Monthly Archives: May 2023

99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America University of Notre Dame 14-16 March 2024 The 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, … Continue reading →

Now that the International Congress on Medieval Studies is back to meeting in person (May 11-13), the Medieval Academy of America will be returning to Kalamazoo as well: 1) The Friday morning plenary, sponsored by the Academy, will be delivered … Continue reading →

May 5, 2023 at 12pm-1:30pm EST Nicole Lopez-Jantzen, CUNY: Borough of Manhattan Community College and Graduate Center, “Shifting Concepts of Race: Italy through the Earlier Middle Ages” Responder: Dr. Sarah Davis-Secord, University of New Mexico May 19, 2023 at 12pm-1:30pm … Continue reading →

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 →

The following grants were awarded in recent weeks: Olivia Remie Constable Awards: Louisa Foroughi, “Peasant Femininity and the Female Relations of Yeomen in Later Medieval England” Margaret K. Smith, “Identity and Authority in Medieval Ireland” Kristen Streahle, “Opportunities Underfoot: Repairing … Continue reading →

The following students have been offered MAA/CARA Summer Scholarships: Katie Despeaux (The University of New Mexico), “Reading Old French” at The Mediterranean Seminar; Eliza H. Feero (Northwestern University), “Introduction to Latin Paleography, 800-1500” at Rare Book School, Virginia; Eva Kuras … Continue reading →

Geraldine Heng (Univ. Texas at Austin) has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sean Field (University of Vemont) will be a Fellow at the National Humanities Center in 2023-24, where he will be working on a … Continue reading →