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2018 Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Prize

The 2018 Medieval Academy Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Prize has been awarded to “The Digital Red Monastery Church: Open Access for Scholars and the Public, for Research and Teaching” (Principal Investigator, Elizabeth S. Bolman). This project used laser technology … Continue reading

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Call for Applications: 2018-2019 New York Public Library Short-Term Research Fellowships

The New York Public Library is pleased to offer short-term research fellowships to support graduate-level, post-doctoral, and independent researchers.  Individuals needing to conduct on-site research in the Library’s special collections to support projects in the humanities, business, and the fine … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Associate University Librarian for Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books   Description The University of Missouri Libraries (Columbia, MO) seek an Associate University Librarian for Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books (SCARaB).  The successful candidate will provide leadership for the … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – The Northern Plains Conference on Early British Literature

The Northern Plains Conference on Early British Literature Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada April 26-28, 2018 Call for papers We invite abstracts for 20-minute conference presentations on any aspect of British literature from the 18th-century and earlier, for the 2018 NPCEBL … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – 39th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum: Image and Visual Experience in the Middle Ages and Renaissance

39th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum: Image and Visual Experience in the Middle Ages and Renaissance Keene State College Keene, NH, USA Friday and Saturday April 13-14, 2018 Call for Papers and Sessions We are delighted to announce that the 39th Medieval … Continue reading

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Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowships

The University of Chicago Library invites applications for the Robert L. Platzman Memorial Fellowships for the summer of 2018. Any visiting researcher, writer, or artist residing more than 100 miles from Chicago, and whose project requires on-site consultation of University … Continue reading

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2018 John Nicholas Brown Prize

The 2018 John Nicholas Brown Prize has been awarded to Dimitri Korobeinikov for his monograph, Byzantium and the Turks in the Thirteenth Century (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014). The John Nicholas Brown Prize, established by the Medieval Academy of America in … Continue reading

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MAA News – Ad Hoc Committee on Harassment at the Annual Meeting

It has long come to the attention of members of the Medieval Academy of America that policies need to be established and formally registered concerning behavioral expectations for MAA Annual Meetings. The MAA encourages open discourse among colleagues of all … Continue reading

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MAA News – Registration for 2018 Annual Meeting

Registration for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America is now open! The meeting will take place at the Emory University Conference Center in Atlanta, from 1-3 March 2018. The program, registration, and hotel information are available … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2018 MAA Governance Election Results

I am very pleased to announce the results of the 2018 Governance election: President: David Wallace (Univ. of Pennsylvania) 1st Vice-President: Ruth Mazo Karras (Univ. of Minnesota) 2nd Vice-President: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski (Univ. of Pittsburgh) Councillors: Raymond Clemens (Beinecke Library, Yale … Continue reading

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