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Call for Papers – Rethinking the Post-Gothic in Medieval Iberia

CFP: Rethinking the Post-Gothic in Medieval Iberia Special Session, 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies May 11-14, 2017 Organizer: Ksenia Bonch Reeves, Wright State University, xenia.bonch@wright.edu Call for proposals Mid-eighth century Iberian chronicles famously describe post-Visigothic Spain as a landscape … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2016 International Medieval Congress, Univ. of Leeds

The 2016 Medieval Academy Annual Lecture at the Leeds International Medieval Congress was presented by Elaine Treharne (Stanford University), titled “Manuscript Edges, Marginal Time: Why Medieval Matters.” An abstract is online here. In a thought-provoking presentation that found connections between … Continue reading

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MAA News – Digital Humanities Prize

We are very pleased to announce that, beginning in 2017, the Medieval Academy of America will add a Digital Humanities Prize to its suite of publication honors, to be awarded alongside the Haskins Medal, the Brown Prize, and the Elliott … Continue reading

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MAA News – Upcoming MAA Fellowship and Grant Deadlines

The Medieval Academy of America has long provided a variety of benefits of membership, including numerous fellowships, prizes and grants for travel, research and publications. Please see the list below for prizes and fellowships with looming deadlines, then follow the … Continue reading

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MAA News – Book Prize Deadlines

Haskins Medal The Haskins Medal is awarded annually by the Medieval Academy of America for a distinguished book in the field of medieval studies. First presented in 1940, the award honors Charles Homer Haskins, the noted medieval historian, who was … Continue reading

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MAA News – Awards Available to Medievalists

The Academy encourages its members to apply for grants and residential fellowships in these and other programs: The American Academy in Rome The American Council of Learned Societies The American Philosophical Society Getty Research Fellowships Guggenheim Foundation Institute for Advanced … Continue reading

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MAA News – Good News From Our Members

Debby Banham (Cambridge University) and Martha Bayless (University of Oregon) have won ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships to collaborate on a book on bread as a cultural force in Anglo-Saxon England (see https://www.acls.org/research/cr.aspx?id=4378) Thomas Barton (Univ. of San Diego) was awarded … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – “Fanfiction in Medieval Studies: What Do We Mean When We Say ‘Fanfiction’?”

Call for Papers “Fanfiction in Medieval Studies: What Do We Mean When We Say ‘Fanfiction’?” 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 11-14, 2017 Organizer: Anna Wilson, anna.wilson@utoronto.ca Deadline Sept 15 Over the past three decades, there has … Continue reading

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Beyond Word Exhibition Website

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Beyond Words website, which provides information about dates, venues, public programming, the symposium, and the catalogue of the upcoming exhibit Beyond Words: Illuminated Manuscripts in Boston Collections: http://BeyondWords2016.org When the exhibit opens … Continue reading

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Manuscripts in the Curriculum

Les Enluminures is sponsoring a unique program that enables colleges, universities, and other educational institutions in North America and Canada to borrow a select group of diverse manuscripts dating from the thirteenth century onwards for teaching. The pilot program will … Continue reading

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