Monthly Archives: January 2024

2024 CARA Annual Meeting

The Medieval Academy of America Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) What’s In a Name? Advantages and Challenges of the ‘Medieval’ Today Sunday, 17 March 2024 The University of Notre Dame Private Dining Room, Morris Inn   Click here … Continue reading

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The TORCH Network Poetry in the Medieval World is starting its activities at the University of Oxford

Poetry in the Medieval World explores premodern literature from a global perspective, it is an infrastructure for learning and dialoguing on medieval poetry through a cross-disciplinary approach. As one of our first activities, we are delighted to introduce “Projecting Poetry”, … Continue reading

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Medieval Offerings at Rare Book School

Greetings from Rare Book School! Expand your understanding of book history during a Rare Book School course this summer! Our five-day intensive courses on the history of manuscript, print, and digital materials will be offered online and in person at … Continue reading

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Online Summer Skills Seminar: Mediterranean Art: An Introduction

“Mediterranean Art History: An Introduction” 17—20 June  2024, led by Dr. Karen Rose Mathews, University of Miami This online Summer Skills Seminar provides participants with an overview of key concepts and methodologies in the study of Mediterranean art history. The … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Marked With the Wounds of Christ

“Marked With the Wounds of Christ” An Academic Conference on the Stigmatization of St. Francis Franciscan University of Steubenville Steubenville, OH September 12-14, 2024 CALL FOR PAPERS In celebration of the eighth centenary of St. Francis of Assisi’s reception of … Continue reading

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2024 CARA Prizes

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 CARA Prizes: The 2024 CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching has been awarded to Angela Mariani (Texas Tech Univ.). The 2024 Robert L. Kindrick–CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval … Continue reading

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Call for Applications – Rediscovering the Cultural Heritage of Upper Svaneti, Georgia

REDISCOVERING THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF UPPER SVANETI, GEORGIA International Cultural Workshop Date: 26 July – 4 August 2024 Destination: Mestia, Svaneti Deadline for applications: 15 March 2024 Description This project takes place in Upper Svaneti, the spectacular mountainous region of … Continue reading

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Kao Book Webinar

Zoom Webinar  January 25, 2024, 5:00–6:30 pm EST  Please join us for the book launch of Wan-Chuan Kao’s White before Whiteness in the Late Middle Ages (Manchester University Press, 2024). This book is supported by the Medieval Academy Inclusivity and … Continue reading

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GSC’s Digital Humanities Showcase

Join the Medieval Academy of America’s Graduate Student Committee for the second edition of Digital Humanities Showcase over Zoom on 30th January, 2024. This virtual gathering is a forum for scholars, both emerging and established, to gather and learn about, … Continue reading

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2024 Medieval Academy of America Publication Prizes

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Medieval Academy of America Publication Prizes: The Haskins Medal Leah DeVun, The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance (Columbia University Press, 2021) The John Nicholas Brown Prize … Continue reading

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