Monthly Archives: March 2018

Lecture: Place History and Architectural Origin Stories in Early Byzantium, April 12, 2018

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, is pleased to announce the final lecture in its 2017–2018 lecture series: Thursday, April 12, 2017, 6:15–7:45 pm Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Interstellar Skies: The Lunar Passage in Literature Through the Ages

Interstellar skies: The Lunar Passage in Literature through the Ages Hven, Sweden (connections via Copenhagen), 4th–6th August 2018 Keynotes Lisa R. Messeri (Yale), anthropologist of science and technology Matthew Francis (Aberystwyth), British poet and author Journeys to the moon, visions of … Continue reading

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Inaugural CARMEN Prizewinners Announced

CARMEN is very pleased to announce the winners of the first annual CARMEN Prize: Overall winner James Smith and team for their project on manuscripts in conflict zones; special commendations to Elizabeth L’Estrange on ‘Redefining Women and the Book’, and … Continue reading

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Historical Notation Bootcamp, Aug. 6-10, 2018

Anna Zayaruznaya (Yale University) and Andrew Hicks (Cornell University) and are delighted to announce that the third annual Historical Notation Bootcamp (https://blogs.cornell.edu/hnb/) will be held August 6–10, 2018 at Yale’s Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, with the generous support … Continue reading

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The Bogliasco Foundation Announces New Art History Fellowship

The Bogliasco Foundation is pleased to announce a new residential Fellowship for an American scholar in European art history. The five-week Fellowship, which will take place at the Foundation’s Study Center near Genoa during the Spring 2019 semester, includes full room and … Continue reading

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The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry invites submissions for the 9th Annual Postgraduate Workshop

The Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry invites submissions for the 9th Annual Postgraduate Workshop This year’s topic: “Experience and Experiment: Materiality of (al)chemical texts and objects” Hosted by: The Royal Institution, London, UK To be held on: June 29th, … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Monsters and Medievalism

Monsters and Medievalism Sponsored by The Association for the Advancement of Scholarship and Teaching of the Medieval in Popular Culture for the Medieval & Renaissance Area of the Mid-Atlantic Popular & American Culture Association 29th Annual Conference of the Mid-Atlantic … Continue reading

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MAA News – The 93rd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America

The 2018 Annual Meeting (Emory University, 1-3 March) was a great success, with around 350 attendees, four plenary sessions, more than 200 papers, receptions surrounded by a full-scale reproduction of the Bayeux Embroidery, and a closing planetarium field trip where … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2019 Annual Meeting Call for Papers

The 94th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place in Philadelphia on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, from 7-9 March 2019. The meeting is jointly hosted by the Medieval Academy of America, Bryn Mawr … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA/CARA Summer Scholarships Deadline

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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