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MAA News – News from CARA (Committee on Centers and Regional Associations)

More than a dozen associations, programs, centers, and departments have recently sent us reports of medieval goings-on, all of which are posted on the Medieval Academy blog. Check them out here: https://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/category/cara/ Submitting your news and announcements to the Medieval … Continue reading

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MAA News – Upcoming Grant Deadlines

The Medieval Academy of America invites applications for the following grants. Please note that applicants must be members in good standing as of September 15 in order to be eligible for Medieval Academy awards. Birgit Baldwin Fellowship The Birgit Baldwin … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for Prize Nominations

The Medieval Academy of America invites submissions for the following prizes, to be awarded at the 2018 MAA Annual Meeting (Emory University, 1-3 March). Submission instructions vary, but all dossiers must complete by 15 October 2017. Haskins Medal Awarded to … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA Awards Summer Scholarships and Travel Grants

MAA/CARA Summer Scholarships support students completing interterm coursework in paleography, languages, or manuscript studies. The 2017 MAA/CARA Summer Scholarships have been awarded to: Michelle Al-Ferzly (Univ. of Michigan),  studying Classical Arabic at the Qasid Institute (Amman, Jordan). Deanna Elizabeth Brook’s, … Continue reading

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CARA News: Northern Illinois University

The Northern Illinois University Medieval Studies Concentration was recently the beneficiary of a generous endowment to support undergraduate programs related to Medieval Studies—the David L. Wagner Medieval Studies Fund. David L. Wagner is an emeritus professor of history and medieval … Continue reading

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CARA News: Western Michigan University

The Medieval Institute and the medievalist community at Western Michigan University enjoyed in 2016-2017 a year of activities, accomplishments, and accolades. In June/July 2016, our Richard Rawlinson Center for Anglo-Saxon Studies and Manuscript Research, in collaboration with the Department of … Continue reading

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CARA News: University of Missouri

The Medieval and Renaissance Studies (MARS) program at the University of Missouri oversees interdisciplinary minors at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and sponsors/cosponsors several MARS events during the academic year, including lectures, abstract workshops, reading groups, and social events. Our … Continue reading

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CARA News: Germantown Friends School

A special report from Germantown Friends School, an independent K-12 school in Philadelphia. The report was submitted by Latin teacher James Barron. “Our Medieval studies unit caps off a year of coordinated work in two courses.  At our school, sophomores … Continue reading

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CARA News: University College London

Medieval and Renaissance Studies at UCL # Masters training and and past student views about it: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mars # The Graduate Students’ Seminar: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/mars/seminars-lectures/imars # Seminars at the Institute of Historical Research: http://www.history.ac.uk/events/seminars Earlier Middle Ages Crusades and the Latin East … Continue reading

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CARA News: University of Vermont

Medieval Studies at the University of Vermont In 2016-2017 an interdisciplinary group of medievalists at the University of Vermont, with the support of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Department of History, the Department of Romance … Continue reading

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