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MAA News – Belle Da Costa Greene Fund: Help us meet our goal!

The Medieval Academy of America is very pleased to announce the establishment of the Belle Da Costa Greene Fund, which has raised more than $10,000 since its inception. We need your help to reach our goal of $45,000! Belle Da … Continue reading

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MAA News – New MAA Travel Program: Spread the Word!

The Medieval Academy of America is inaugurating a new travel program this fall, similar to those that universities often run for their communities of lifelong learners. Participants in this October 23-28 trip will join Executive Director Lisa Fagin Davis in … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Al-Andalus in Motion: Travelling Concepts and Cross-Cultural Contexts’

Al-Andalus in Motion: Travelling Concepts and Cross-Cultural Contexts’ Istanbul Medeniyet University, 15-16 November 2018 The history of Iberia, as both an originator and a product of global colonization, constitutes a field of study for interrogating fundamental concepts of contemporary liberal-democratic … Continue reading

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Call for Applications | Core Program | Camargo Foundation

THE CAMARGO FOUNDATION The Camargo Foundation, located in Cassis, France, and founded by artist and philanthropist Jerome Hill, is a residential center offering programming in the humanities and the arts. It offers time and space in a contemplative environment to … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Kalamazoo 2019: Was there capitalism in the middle ages?

For both contemporary scholars and classical theorists, capitalism defines modernity. Yet for a concept that is so en vogue (consider, e.g., the surprising success of Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty- First Century), there is little consensus over what it is … Continue reading

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Jornadas Proyecto Tesoro. Resultados de la investigación interdisciplinar sobre el tesoro de San Isidoro de León

Jornadas Proyecto Tesoro. Resultados de la investigación interdisciplinar sobre el tesoro de San Isidoro de León 11-12 septiembre 2018 La creación de un tesoro medieval ofrece un testigo material para desvelar los intereses, las posibilidades y las aspiraciones de quiénes … Continue reading

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Call for Proposals – 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies

Call for Proposals 54th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, May 9 to 12, 2019 A Roundtable Encountering Medieval Iconography in the Twenty-First Century: Scholarship, Social Media, and Digital Methods Organizers: M. Alessia Rossi and Jessica Savage (Index of Medieval Art, … Continue reading

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Editor of Speculum: Applications due July 30

The Medieval Academy of America seeks to appoint an Editor for Speculum. The position is configured as part-time, requiring around 25 hours per week. The Editor is appointed for an expected five-year term, subject to acceptable yearly performance reviews, with … Continue reading

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The Berlin Prize Call for Applications 2019/2020

The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential fellowships for the academic year 2019/2020. The Academy seeks to enrich transatlantic dialogue in the arts, humanities, and public policy through the development and communication of projects of the highest … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Government and Governance from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance: Representation and Reality

Government and Governance from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance: Representation and Reality 45th Annual New England Medieval Conference University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH Saturday, November 17th, 2018 Great Seal of Edward I Keynote Speakers: Amy Appleford, of Boston University, … Continue reading

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