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Call for Papers – SHSU’s First International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Thought

April 4-6, 2013 Featuring Plenary Speaker Dr. Richard North, Professor of Old English Literature, University of London The conference is slated to be held on our beautiful campus in Huntsville, Texas. Deadline to propose a Special Session: July 15, 2012 … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Un/making mistakes in Medieval manuscripts

48th International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo [MI], Western Michigan University). – Session Un/making mistakes in Medieval manuscripts (organized by B. M. Eggert, Humboldt University, Berlin – Ch. Schott, Erskine College, South Carolina). – Call for papers (until 25.VIII.2012). While … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: Edited Collection: Hugh of Fouilloy: A Neglected Author of the Twelfth-Century Monastic Reform Movement

The prior of a community of Augustinian canons near Amiens from ca. 1132 until his death ca. 1173-74, Hugh of Fouilloy produced six known treatises on the monastic life: De avibus, De claustro animae, De medicina animae, De nuptiis, De … Continue reading

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Call for Papers: AVISTA at ICMS Kalamazoo 2013

AVISTA, the Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Technology, Science, and Art in the Middle Ages, is pleased to announce FOUR sessions at the International Congress for Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo next year, which will be held … Continue reading

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Masterclass “Integrating Images in the Fifteenth-Century Book”

Masterclass : R. Gaskell, Integrating Images in the Fifteenth-Century Book (Cambridge, University Library). – http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/rarebooks/incblog/?p=1981

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Call For Papers: The Five Senses in Medieval and Early Modern Cultures: Literature and Language

Call for papers The Five Senses in Medieval and Early Modern Cultures: Literature and Language 7-8 June 2013, University of Bern Conference Organisers: Prof. Dr. Beatrix Busse (University of Heidelberg) Prof. Dr. Annette Kern-Stähler (University of Bern) The study of … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA at Kzoo

The presence of the MAA at Kalamazoo is difficult to miss when hundreds of people turn out for a 8:30 am plenary lecture by David Wallace (University of Pennsylvania) on “Conceptualizing Literary History: Europe, 1348-1418.” Three sessions on “Transnational Literary … Continue reading

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MAA News – The GSC Mentorship Program

At the 2010 International Medieval Congress at Leeds, the Graduate Student Committee rolled out a new mentorship program that paired graduate students with an established scholar according to discipline. What began as a modest project with 6 who signed up … Continue reading

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MAA News – Deadlines: Medieval Academy Grants and Awards

The Medieval Academy of America has long provided a variety of benefits of membership, including numerous fellowships, prizes and grants for travel, research and publications. Please see the list below with their deadlines, then follow the links for complete descriptions … Continue reading

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MAA News – Members Garner Awards in 2012

The MAA is delighted to announce an impressive collection of awards garnered by MAA members during the past fellowship season. The American Council of Learned Societies announced eleven MAA winners. One in the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion Fellowship Competition: Tekla Bude … Continue reading

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