Monthly Archives: February 2023

Jobs For Medievalists

The History Department at Hamilton College invites applications for a one-year position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor, beginning July 1, 2023. We seek candidates to teach courses on Late Antiquity and Early Medieval Histories. We are especially interested in candidates whose teaching and research explore cross-cultural, interconnected … Continue reading

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Support for Turkey and Syria

As the death toll and suffering in Turkey and Syria mounts, and reports on the destruction of museums and monuments of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman period filter in, the Medieval Academy of America and its community of scholars wishes … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: Dialogue in Homilies and Hymns on the Annunciation

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the next lecture in its 2022–2023 lecture series. Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 12:00 PM EST | Zoom Dialogue in Homilies and Hymns on the Annunciation: The … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

The Boston Public Library is seeking an experienced, enthusiastic Rare Books and Manuscripts Cataloger to join our Rare Books and Manuscript Department. Working in a permanent, full-time position under the title of Rare Books and Manuscripts Librarian, the successful candidate will … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Pliny the Elder and Traditions of Natural Histories

Call for Papers: Pliny the Elder and Traditions of Natural Histories October 27-29th 2023 At the bi-millennium of the birth of the Latin author–administrator–statesman–soldier Pliny the Elder, we are reminded that the elder Pliny and his Natural History represent an … Continue reading

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Grant Opportunity for Ph.D. Candidates and Emerging Scholars

The Servane de Layre-Mathéus Grant Fund of the American Friends of Chartres The American Friends of Chartres is accepting proposals from current graduate students and emerging scholars for its annual research grant for the study of Chartres. The American Friends … Continue reading

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Call for Proposals – Speculations: The Centennial Issue of Speculum

Speculations The Centennial Issue of Speculum January 2026 The centenary of a scholarly journal offers the opportunity to recognize, reflect on, and reimagine scholarly methods and objects, including canonicity and the discursive possibilities of scholarship; the boundaries, borders and spaces … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Political Poetry in European Literature from the 12th to the 15th centuries

Call for Papers Fribourg Colloquium Medieval Institute, University of Fribourg 6th–8th september 2023 Political Poetry in European Literature from the 12th to the 15th centuries At the beginning of the second book of ‘De vulgari eloquentia’, Dante discusses the question … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Medieval History Seminar

Medieval History Seminar 5–7 October 2023 The German Historical Institutes in London and Washington, D.C., are excited to announce the thirteenth Medieval History Seminar, to be held in London from 5 to 7 October 2023. The seminar will bring together … Continue reading

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MAA News – From the President

Dear Academy Members, As we approach the Annual Meeting later this month, I would like to highlight two features of the 2023 meeting that merit replication in future MAA conferences. The first is its inclusion of medievalists reflecting the career diversity … Continue reading

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