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MAA News – Funding Opportunities for 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 – Medieval Academy Members Awarded ACLS Fellowships

The American Council of Learned Societies has recently announced the 2015 ACLS fellowship recipients, several of whom are members of the Medieval Academy: Albin, Andrew J. / ACLS Fellowship Assistant Professor, English, Fordham University Richard Rolle’s Melody of Love: Alliterative … Continue reading

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MAA News – Kalamazoo 2016 Call for Papers

The Call for Papers for the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies has been issued. We invite submissions for these MAA-sponsored sessions: Medieval Academy of America: How We Read I-II: I. Medieval Literature; II. Medieval Scholarship, Translation, Historiography. Contact: Monica … Continue reading

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Alexander von Humboldt Professorship

Katrin Kogman-Appel, Department of the Arts, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (http://www.humboldt-professur.de/en/). Kogman-Appel’s research discusses illumination and decoration in Hebrew manuscripts and Jewish book culture. She will assume the Professorship in November 2016 … Continue reading

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Franklin Research Grants

Scope This program of small grants to scholars is intended to support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge. The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the cost of travel to libraries and … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Position Announcement: Head of the Manuscript Section, Houghton Library, Harvard University   Harvard University invites applications and nominations for the position of Head of the Manuscript Section, Houghton Library.  Reporting to the Associate Librarian for Technical Services, the Head of … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Position Title: Director of Byzantine Studies Supervisor:    Director Department:  Byzantine Studies Grade:            60 Term:             Five years with the possibility of renewal up to an additional five years Duties and Responsibilities The Director of Byzantine Studies reports to the Director … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts Sponsored Session

Call for Papers Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts Sponsored Session at the 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 12-15, 2016 We seek proposals for the following session: Networks of Transmission: Histories and and Practices of Collecting … Continue reading

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The Berlin Prize Call for Applications 2016/2017

The Berlin Prize Call for Applications 2016/2017 The American Academy in Berlin invites applications for its residential fellowships for the academic year 2016/2017. The deadline is Wednesday, September 30, 2015 (12 noon EST or 6 pm CET). Applications may be submitted online … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Second International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Thought

Second International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Thought April 7-9, 2016 Featuring Plenary Speaker Dr. Caroline Bruzelius, Professor of Art History, Duke University The conference is slated to be held on the beautiful campus of Sam Houston State University in … Continue reading

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