Monthly Archives: March 2018

MAA News – Mirador for Medievalists: IIIF, Shared Canvas, and Digital Images

We are now accepting applications for this digital humanities workshop co-sponsored by The Medieval Academy of America and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Co-taught by Benjamin Albritton (Computing Info Systems Analyst, Stanford University Libraries) and Lisa Fagin Davis … Continue reading

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MAA News – Belle Da Costa Greene Fund

The Medieval Academy of America is very pleased to announce the establishment of the Belle Da Costa Greene Fund. Belle Da Costa Greene (1883-1950) was a prominent art historian and the first manuscript librarian of the Pierpont Morgan collection. She … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA@Kalamazoo

As always, the Medieval Academy of America will have a strong presence at the 2018 International Congress on Medieval Studies  (May 10-13). 1) The Friday morning plenary, sponsored by the Academy, will be delivered by Sara Ritchey (Univ. of Tennessee-Knoxville), … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for Subvention Applications

Medieval Academy Publication Subventions: Applications Due May 1 The Medieval Academy Book Subvention Program provides grants of up to $2,500 to university or other non-profit scholarly presses to support the publication of first books by Medieval Academy members. The deadline … Continue reading

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Conferences – From Iceland to the Americas

From Iceland to the Americas, September 24-26, 2018, at the University of Notre Dame A three-day international conference exploring the impact that brief medieval Norse settlements have had on cultural imagination in and of the Americas – in novels, poetry, history, … Continue reading

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Paradigms and Personae in the Medieval World: A Symposium in Honor of Elizabeth A. R. Brown

March 16, 2017, 9:30am-6:00pm (Skylight Room) Peggy Brown’s distinguished scholarly career has been dedicated to combating inherited paradigms (“feudalism”) and pursuing personae (Philippe le Bel). Join us in celebrating her scholarship at a one-day conference on March 16, 2018, at the Graduate … Continue reading

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Call for Applications – Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies Research Fellowship

The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 Visiting Research Fellowship program. Guided by the vision of its founders, Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, SIMS brings … Continue reading

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Conferences – The Sacral and the Secular: Early Medieval Political Theology

The Sacral and the Secular: Early Medieval Political Theology Churchill College, Cambridge, UK 28 June 2018 The study of early medieval political theology has seen a resurgence in recent years, with scholars overturning the assumptions of previous generations about sacral … Continue reading

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Belle Da Costa Greene Fund

The Medieval Academy of America is very pleased to announce the establishment of the Belle Da Costa Greene Fund. Belle Da Costa Greene (1883-1950) was a prominent art historian and the first manuscript librarian of the Pierpont Morgan collection. She … Continue reading

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