Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

If you’re going to be at the Leeds International Medieval Congress this year, please join us Tuesday evening (4 July) at 7 PM for the MAA Annual Lecture: Jeffrey J. Cohen (George Washington Univ.), “Outside Noah’s Ark: Sympathy and Survival … Continue reading →

The July 2017 issue of Speculum will soon be available on the University of Chicago Press Journals website. The forthcoming issue will include the following articles: Carmela Vircillo Franklin, “Reading the Popes: The Liber pontificalis and its Editors” (Presidential Address) Sebastian Sobecki, … Continue reading →

Don’t let the July issue of Speculum be your last. If you haven’t yet renewed for 2017, please do so by June 30 to avoid a disruption in your subscription and other MAA benefits. If you attended our recent Annual … Continue reading →

More than a dozen associations, programs, centers, and departments have recently sent us reports of medieval goings-on, all of which are posted on the Medieval Academy blog. Check them out here: http://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/category/cara/ Submitting your news and announcements to the Medieval … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America invites applications for the following grants. Please note that applicants must be members in good standing as of September 15 in order to be eligible for Medieval Academy awards. Birgit Baldwin Fellowship The Birgit Baldwin … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America invites submissions for the following prizes, to be awarded at the 2018 MAA Annual Meeting (Emory University, 1-3 March). Submission instructions vary, but all dossiers must complete by 15 October 2017. Haskins Medal Awarded to … Continue reading →

MAA/CARA Summer Scholarships support students completing interterm coursework in paleography, languages, or manuscript studies. The 2017 MAA/CARA Summer Scholarships have been awarded to: Michelle Al-Ferzly (Univ. of Michigan),  studying Classical Arabic at the Qasid Institute (Amman, Jordan). Deanna Elizabeth Brook’s, … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce several new initiatives approved by the Council of the Medieval Academy of America at its recent meeting in Toronto: 1) The Karen Gould Prize in Art History: The Gould Prize will be awarded annually for … Continue reading →

The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will be held at Emory University (Atlanta, Georgia), 1 – 3 March 2018. The Program Committee invites proposals for papers on all topics and in all disciplines and periods of … Continue reading →

Like many of you, we’ve just returned from another splendid Congress in Kalamazoo. Sarah Spence and Lisa Fagin Davis very much enjoyed chatting with current and potential members at our table in the exhibit hall. We are particularly pleased to … Continue reading →