been officially extended through December 2012. This extension … Continue reading

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Letter from the MAA President

Dear MAA members, It gives me great pleasure to write to you in this revived online version of the Medieval Academy News. The year 2010-11 has indeed been an eventful one for the Academy. First of all, I should like … Continue reading

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CARA News

CARA’s annual meeting this year was held at the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, September 29 through October 1. At the meeting, Professor James M. Murray, Director of the Medieval Institute at … Continue reading

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8-Week Intensive Greek and Latin Summer School, Univ. College Cork, Ireland

June 25th – August 16th 2012 For the 13th year running, the Department of Classics at UCC offers an intensive 8-week summer school for beginners with parallel courses in Latin and Ancient Greek. The courses are primarily aimed at postgraduate … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Mortality and Imagination: The Life of the Dead in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Deadline for abstracts: 31 January 2012 The 21st Biennial Conference of the Southern African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies will be held at Mont Fleur, Stellenbosch, South Africa, on 30 August-2 September 2012. The theme of the conference is ‘Mortality … Continue reading

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Translation Opportunity

Translators sought to contribute to a parallel Latin-English edition of Alexander of Hales’ Gloss on Lombard’s Sentences. The four-volume Gloss will be published in eight volumes of the Dallas Medieval Texts and Translations series (Peeters). Potential collaborators are invited to … Continue reading

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2012 Annual Meeting, Saint Louis University (St. Louis, MO), 22-24 March

The 2012 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will be held on March 22-24 on the campus of Saint Louis University, nestled in the heart of midtown Saint Louis, Missouri. This year’s meeting will feature nearly fifty sessions … Continue reading

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Ana Maria Aldama Roy II International Prize for a Doctoral Thesis 2011

The Ana Maria Aldama Roy Foundation, which has the principal aim of promoting Latin Studies, invites applications for its Second International Prize for Doctoral Theses.  This is open to doctoral theses on Christian, Medieval or Renaissance Latin, which have been … Continue reading

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