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MAA News – From the Executive Director: “Compatible Careers” and the Future of Academia

At the recent Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy at the University of Notre Dame, The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages (TEAMS http://www.teamsmedieval.org/) sponsored a roundtable session titled “The Futures of Medieval Studies and the Academy,” moderated … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

EDITORIAL ASSISTANT for SPECULUM QUALIFICATIONS Applicants must have strong computer and editorial skills, together with a background in any area of the humanities with a particular specialty in Medieval Studies, and must be available to start work in the fall … Continue reading

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University of Barcelona International Summer School program.

The University of Barcelona (UB) is a public institution highly ranked internationally and posted as the center of the university research in Spain as well as a European benchmark for research. Its own history is closely tied to the history … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalsts

Assistant Rare Books Librarian (Maternity Cover), University of St Andrews Library The Special Collections Division of the University Library has a vacancy for a motivated and well-organised librarian to undertake a number of projects on the exceptional rare books collections. … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – ‘Transforming Male Devotional Practices’ from the Medieval to the Early Modern

‘Transforming Male Devotional Practices’ from the medieval to the early modern University of Huddersfield 16th and 17th September 2015 This conference is co-hosted with the Universities of Reading and Liverpool Hope. It aims to explore the social, economic and spatial … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Digital Projects and Archives Librarian, Middlebury College, Vermont Located in the scenic Green Mountains of Vermont, Middlebury College is a nationally recognized liberal arts college that offers graduate and specialized programs operating around the world. Middlebury employees enjoy a high … Continue reading

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The 38th Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School

25–30 July 2015 Saturday to Thursday Expert tuition in small groups for those who need to read medieval and early modern documents for local and national history. Courses range from introductions to medieval Latin and palaeography to more advanced ones … Continue reading

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MAA News – Medieval Academy Books Update

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Medieval Academy Books, Volume 114: Siegfried Wenzel, Medieval ‘Artes Praedicandi’: A Synthesis of Scholastic Sermon Structure (University of Toronto Press, 2015). We are actively soliciting manuscripts for future publication. In general, Medieval Academy Books publishes … Continue reading

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MAA News – Visiting Scholars

We invite you to submit information about international scholars who will be visiting your institution during the upcoming academic year. This information will be posted on our website and will assist colleagues in Medieval Studies programs that do not currently … Continue reading

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MAA News – GSC Awards at Annual Meeting

At the 2015 Annual Meeting, the award for Best Graduate Student Paper was awarded to Karen Fuller, Univ. of Notre Dame, for “Reading the Scribe, The Homemade Book: a Family of Scribe-Annotators in the MS Digby 145 Piers Plowman” Student … Continue reading

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