Daily Archives: August 8, 2016

The 2016 Medieval Academy Annual Lecture at the Leeds International Medieval Congress was presented by Elaine Treharne (Stanford University), titled “Manuscript Edges, Marginal Time: Why Medieval Matters.” An abstract is online here. In a thought-provoking presentation that found connections between … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce that, beginning in 2017, the Medieval Academy of America will add a Digital Humanities Prize to its suite of publication honors, to be awarded alongside the Haskins Medal, the Brown Prize, and the Elliott … Continue reading →

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 →

Haskins Medal The Haskins Medal is awarded annually by the Medieval Academy of America for a distinguished book in the field of medieval studies. First presented in 1940, the award honors Charles Homer Haskins, the noted medieval historian, who was … Continue reading →

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 →

Debby Banham (Cambridge University) and Martha Bayless (University of Oregon) have won ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships to collaborate on a book on bread as a cultural force in Anglo-Saxon England (see https://www.acls.org/research/cr.aspx?id=4378) Thomas Barton (Univ. of San Diego) was awarded … Continue reading →