Monthly Archives: June 2017

CARA News: University of Missouri-Kansas City

University of Missouri-Kansas City, Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program, 2016-2017 The Medieval and Early Modern Studies Program (MEMS) at the University of Missouri-Kansas City sponsored several events and participated in a number of regional programs in AY 2016-2017.  MEMS … Continue reading

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CARA News: Harvard University

The Harvard University Committee on Medieval Studies is an interdisciplinary community of faculty drawn from departments and schools across the university, including the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Law School, the Divinity School, and the Graduate School of Design. In … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – 21st Biennial New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies

The twenty-first biennial New College Conference on Medieval & Renaissance Studies will take place 8–10 March 2018 in Sarasota, Florida. The program committee invites 250-word abstracts of proposed twenty-minute papers on topics in European and Mediterranean history, literature, art, music … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA @ Leeds

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

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MAA News – Coming Soon: Speculum 92:3 (July 2017)

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

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MAA News – Last Chance To Renew!

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

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MAA News – News from CARA (Committee on Centers and Regional Associations)

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: https://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/category/cara/ Submitting your news and announcements to the Medieval … Continue reading

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MAA News – Upcoming Grant Deadlines

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

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MAA News – Call for Prize Nominations

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

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MAA News – MAA Awards Summer Scholarships and Travel Grants

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

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