Category Archives: Announcements

In light of the recent events in the United States, most recently the racist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, the undersigned community of medievalists condemns the appropriation of any item or idea or material in the service of white supremacy. In … Continue reading →

Rare Book School (RBS) is now accepting applications for two winter courses in New York City! RBS offers five-day, intensive courses focused on the history of manuscript, print, and digital materials taught by world-renowned scholars and professionals. RBS is also … Continue reading →

Manuscript Studies: A Journal of the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies brings together scholarship from around the world and across disciplines related to the study of pre-modern manuscript books and documents. This peer-reviewed journal is open to contributions that rely … Continue reading →

As part of the Medieval Academy of America’s ongoing mission to create “an environment of diversity, inclusion, and academic freedom for all medievalists“, we encourage our members to read and carefully consider “On Race and Medieval Studies: A Collective Statement … Continue reading →

Rare Book School (RBS) is now accepting applications for five fall courses in Charlottesville and New York City! RBS offers five-day, intensive courses focused on the history of manuscript, print, and digital materials taught by world-renowned scholars and professionals. 22–27 … Continue reading →

THE KINGDOM OF SICILY IMAGE DATABASE (http://kos.aahvs.duke.edu/)  The Kingdom of Sicily Image Database was created to collect and catalogue historical images (photographs, drawings, maps, paintings…) that document the monuments of South Italy (roughly 1130-1420). The database documents an important patrimony … Continue reading →

20th colloquium of the Comité international de paléographie latine on 6-8 September 2017
:  “Scribes and the Presentation of Texts (from Antiquity to ca. 1550)
” at Yale University Two deadlines are approaching: First, the blocks of hotel rooms being held at the … Continue reading →

2018 Winter Program Latin Paleography and Codicology American Academy in Rome Deadline for application: May 30, 2017 The AAR will offer a two-week intensive course in Latin Paleography and Codicology in collaboration with the Vatican Library and the University of … Continue reading →

New Exhibition in HMML’s Reading Room: Fragmented Beauty COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Our knowledge of the past is often fragmented: ancient artifacts, historical documents, architectural ruins, and other important pieces of history speak to us in an incomplete state. Much of … Continue reading →

In the wake of the Hungarian Parliament’s recent decision to discontinue the accreditation of Central European University, the Council of the Medieval Academy of America continues to voice its support for our colleagues at CEU and throughout Hungary.