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MAA News – MAA 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. The deadline for proposals is 1 May 2020. Click here for more … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2020 Medieval Academy of America Publication Prizes

The Medieval Academy of America congratulates the winners of the 2020 Medieval Academy Publication Prizes: Haskins Medal: Richard F. Green. Elf Queens and Holy Friars: Fairy Beliefs and the Medieval Church (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016) Karen Gould Prize in Art … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2020 CARA Awards Announced

We are very pleased to announce the 2020 CARA Awards: Robert L. Kindrick-CARA Awards for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies: Eugene Lyman (Treasurer, Medieval Academy of America) and Deborah Deliyannis (Indiana University and The Medieval Review) CARA Awards for Excellence in Teaching: Sean Field (Univ. of … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2020 Inclusivity and Diversity Travel Grants

The annual Inclusivity and Diversity Travel Grant is awarded to a participant in the Medieval Academy’s Annual Meeting presenting on the study of diversity and inclusivity in the Middle Ages, broadly conceived. In 2020, an anonymous donation has made it … Continue reading

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MAA News – Annual Meeting Student Bursaries Awarded

We are very pleased to support these emerging scholars are they present their work at the 2020 Annual Meeting: Best Student Paper: Christopher Halsted (Univ. of Virginia), “Wounds Before Milk: Gender and Steppe Ethnography in Post-Carolingian Europe” (Session IV.9) Travel Bursaries: … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA Fellows Election Results

To the Members of the Medieval Academy of America, The Second Ballot of the 2020 Election of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows closed on Wednesday, 2 January. The results have been certified by the President of the Fellows and the Fellows … Continue reading

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MAA News – Good News from our Members

A Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) award for Digitizing Hidden Special Collections and Archives was granted to Elizabeth Hebbard (Univ. of Indiana at Bloomington), Principal Investigator, “Peripheral Manuscripts: Digitizing Medieval Manuscript Collections in the Midwest.” The following MAA members have … Continue reading

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Sign up to be a mentor or mentee at MAA 2020!

DEADLINE TO REGISTER AS A MENTOR OR MENTEE: February 28 The Graduate Student Committee (GSC) of the Medieval Academy of America invites those attending the 95th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America at the University of California, Berkeley … Continue reading

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Call for Applications: “Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll”

Call for Applications: “Digital Editing and the Medieval Manuscript Roll”. – Yale University This graduate training workshop will cover topics in: Paleography and Cataloging of Medieval Manuscript Rolls, Manuscript Transcription and Scholarly Editing, Introduction to the Digital Edition: Challenges and Best Practices, Collaborative Editing, XML, … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – 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 Plenary Speakers: Ann Blair (Harvard … Continue reading

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