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MAA News – Good News From Our Members

Susan Boynton (Columbia University) and Diane Reilly (Indiana University) received the 2016 Ruth A. Solie Award of the American Musicological Society Resounding Images: Medieval Intersections of Art, Music, and Sound Studies in the Visual Cultures of the Middle Ages for … Continue reading

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Extended Due to Popular Demand: Beyond Words at Houghton Library

Beyond Words at Houghton Library Extended Through December 14 Houghton Library is delighted to announce that due to popular demand its exhibition Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collection will run for an extra three days. The library is beyond … Continue reading

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Deadline reminder: The 2016 Grolier Club Library William H. Helfand Fellowship

The 2016 Grolier Club Library William H. Helfand Fellowship New York, December 1, 2016. A reminder that the application deadline for this year’s fellowship offering is December 30, 2016. This is the Grolier Club Library‘s fourteenth annual fellowship offering in … Continue reading

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NEH Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers The Formation and Re-formation of the Book: 1450-1650

John N. King of The Ohio State University and Mark Rankin of James Madison University will direct a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar for College and University Teachers on continuity and change in the production, dissemination, and reading … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Culture and Violence

38th Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum Keene State College Keene, NH, USA Friday and Saturday April 21-22, 2017 Call for Papers and Sessions “Culture and Violence” Keynote speaker:  Professor Richard W. Kaeuper, University of Rochester “From Geoffroi de Charny to Louis … Continue reading

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University of Illinois-Urbana Rare Book & Manuscript Library Invites Visiting Scholar Applications

The John “Bud” Velde Visiting Scholars Program The Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2017-18 Program Cycle The Rare Book & Manuscript Library annually awards two stipends of $3,000 to scholars and researchers … Continue reading

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Post-Election Statement from the Council of the Medieval Academy

In the aftermath of the recent presidential election in the United States, the Medieval Academy of America reaffirms its commitment “to foster an environment of diversity, inclusion, and academic freedom,” as expressed in our “Statement on Diversity and Academic Freedom” … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Rare Books Cataloger, Boston Public Library The Boston Public Library is seeking an enthusiastic, highly experienced rare books cataloger to provide original and complex bibliographic description of its rare books and manuscripts. Working in a permanent, full-time position under the … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – “Uses of the Past: Cultural Memory in and of the Middle Ages”

“Uses of the Past: Cultural Memory in and of the Middle Ages” The Twenty-Ninth Annual Spring Symposium of the Medieval Studies Institute of Indiana University 3–4 March, 2017 Indiana University, Bloomington How is the past used (and abused) in the … Continue reading

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Deadlines for Newberry Fellowships

Our fellowship deadlines are fast approaching! Long-Term applications are due by November 15 Short-Term applications are due by December 15 All applications must be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on their respective deadline in order to be considered. The Newberry … Continue reading

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