Monthly Archives: January 2012

University of Michigan Summer Research Opportunity Program

The University of Michigan’s Summer Research Opportunity Program brings talented underrepresented students to Ann Arbor to work with faculty mentors on research projects during two months in the summer. Applications from rising juniors and seniors interested graduate study are welcome. … Continue reading

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ACLS Public Fellows program: call for applications

ACLS invites applications for the second competition of the Public Fellows program. The program will place 13 recent Ph.D.s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences in two-year staff positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit sector. The positions … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Medieval Imaginaries of History, Alterity and Empire

Medieval Section within the GNEL/ASNEL Annual Conference, Berne, May 18 – 20, 2012, on “Post-Empire Imaginaries? Anglophone Literature, History and the Demise of Empires” (http://www.gnel2012.ens.unibe.ch) Call for Papers In the past decade, postcolonial theory has increasingly been applied to studies … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for New Graduate Student Committee Members 2012-2014

The Medieval Academy of America is calling for nominations for positions on the Graduate Student Committee (GSC). Nominations are open to all graduate-student members of the MAA, worldwide, who have at least two years remaining in their program of study. … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2012 Annual Meeting in St. Louis, 22-24 March

The complete Program for the Annual Meeting is now available online at:  http://www.slu.edu/x57100.xml There will be over 50 sessions and the plenary speakers include Caroline Bruzelius (Duke University), William Chester Jordan (Princeton University), and Medieval Academy President Alice-Mary Talbot (Dumbarton … Continue reading

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MAA News – When in Rome

During their recent trip to Rome and Naples, the Executive Directors had the happy chance to meet the current group of medieval and Renaissance scholars now at the American Academy in Rome as fellows and residents. Together with spouses and … Continue reading

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MAA News – New MAA Website

Work has now begun in earnest on the revision and update of the entire Medieval Academy website. Over the past few weeks you will already have seen many updates: a cleaner interface and home page for the current MAA website, … Continue reading

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Invitations to Apply

Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest Invitations to apply Central European University, Budapest, is the only transnational English-language graduate school in Europe that is accredited both on our continent (in Hungary) and the United States. The Department … Continue reading

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Syllabus

Syllabus, a new peer-refereed journal, intends to provide an outlet for recognition and support to faculty who excel in teaching. The journal is at http://syllabusjournal.org/. It publishes original course syllabi, essays, and shorter “tool box” entries. All are subjected to blind peer … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Lleida June 2012

The Consolidated Medieval Research Group “Space, Power and Culture” of Lleida University is currently organising the second International Medieval Meeting Lleida, which will be held at Lleida’s Facultat de Lletres on 26th, 27th, 28th and 29th June, 2012. Like the … Continue reading

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