Monthly Archives: January 2023

Call for Proposals: 2023 RGME Pre-Symposium Lightning Session

The Research Group on Manuscript Evidence (RGME) is delighted to announce the opening of the Call for Proposals for a Pre-Symposium Lightning Session,“Intrepid Borders: Marginalia in Medieval and Early Modern Books,” taking place on Zoom on the afternoon of Friday, 24 … Continue reading

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MAA GSC Mentorship Program: MAA2023

MAA GSC Mentorship Program DEADLINE TO REGISTER AS A MENTOR OR MENTEE: Friday, February 3rd The Graduate Student Committee (GSC) of the Medieval Academy of America invites both those attending the 98th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, … Continue reading

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Jobs For Medievalists

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of Historical Psychology in Latin Texts Harvard University Department of Human Evolutionary Biology Position Description:  We seek a postdoctoral fellow with research experience in computational approaches to language and literature to work on a cross-institutional … Continue reading

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GSC Podcasting Workshop: Crafting an Engaging Episode

Join the GSC on January 20th at 12pm Eastern for our first webinar of 2023! As a part of the GSC’s ongoing series on podcasting, the committee will be hosting a workshop on crafting and curating engaging content for listeners. Podcasting … Continue reading

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Rare Book School: Applications Now Open for Summer 2023 Courses

Applications are now open for Rare Book School’s summer 2023 courses! Our roster of more than 40 in-person and online courses can be found at rarebookschool.org/schedule/. Click on the course titles to view detailed descriptions and faculty biographies, along with the … Continue reading

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Rare Book School: Applications Now Open for Summer 2023 Courses

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for Rare Book School’s summer 2023 courses! Our roster of more than 40 in-person and online courses can be found at rarebookschool.org/schedule/. Click on the course titles to view detailed descriptions and … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – 43rd Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum

43rd Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum: Touch and Affect in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Keene State College Keene, NH, USA Friday and Saturday April 14-15, 2023  Call for Papers and Sessions  We are delighted to announce that the … Continue reading

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Medieval Academy of America Statement on the Case of Hamline University and Dr. Erika López Prater

The Medieval Academy of America condemns the decision of Hamline University not to renew Dr. Erika López Prater’s teaching contract following the widely-reported incident in which López Prater showed in a classroom context a 14th-century image of the prophet Muhammad. … Continue reading

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Mary Jaharis Center Lecture: The Lonely Mountain: The Emergence of a ‘Hagiorite’ Identity on Medieval Mount Athos

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the next lecture in its 2022–2023 lecture series. Tuesday, January 24, 2023 | 12:00 PM EST | Zoom The Lonely Mountain: The Emergence of a ‘Hagiorite’ Identity … Continue reading

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MAA News – From the Editor’s Desk

We at Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies are ringing in the new year with a new practice: an occasional editor’s column in the Medieval Academy of America newsletter designed to share with members announcements of the new scholarship we are … Continue reading

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