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Executive Director, Medieval Academy of America

The Medieval Academy of America invites applications to serve as Executive Director of the world’s largest scholarly organization devoted to the study of the Middle Ages. The Executive Director is appointed for a five-year term by the Council; the term … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Conversion Texts

The Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters is announcing its first four-day annual conference on the theme of Texts of Conversion to be held at Ben-Gurion University in Be’er Sheva, Israel, from the 26th-29th May 2014. The … Continue reading

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Regesta Pontificum Romanorum Online

The database “Regesta Pontificum Romanorum” has been launched at the beginning of this week. In the near future there will be a regest for every papal contact prior to the year 1198. Please visit www.papsturkunden.de. As of now just 282 … Continue reading

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3-year ESR Fellowship in France

The DIXIT ITN is offering 12 fellowships for Early Stage Researchers (not yet doctors, having obtained a Master degree in the past 4 years, and NOT having spent more than 12 months in the host country during the past 3 … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Medieval Iberia and the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Seminar/UCMRP seeks proposals for papers for a panel on Medieval Iberia and the Mediterranean to be proposed for the 45th Annual Meeting of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies, that will take place 26-29 June 2014 … Continue reading

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MAA News – Holiday Office Closures

The Medieval Academy office will be closed on the following dates: November 28 – 29 December 23 – 27 New Year’s Day

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MAA News – Different Ways to be a Medievalist: the First of a Series

In the days of too few university positions and an increased appreciation for quality-of-life concerns, this series aims to pass on members’ experiences as non-tenure track medievalists to students currently in graduate school or to those who are just turning … Continue reading

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Visiting Scholars List, 2013-2014

Each year, the Medieval Academy maintains a list of medievalists who are visiting North America from other countries. The purpose of the list is to provide a resource for those who would like to invite foreign scholars to deliver lectures … Continue reading

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MAA News – 2013 CARA Meeting

The annual meeting of the Medieval Academy’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations took place on Friday, 4 October at the Newberry Library in Chicago. Twenty delegates representing Medieval Studies programs, centers, departments and regional associations from around North America … Continue reading

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Medieval Intellectual History Seminar

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies presents: Medieval Intellectual History Seminar Saturday, December 7, 2013 1 pm Eric Goddard, former student and scholar at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and now at Trinity Christian College in Chicago, will present on … Continue reading

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