Monthly Archives: March 2023

2023 MAA Mentoring Program: Apply by May 15

The Medieval Academy of America is pleased to announce a call for applications for a one-day summer session for PhD-track students. Organized by the Mentoring Program Committee, the 2023 MAA Summer Research Program is designed to assist and mentor graduate … Continue reading

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A response to: Marco Di Branco. Review of Luigi Andrea Berto, Christians and Muslims in Early Medieval Italy: Perceptions, Encounters, and Clashes. Speculum 97/4 (2022): 1159-60. doi: 10.1086/721886.

Author’s Response (Luigi Andrea Berto, Western Michigan University) Before presenting a qualitative answer to Marco Di Branco’s review of my book, it is necessary to present some data. The review is 986 words long. The first paragraph (86 words) briefly … Continue reading

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Upcoming MAA Webinars

The Medieval Academy of America is very pleased to support these upcoming webinars: March 24, 2023, noon – 1:30 PM EDT: The Race & Gender Working Group presents Roland Betancourt, Professor of Art History (University of California, Irvine): “The Case … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: Chôra and the Creation of Sacred Space in Byzantine Architecture

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the final lecture in its 2022–2023 lecture series. Thursday, March 30, 2023 | 12:00 PM EDT | Zoom Chôra and the Creation of Sacred Space in Byzantine … Continue reading

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Jobs For Medievalists

The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) invites applications for four grant-funded cataloging positions. ·   Cataloger of Armenian Manuscripts ·   Cataloger of Ethiopic Manuscripts ·   Cataloger of Slavic Manuscripts ·   Cataloger of Western Manuscripts Founded in 1965, HMML holds the world’s largest archive of … Continue reading

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Rebecca Lynn Winer receives 2023 Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship Award

(Dallas, TX) Rebecca Lynn Winer, associate professor at Villanova University, is the recipient of the 2023 Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship. Established to honor well-known medievalist Bonnie Wheeler, The Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship Fund of The Dallas Foundation supports the research of women … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: Divine King or Sacrilegious Upstart? The Portrait of Emperor Yǝkunno Amlak in Gännätä Maryam

East of Byzantium is pleased to announce the next lecture in its 2022–2023 lecture series. Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | 12:00 PM EDT | Zoom Divine King or Sacrilegious Upstart? The Portrait of Emperor Yǝkunno Amlak in Gännätä Maryam Jacopo … Continue reading

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Call for Sessions: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 49th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference

As part of its ongoing commitment to Byzantine studies, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 49th Annual Byzantine Studies Conference to be held at Simon Fraser … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Frontiers, Borders, & Borderlands in the Early Global World

The officers of UCLA MEMSA  announce this year’s conference, “Frontiers, Borders, & Borderlands in the Early Global World,” to be held in the UCLA Humanities Seminar Room, 306 Royce Hall, on June 2, 2023, as a hybrid event. MEMSA invites submissions … Continue reading

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MAA Graduate Student Committee Webinar – Medievalists Beyond the Academy

MAA Graduate Student Committee Webinar: Medievalists Beyond the Academy Join the MAA Graduate Student Committee on March 29th, 2023 at 7 pm EST for a panel on employment for medievalists outside of what we traditionally envision as the “academy” (university-based … Continue reading

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