Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

MAA News – Editor of Speculum Call for Applications

With the retirement of Editor Katherine Jansen forthcoming in 2025, the Medieval Academy of America seeks to appoint an Editor, or co-Editors, for Speculum. The position is configured as part-time, requiring between 20 and 30 hours per week, with some … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2024 Annual Meeting Livestreamed Content

We are very pleased to announce that (pending permission from presenters) the 2024 Annual Meeting plenary sessions as well as the Business Meeting will be livestreamed on the University of Notre Dame platform (times are US Eastern): https://medieval.nd.edu/news-events/events/medieval-academy-of-america-2024/live-streams/ Recordings will … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for Papers: The Medieval Academy at 100

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America Harvard University, Cambridge MA 20-22 March 2025 The Centennial Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted by … Continue reading

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MAA News – Annual Meeting Paper Prizes

The 2024 Inclusivity & Diversity Travel Grant has been awarded to Alexandra Montero Peters (Texas State University), “Imagining India, Imagining Race: Arabic Geographies and Castilian Histories as Sources for Medieval Muslim-Christian Intellectual Exchange.” This paper will be presented in Session 26 on … Continue reading

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MAA News – Special Events at the Annual Meeting

If you are joining us at the upcoming Annual Meeting at Notre Dame, please note these gatherings of interest to graduate students, digital humanists, and anyone in need of mentoring! Thursday, 8:30 – 10 PM: Grad Student Social, sponsored by the … Continue reading

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MAA News – Race & Gender in the Global Middle Ages Working Group

The next online meeting of the Race and Gender Working Group will take place on March 8 from noon – 1:30pm EST. Jonathan Correa-Reyes (Clemson University) will speak on “Towards a Christian Genre of Man: Revisiting The Siege of Jerusalem.” Dr. … Continue reading

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MAA News – CARA Summer Tuition Scholarships

The MAA/CARA Summer Scholarships support graduate students and especially promising undergraduate students participating in summer courses in medieval languages or manuscript studies. Applicants must be members of the Medieval Academy in good standing with at least one year of graduate … Continue reading

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MAA News – The MAA Book Subvention Program

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. Click here for more information. The Medieval Academy Inclusivity and … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2024 CARA Prizes

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 CARA Prizes: The 2024 CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching has been awarded to Angela Mariani (Texas Tech Univ.). The 2024 Robert L. Kindrick–CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies has been awarded to … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA Digital Humanities Update

1) Digital Latin Library Open-Access Editions: Three new editions of medieval Latin Texts have been recently published in the open-access “Library of Digital Latin Texts” repository, in collaboration with the Medieval Academy of America. Click here for more information about … Continue reading

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