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Call for Papers – From Fragment to Whole: Interpreting Medieval Manuscript Fragments

From Fragment to Whole: Interpreting Medieval Manuscript Fragments, 16 (online)-17(f2f) Sept., 2021 Hosted by the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol, this conference is devoted to the study of manuscript fragments, and what these fragments can tell us about … Continue reading

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MAA News – From the President

Dear Colleagues, As my term as President of the Medieval Academy of America is coming to a close, I look back at a year that was challenging in many respects. You all know what these challenges were and are. Our … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA 2021 Annual Meeting

Registration for the 96th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America is now closed. The meeting is hosted by Indiana University, Bloomington, and will take place entirely online, from 15-18 April 2021. The program is available here. We wish … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for Papers: 2022 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America

The 97th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. The meeting is jointly hosted by the Medieval Academy of America and the Program in Medieval Studies … Continue reading

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MAA News – Latest Issue of Speculum is Now Available Online

The latest issue of Speculum is now available on the University of Chicago Press Journals website. To access your members-only journal subscription, log in to the MAA website using the username and password associated with your membership (contact us at … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA@Kzoo

Even though we won’t be able to greet you in person this year at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, the Medieval Academy of America will have a strong presence at the virtual conference, with lectures, sessions, and … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA Grants Awarded

We are very pleased to be able to support the work of these scholars through our grant programs: Belle da Costa Greene Award Carolyn Quijano (Columbia University), “The Stranger and the Guest: Foreign Magistracies in the Medieval Italian City States, … Continue reading

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MAA News – Book Subventions

The Medieval Academy Book Subvention Program provides grants of up to $2,500 to university or other non-profit scholarly presses to support the publication of first books by Medieval Academy members. Click here for more information. NEW: The Medieval Academy Inclusivity … Continue reading

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Support for the Asian-American Community

Dear Colleagues, Our research takes us mostly into the past​, but it should also allow us to see our present reality in a clearer light. We acknowledge with great sadness that hatred of – and discrimination against – others, systemic … Continue reading

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Epidemiology 101 for Medievalists—or, Why Narratives Matter in Historicizing Hate-Speech

by Monica H. Green I. Where Are You From? I confess. I get no small pleasure in disrupting the “Where are you from?” questions I’ve gotten all my life. When I answer “Japan,” the logical fallacy reveals itself on the … Continue reading

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