Monthly Archives: August 2015

MAA News – Medieval Academy @ Leeds

The 2015 Medieval Academy Annual Lecture at the Leeds International Medieval Congress was presented by Sara Lipton (SUNY Stony Brook), titled “The Vulgate of Experience – Preaching, Art, and the Material World.” An abstract is online here. The lecture was … Continue reading

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MAA News – Fellows’ Nominations

Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy are scholars who have made notable contributions to the field of medieval studies. Elections are held each year and new Fellows and Corresponding Fellows are inducted during the Annual Meeting. Members are … Continue reading

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MAA News – Upcoming MAA Grant Deadlines

The Medieval Academy of America has long provided a variety of benefits of membership, including numerous fellowships, prizes and grants for travel, research and publications. Please see the list below for prizes and fellowships with looming deadlines, then follow the … Continue reading

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MAA News – Book Prize Deadlines

Please note that as of August 2015 the submission instructions for these prizes have changed. Please see the appropriate webpage for details. Haskins Medal The Haskins Medal is awarded annually by the Medieval Academy of America for a distinguished book … Continue reading

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MAA News – Funding Opportunities for Medievalists

The Academy encourages its members to apply for grants and residential fellowships in these and other programs: The American Academy in Rome The American Council of Learned Societies The American Philosophical Society Getty Research Fellowships Guggenheim Foundation Institute for Advanced … Continue reading

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MAA News – Medieval Academy Members Awarded ACLS Fellowships

The American Council of Learned Societies has recently announced the 2015 ACLS fellowship recipients, several of whom are members of the Medieval Academy: Albin, Andrew J. / ACLS Fellowship Assistant Professor, English, Fordham University Richard Rolle’s Melody of Love: Alliterative … Continue reading

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MAA News – Kalamazoo 2016 Call for Papers

The Call for Papers for the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies has been issued. We invite submissions for these MAA-sponsored sessions: Medieval Academy of America: How We Read I-II: I. Medieval Literature; II. Medieval Scholarship, Translation, Historiography. Contact: Monica … Continue reading

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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Katrin Kogman-Appel, Department of the Arts, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (http://www.humboldt-professur.de/en/). Kogman-Appel’s research discusses illumination and decoration in Hebrew manuscripts and Jewish book culture. She will assume the Professorship in November 2016 … Continue reading

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Franklin Research Grants

Scope This program of small grants to scholars is intended to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the cost of travel to libraries and … Continue reading

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