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Giving Tuesday: Medieval Academy of America Annual Fund

Medieval Academy of America 2020 Annual Fund Dear colleagues, We have all faced difficult challenges in 2020. Many of us are dealing with health issues, financial precarity, a shallow job market, or loss of travel and research funds. The move … Continue reading

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Continuing Blog Post Series: Medievalists Beyond the Tenure Track – First and Foremost, a Medieval Manuscripts Cataloguer

Laura Light is the Director and Senior Specialist of Text Manuscripts at Les Enluminures, a gallery that specializes in selling medieval manuscripts and art from the Middle Ages. Laura is based in Boston. First and Foremost, a Medieval Manuscripts Cataloguer I attended … Continue reading

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Continuing Blog Post Series: Medievalists Beyond the Tenure Track – A Medievalist in the Stacks

Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman is the Curator of Western European Collections & Special Collections at the Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, a position he has held since 2004. He was awarded a MA and PhD from the University of Chicago, … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Cultures of Travel: Tourism, Pilgrimage, Migration

The Fifteenth International Conference of the Taiwan Association of Classical, Medieval and Renaissance Studies (TACMRS) 22–23 October 2021 National Taiwan Normal University Taipei (Taiwan) Call for Papers Cultures of Travel: Tourism, Pilgrimage, Migration Traveling has become a natural part of … Continue reading

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ASCSA Program for Study in Greece

ASCSA PROGRAM FOR STUDY IN GREECE The American School of Classical Studies at Athens offers incomparable opportunities and programs for graduate students enrolled in US and Canadian institutions to research, travel, and excavate in Greece. Facilities include three major libraries, a scientific … Continue reading

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Online Dante’s Inferno Course Offered to the Public

You are invited to embark in an extraordinary journey.  This virtual course focuses on one of the most important Italian masterpieces of all time: Dante’s Divine Comedy. By reading the original medieval text (alongside with modern Italian and English translations), … Continue reading

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Petition on behalf of the Istituto Storico Italiano

To the Members of the Medieval Academy of America: Italy’s premier scholarly institute for the study of the Middle Ages, the Istituto Storico Italiano per il Medio Evo, has received an eviction order from the mayor of Rome that would … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Power, Patronage and Production: Book Arts from Central Europe (ca. 800–1500) in American Collections

Call for Conference Papers Power, Patronage and Production: Book Arts from Central Europe (ca. 800–1500) in American Collections On January 13–15, 2022, the Index of Medieval Art (Princeton University), the Pierpont Morgan Library & Museum (New York), and the Department … Continue reading

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Kress Publication Fellowships

KRESS PUBLICATION FELLOWSHIPS Deadline: January 15, 2021 The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the second year of a five-year program of fellowships funded by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. The Samuel H. Kress Foundation devotes its … Continue reading

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Apply to join the MAA’s Graduate Student Committee!

The Medieval Academy of America is currently accepting self-nominations for vacancies opening up on the Graduate Student Committee (GSC) for the 2020-2022 term. The GSC comprises six members appointed for a two-year term on a rotating basis. There are three … Continue reading

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