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MAA News – 2016 Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants

The nine winners of the 2016 Dissertation Grants are: Hope Emily Allen Dissertation Grant Katherine Hindley (Yale Univ.), “‘On Parchment or on Bread’: Textual Magic in Medieval England” John Boswell Dissertation Grant Andrew Sears (Univ. of California, Berkeley), “Relics on … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2016 Schallek Awards

The Medieval Academy, in collaboration with the Richard III Society-American Branch, offers five graduate student awards (in addition to the full-year Fellowship awarded in the fall) in memory of William B. and Maryloo Spooner Schallek, funded by a generous gift … Continue reading

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MAA News – Speculum (April 2016) is Available Online

The latest issue of Speculum is now available on the new University of Chicago Press Journals website. To access your members-only journal subscription, log in to the MAA website using your username and password associated with your membership (contact us at … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Lecturer in Medieval Latin School of History, Classics & Archaeology The University of Edinburgh Applications are invited from scholars of the highest calibre with research interests and teaching experience in Medieval Latin (ca. AD 500–1500). The successful candidate is expected … Continue reading

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IAS Opportunitites for Scholars for the Academic Year 2017-2018

INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY, School of Historical Studies, Opportunities for Scholars 2017-2018.  The Institute is an independent private institution founded in 1930 to create a community of scholars focused on intellectual inquiry, free from teaching and other university obligations.  Scholars … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Applications are now being accepted for a one year postdoctoral fellow to serve as editorial assistant at Speculum from July 1, 2016 – July 31, 2017. This position offers qualified individuals an opportunity to develop as scholars and editors. The … Continue reading

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Author’s Response to Speculum Review

A response to: Robert, Aurélien. Review of Richard de Mediavilla, Questions disputées, tome VI, Questions 38–45, ed. and trans. Alain Boureau. Speculum 91/1 [2016]:248–50; doi:10.1086/684468. Author’s Response (Alain Boureau, École des hautes études en sciences sociales) En premier lieu, le … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – 2016 New England Medieval Conference

The organizers of the annual New England Medieval Conference, to be hosted by Dartmouth College on Saturday 19 November 2016, invite papers that address the 2016 theme “Lives and Afterlives in the Middle Ages.” Whether one studies historical figures, relics, … Continue reading

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Call for Sessions: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies

As part of its ongoing commitment to Byzantine studies, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May … Continue reading

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Lecture: “Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of Congress”

“Medieval Manuscripts in the Library of Congress”  with Kluge Fellow Ilya Dines Thursday, March 31, 2016, 4:00 p.m. Room LJ-119, First floor, Thomas Jefferson Building Kluge Fellow Ilya Dines discusses his current project to catalogue 150 medieval manuscripts and fragments … Continue reading

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