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MAA News – Dissertation Grant Winners

The 2019 Dissertation Grants have been awarded to: Hope Emily Allen Dissertation Grant: Timi Sgouros (Binghamton University), “Mobile Nuns: The Transgressing of Cloister Walls in the Later Middle Ages” John Boswell Dissertation Grant: Emma Snowden (University of Minnesota), “Bridging the Strait: The Shared History … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2019 Schallek Awards

The 2019 Schallek Awards, granted in collaboration with the Richard III Society-American Branch to support dissertation research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain, have been awarded to: Louisa Foroughi (Fordham University), “What Makes a Yeoman? Status, Religion, and Material … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for CARA News

What’s Happening on Campus? The Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) wants to know! Please send a report about this year’s medieval studies programming in your department, regional association, or center to the Medieval Academy of America. We will … Continue reading

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MAA News – Good News From Our Members

Several Medieval Academy members have recently been awarded Summer Stipends from the National Endowment for the Humanities or have been named Fellows of the American Council of Learned Societies: NEH Summer Stipends:  Abigail Firey (University of Kentucky Research Foundation), “Lady … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Lecturer in History (Medieval History) http://jobs.flinders.edu.au/cw/en/job/497013/lecturer-in-history-medieval-history Job no: 497013 Work type: Full time Location: Bedford Park Categories: Level B, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Classification: Academic Level B Salary Range: $94,323 to $112,006 pa Employment Type: Continuing, full-time Position Reports to: Dean … Continue reading

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Important Changes to MAA Election Procedures and Governance

To the Members of the Medieval Academy of America: I am very pleased to announce the following important changes to the Medieval Academy of America By-Laws, as recommended by the Centennial Committee and recently approved by the Council: Article 23. … Continue reading

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2019-2020 Schoenberg Institute Visiting Research Fellowships

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries is accepting applications for the 2019-2020 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS) Visiting Research Fellowship program. Guided by the vision of its founders, Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, SIMS aims to bring manuscript … Continue reading

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CARA News

MAA CARA Report: The Catholic University of America 2018-2019 The Center for Medieval & Byzantine Studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. is a community of over thirty scholars and a group of graduate students from various … Continue reading

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East of Byzantium Lecture and Workshop, April 11 & 12, 2019

The Arthur H. Dadian and Ara Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to announce the final East of … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – 16th International Congress of Medieval Canon Law

CALL FOR PAPERS 16th International Congress of Medieval Canon Law Saint Louis University 19 – 25 July 2020 The 16th International Congress of Medieval Canon Law, co-sponsored by ICMAC (Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio/International Society of Medieval Canon Law) and … Continue reading

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