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Call for Nominations

The Early Slavic Studies Association is seeking nominations for its 2013 book prize. This year, the committee will consider monographs in areas OUTSIDE Early Slavic Studies that contribute significantly to our field by integrating its research and revealing important connections … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

The Department of Romance Languages and Literatures at the University of Chicago invites applications for a faculty position in medieval Spanish literature at the beginning or advanced Assistant Professor level, with a preferred start date of July 1, 2014. We … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

Medieval Intellectual/Cultural History. College of Letters, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.  Rank: Assistant professor, to begin 1 July 2014. The College of Letters at Wesleyan University seeks a scholar of intellectual and cultural history, broadly defined, specializing in medieval Europe and working primarily … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Second Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Second Annual Symposium on Medieval and Renaissance Studies June 16-18, 2014 Saint Louis University Saint Louis, Missouri This Year’s Plenary Speakers: John W. Baldwin, Johns Hopkins University Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh CALL FOR PAPERS The Second Annual Symposium on Medieval … Continue reading

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Call For Papers – N-Town’s Diversity: its History and its Plays

Leeds International Medieval Congress, 7-10 July 2014 This session will reassess our knowledge of the N-Town Manuscript, British Library MS Cotton Vespasian D.8, in its literary, historical, and political contexts.  The manuscript and its plays have experienced a resurgence of … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Empire and Networks in the Western Mediterranean

This year’s theme for the International Medieval Congress, “Empire,” provides an apt opportunity to explore the ways in which the networks of the Western Mediterranean reflected, furthered, eluded or connected the many powers in the region: the Angevin, German and … Continue reading

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Conferences – Beyond the “Land of the Three Cultures”: Re-Thinking Medieval Iberia

“Beyond the “Land of the Three Cultures”: Re-Thinking Medieval Iberia.” September 13-14 at the University of Notre Dame This conference seeks to challenge the received notion of medieval Iberia as a “Land of the Three Cultures”—Christian, Muslim, and Jewish—by questioning … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – The Ten Commandments in Medieval and Early Modern Culture

International Conference The Ten Commandments in medieval and early modern culture Ghent University, Belgium April 10-11, 2014 Key note speakers: Robert J. Bast (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) Lesley Smith (University of Oxford) Call for Papers The Department of Literature at … Continue reading

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2013-14 ACLS Fellowship Competitions Now Open

The American Council of Learned Societies is pleased to announce that the 2013-14 ACLS fellowship competitions are now open. ACLS offers 13 fellowship programs that promote the full spectrum of humanities and humanistic social sciences research and support scholars at … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Ex Arabico in Latinum: Studies in Mediterranean Translation Movements

Ex Arabico in Latinum: Studies in Mediterranean Translation Movements 49th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 8-11, 2014 Organizer: Anthony Minnema Chair: Thomas Burman Arabic-to-Latin translation movements are underrepresented at conferences of medieval studies since researchers often stride … Continue reading

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