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MAA News – New Grant Program for Graduate Students

The Graduate Student Committee of the Medieval Academy of America is pleased to announce a new, one-time grant program: the MAA-GSC New Horizons Graduate Student Research Grant. The MAA-GSC is calling for applications for grants of up to $500 to … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for Prize Submissions

The Medieval Academy of America invites submissions for the following prizes to be awarded at the 2021 MAA Annual Meeting (University of Indiana at Bloomington, 15-18 April). Submission instructions vary, but all dossiers must complete by 15 October 2020. PLEASE … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for CARA Awards Nominations

Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies The Robert L. Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies recognizes Medieval Academy members who have provided leadership in developing, organizing, promoting, and sponsoring medieval studies through the extensive administrative work … Continue reading

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MAA News – Good News from our Members

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has just awarded a $100,000 National Leadership in Libraries grant to Digital Scriptorium  to plan a technical redesign of the Digital Scriptorium data model. The one-year planning process will be spearheaded by … Continue reading

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ACLS Statement: COVID-19 and the Key Role of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the United States

COVID-19 and the Key Role of the Humanities and Social Sciences in the United States Consider the spread of COVID-19, global environmental degradation, and the deep divisions around race in this country. Our collective responses to these and other challenges … Continue reading

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Call for Contributions – Medieval Music and Inclusive Pedagogy

Call for Contributions 56th International Congress in Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, MI, May 13-15, 2021 The Musicology at Kalamazoo Program Committee invites contributions to the Roundtable  Medieval Music and Inclusive Pedagogy  Interrogating Homogeny & Exclusion in the Teaching, Scholarship, and Cultural … Continue reading

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Call for papers – Collecting Orthodoxy in the West: A History and a Look Towards the Future

Collecting Orthodoxy in the West: A History and a Look Towards the Future In a 1947 article titled “Byzantine Art and Scholarship in America,” Kurt Weitzmann examined the history of collecting Byzantine art in the United States. “…The combination of … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – (Online) Marco Manuscript Workshop 2021

Marco Manuscript Workshop 2021: “Immaterial Culture” February 5-6, 2021 The sixteenth annual Marco Manuscript Workshop will take place Friday, February 5, and Saturday, February 6, 2021. Sessions will meet virtually via an online platform. The workshop is led by Professors … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – (Online Conference) The Total Library: Aspirations for Complete Knowledge in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

The Total Library: Aspirations for Complete Knowledge in the Middle Ages and Renaissance The 27th Biennial Conference of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program of Barnard College Barnard College, New York City December 5, 2020 ONLINE CONFERENCE Plenary Speakers: Ann … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Decolonizing the Medieval Studies Syllabus (a roundtable)

Call for Papers 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University, May 2021 Decolonizing the Medieval Studies Syllabus (a roundtable) This session is sponsored by the CARA Committee of the Medieval Academy of America. In the effort to help … Continue reading

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