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MAA News – CARA News

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Chris

Check out the latest CARA newsletter to see what’s happening in Medieval Studies on North American campuses: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.medievalacademy.org/resource/resmgr/pdfs/June_2016_CARA_news.pdf

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Call for Papers – “Getting Medieval”: Medievalism in Contemporary Popular Culture

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Chris

This conference, organized at the Jean-François Champollion National University Institute (“Champollion University”) in the historic episcopal city of Albi, France – site of the thirteenth-century Albigensian Crusades – will take place on 25-26 November 2016.  Please send proposals of 100-250 … Continue reading →

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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Chris

Postdoctoral Researchers, Music and Late Medieval Court European Cultures (ERC funded) The Faculty of Music proposes to appoint two postdoctoral researchers for a period of 4 years, starting 1st September 2016, to work on a new ERC funded Advanced grant, … Continue reading →

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Call for Sessions: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel at Leeds 2017

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Chris

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 24th International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, July 3–6, 2017. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine … Continue reading →

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9th Annual Lawrence J. Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Chris

November 17-19, 2016 Save the Date! Registration opens at the end of the summer. Reactions: Medieval/Modern In partnership with the Rare Book Department of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Schoenberg Institute of Manuscript Studies (SIMS) at the University of … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – The Material Culture of Religious Change and Continuity, 1400-1600

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Chris

The Material Culture of Religious Change and Continuity, 1400-1600 11-12 April 2017 at the University of Huddersfield, UK 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther nailing his 95 theses on the Wittenberg Church. From that date, religion in Europe had … Continue reading →

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MAA News – From the President: Approaching the Centenary

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Chris

In 1925, the Medieval Academy of America (including both Canada and the United States) and its journal Speculum were founded in Cambridge, Mass.  In 2025 we will mark the centenary of the founding of our professional organization. These festivities will … Continue reading →

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MAA News – 2017 Call for Papers

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Chris

The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will be held in Toronto, Ontario, on 6-8 April 2017, hosted by the University of Toronto and The Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies. The Organizing Committee invites proposals for papers … Continue reading →

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MAA News – MAA@Kalamazoo

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Chris

As always, the Medieval Academy of America will have a strong presence at the 2016 International Congress on Medieval Studies  (May 12-15). 1) The Friday morning plenary, sponsored by the Academy, will be delivered by Jane Chance (Rice Univ.). Her … Continue reading →

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MAA News – Congratulations to our Members

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Chris

We offer our congratulations to these Medieval Academy members: – David Nirenberg (Univ. of Chicago) and Ralph Hexter (Univ. of California, Davis), who have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; – Hussein Fancy (Univ. of Michigan) … Continue reading →

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