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MAA News – Upcoming Grant Deadlines

MAA Dissertation Grants (deadline 15 February): The nine annual Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants support advanced graduate students who are writing Ph.D. dissertations on medieval topics. The $2,000 grants help defray research expenses. Click here for more information. Schallek Awards (deadline … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2018 Class of Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America

The Medieval Academy of America is pleased to announce the 2018 Class of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows: Fellows: Keith Busby (French and Italian, The University of Wisconsin) Cynthia Hahn (Art and Art History, Hunter College CUNY) Amy Remensnyder (History, Brown University) Corresponding … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2018 Publication Prizes Announced

Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Medieval Academy of America publication prizes: Haskins Medal: Brian A. Catlos, Muslims of Medieval Latin Christendom, c.1050-1614 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015) Digital Humanities Prize: Elizabeth S. Bolman (PI), The Digital Red Monastery … Continue reading

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MAA News – CARA Awards Announced

We are very pleased to announce the 2018 CARA Awards: Robert L. Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies: Bonnie Wheeler (Southern Methodist Univ.) CARA Awards for Excellence in Teaching: Monica Green (Arizona State Univ.) and Emily Steiner (Univ. … Continue reading

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MAA News – Annual Meeting Graduate Student Prizes

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Annual Meeting Graduate Student Prizes: Best Student Paper: Robin S. Reich (Columbia Univ.), “Nearly Gold and Neary Perfect? Meaning and Materiality of Copper-alloy in Twelfth-Century Sicily.” Robin will deliver … Continue reading

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MAA News – Good News From Our Members

In November 2017 Richard C. Hoffmann, a member of the Medieval Academy since 1965 and now Professor Emeritus in medieval history at York University, Toronto, was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.   His citation reads in … Continue reading

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MAA’s Annual Meeting Registration Discount Ends Soon

Register by January 31 to take advantage of the early-bird discount, and make your hotel reservations at the Conference Center as soon as possible to lock in discounted rates. The meeting will take place at the Emory University Conference Center … Continue reading

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Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto Medieval Latin Courses

In 2018, the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto will offer the following courses in Medieval Latin: Beginning Latin (8 hours of instruction weekly, 22 May to 13 July 2018, with an optional three-week reading course thereafter).  … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Interdisciplinary Network

Medieval and Renaissance Graduate Interdisciplinary Network Second Graduate Symposium New York University | May 17, 2018 MARGIN reads Messy Bodies Last year, in our end-of-the-year symposium focusing on the afterlife of Ovid in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, we found … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Medieval Unfreedoms: Slavery, Servitude, and Trafficking in Humans before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

CALL FOR PAPERS October 19-20, 2018 “Medieval Unfreedoms: Slavery, Servitude, and Trafficking in Humans before the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade” Across the medieval world (c. 500 — c. 1500), multiple forms and degrees of unfreedom—slavery, serfdom, forced concubinage, coerced labor, captivity, … Continue reading

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