Author Archives: Chris

Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean

Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean Date: 5th June 2025 Venue: Balliol College, Gillis Lecture Theatre and Massey Room (Oxford OX1 3BJ) & online Convenors: Daniel Gallaher and Ugo Mondini (University of Oxford) The workshop … Continue reading

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Call for Sessions: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies

To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 61st International Congress on … Continue reading

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Call for Sessions: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 8th Forum Medieval Art

To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 8th Forum Medieval Art/Forum … Continue reading

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Opportunity for Graduate Students and ECRs: An Introduction to Network Analysis for Byzantinists

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Byzantine Studies Association of North America are pleased to offer a week-long introduction to network analysis workshop for graduate students and early career researchers in collaboration with Professor Alexander … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: The Malleability of Memory in Memorializing the Saints

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the final lecture in the 2024–2025 East of Byzantium lecture series. The Malleability of Memory in Memorializing … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: “This Holy One is Mother, Father, and Sister to Me”: Gender and Beyond in Byzantine Hagiography

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the final lecture in our 2024–2025 lecture series. “This Holy One is Mother, Father, and Sister to Me”: Gender and Beyond in Byzantine Hagiography Lucy Parker, University … Continue reading

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MAA News – From the Editor’s Desk (April 2025)

Greetings from the Editor’s desk at Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. I write this column fresh from the Medieval Academy of America’s largest ever annual meeting at Harvard, in celebration of the centennial anniversary, where hundreds of medievalists from around … Continue reading

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MAA News – From the Executive Director: Celebrating Our Centennial

What a joy it was to see so many of you at Harvard a few weeks ago for the 100th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America! With more than 850 attendees, this was our largest and most expansive … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA Archive Available Online

We are thrilled to officially launch our online MAA Archive! As part of our Centennial celebrations, and in preparation for our move to smaller office space this coming summer, former Special Projects Assistant Diana Myers has scanned and catalogued our … Continue reading

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MAA News – Centennial Spotlight

Every month, we’ll be spotlighting two MAA Centennial Grant Projects. These twenty-one projects span the continent and reflect some of the best that Medieval Studies has to offer. We are so pleased to be able to support these symposia, performances, … Continue reading

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