Monthly Archives: May 2023

Job-Market Data for Medieval Studies

Dear Academy Members, Welcome to summer. For those who teach in the Northern Hemisphere, congratulations for making it through another academic year. And for medievalists both inside and outside the academy, I hope that the longer days, warmer weekends, and … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – 2023 Southeastern Medieval Association Annual Conference

The Medieval Studies Program at Winthrop University invites proposals for presentations and panels at the 2023 Southeastern Medieval Association Annual Conference. The event will be held on Winthrop’s campus, which is located roughly 25 miles from Charlotte, NC (home to … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – ‘Race’, Divisive Law and Group Identity in Medieval Europe

‘Race’, Divisive Law and Group Identity in Medieval Europe Swansea University, UK (in association with Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland) 07 and 08 September 2023 The process of colonisation at the European ‘peripheries’ (e.g. Wales, Ireland, Prussia, Livonia, reconquest Spain, … Continue reading

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Magisterial Feminae: How Women Who Studied the Ancient World Innovated Brooklyn College, the Latin/Greek Institute, and Beyond

The Brooklyn College (CUNY) Archives & Special Collections has opened an exhibition celebrating female premodernists who taught at Brooklyn College before 1980, including medievalists (and MAA members) Elizabeth A.R. Brown, Nancy Black, and Jacqueline De Weever. Brooklyn College Associate Professor … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Epic in the Latin West (4th-15th Centuries)

Epic in the Latin West (4th-15th Centuries) Nuremberg, Wednesday, 25 September 2024 – Saturday, 28 September 2024 Epic, beyond other genres, has been both a guarantor of cultural continuity for millennia and a site of fundamental innovations in literary style … Continue reading

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IAS – School of Historical Studies Membership Announcement

The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations. Scholars from around the world come to the Institute to pursue their research. … Continue reading

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New course at Rare Book School: “Using Digitized Manuscripts”

Rare Book School at the University of Virginia is pleased to offer a new course this summer that may be of interest to MAA members: “Using Digitized Manuscripts” taught by Dot Porter. Over the past 20 years, the number of … Continue reading

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Call for Sessions: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 7th Forum Medieval Art

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 7th Forum Medieval Art/Forum Kunst des Mittelalters, Jena, September 25–28, 2024. The biannual colloquium is organized by the Deutsche Verein … Continue reading

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MAA News – From the Executive Director: ACLS Annual Meeting

I was very pleased to have attended the Annual Meeting of the American Council of Learned Societies in Philadelphia on April 27-29 together with the MAA’s new ACLS Delegate Afrodesia McCannon (New York Univ.). Many MAA members may not realize … Continue reading

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MAA News – Committee Appointments

I am very pleased to announce the new MAA committee members, recently appointed by the Council in accordance with our policies and procedures: Conferences: American Historical Association Program Committee: Craig Nakashian (History, Texas A&M-Arcana) Kalamazoo Program Committee: Marilyn Gasparini (Art … Continue reading

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