Author Archives: Chris

Author’s Response to Speculum Review

A response to: Berthelot, Anne. Review of Jean-Bernard Elzière, Le décodage des chansons de geste et des romans courtois (XIIe et XIIIe siècles). Speculum 91/2 [2016]: 490-92; doi: 10.1086/675648. The reviewer of my volume, Anne Berthelot, does not demonstrate in … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Merton College, Oxford Salary £29,819 p.a., plus a housing allowance of £10,000 p.a. or free accommodation Merton College proposes to elect a Fitzjames Research Fellow in Medieval English Literature for four years commencing on 1 October 2017 or as soon … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Charlemagne’s Ghost: Legacies, Leftovers, and Legends of the Carolingian Empire

44th Annual New England Medieval Conference Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Saturday, October 7, 2017 Keynote Speaker: Simon MacLean, University of St. Andrews, “What Was Post-Carolingian about Post-Carolingian Europe?” It is well known that the Frankish emperor Charlemagne (768-814) … Continue reading

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CARA News – Northwestern University

Medieval Studies Cluster programming at Northwestern in 2016-17: We sponsored seven lectures, two conferences, and a field trip, as follows: Oct. 13            Michael Bailey (History, Iowa State) “Calling Bullshit on St. Augustine: Fragments toward a History of False   … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Inside Out: Dress and Identity in the Middle Ages

Inside Out: Dress and Identity in the Middle Ages 38th Annual Conference of the Center for Medieval Studies Fordham University March 17-18, 2018 Dress was a primary expression of identity in the European middle ages, when individuals made strategic choices about … Continue reading

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CARA News – Athabasca University

Online Medieval History Courses from Athabasca University Athabasca University (AU) is a publicly funded, open and online university in Alberta, Canada. It is accredited through the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). AU offers degree programs as well as … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Position announcement:  Research Librarian for Special Collections / Department of Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin-Madison The Department of Special Collections at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is currently seeking a Research Librarian for Special Collections. Under the supervision of … Continue reading

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CARA News – George Washington Univ. Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute

This year the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies program held three major events: REFUGE: a symposium A wide-ranging conversation on global migration, refugees, crisis, pedagogy, performance, and home — medieval to contemporary — featuring a performance by poet Patience … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Othello’s Island 2018

Othello’s Island 2018 The 6th annual interdisciplinary conference on byzantine, medieval, renaissance and early modern art, literary, archaeological, historical and cultural studies CVAR, Nicosia, Cyprus, 25 to 27 March 2018 KEYNOTE LECTURE 2018: “DONOR PORTRAITS IN BYZANTINE ART” To be … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Fifty-Sixth Annual Midwest Medieval History Conference

Fifty-Sixth Annual Midwest Medieval History Conference September 29-30, 2017 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan Call for Papers Keynote speaker: Ruth Mazo Karras, The University of Minnesota Twin-Cities “Thou Art The Man: King David and Medieval Masculinites.” The Midwest Medieval History … Continue reading

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