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Online Conference – Liturgy, Literature & History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the High Middle Ages

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Chris

Liturgy, Literature & History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the High Middle Ages Online: 5th & 6th August 2021 The centrality of the cult of saints to medieval Christianity is reflected in surviving liturgical, historical, literary … Continue reading →

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Dana Oswald Awarded 2021 Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Chris

From The Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship: Dana Oswald, Associate Professor of English at University of Wisconsin–Parkside has been selected from a broad pool as our 2021 Fellowship Recipient. Since 2011, the Fellowship has been offered to women medievalists who are “caught … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions: Metropolitan Museum Journal

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. There are two sections: Articles and Research Notes. Articles contribute extensive and thoroughly argued scholarship. Research Notes typically present a concise, neatly bounded aspect of ongoing investigation, such as a … Continue reading →

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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ERC Advanced grant 2020 AGRELITA FOUR POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS The ERC (European Research Council) Advanced grant project AGRELITA “The reception of ancient Greece in pre-modern French literature and illustrations of manuscripts and printed books (1320-1550): how invented memories … Continue reading →

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Scientific and Secular Manuscripts

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

August 16-20, 2021 (via ZOOM) for CalRBS/UCLA. The application deadline is June 15. https://www.calrbs.org/admissions/ Description: While biblical, liturgical, and devotional manuscripts survive in the greatest number, religious texts tell only one part of the vibrant intellectual history of the Middle Ages … Continue reading →

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GSC Mentorship Program for IMC Leeds: Deadline June 8

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

DEADLINE TO REGISTER AS A MENTOR OR MENTEE: June 8, 2021 *Please note that since the Leeds International Medieval Congress 2021 will be conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be running the mentorship program digitally. Because of … Continue reading →

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Register now for these upcoming MAA Webinars

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

Upcoming Medieval Academy of America Webinars: “The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Medieval Studies – A Global Digital Medievalist Symposium” The Medieval Academy of America is proud to serve as co-host for Part 1 of a three-part worldwide Digital … Continue reading →

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REMINDER: MAA and NHC Online Course, “Medieval Africa and Africans”

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Chris

Openings are still available for the third instance of “Medieval Africa and Africans,” an online curricular-development course targeted at K-12 educators (but open to all), developed by the Medieval Academy of America in collaboration with the National Humanities Center. This … Continue reading →

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MAA Mentoring Program Committee

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Chris

To the Members of the Medieval Academy of America: I am very pleased to announce the establishment of the MAA Mentoring Program Committee, charged with proposing, establishing, and facilitating mentoring programs focused on underserved communities of emerging medievalists. The inaugural … Continue reading →