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MAA News – MAA/GSC New Horizons Grants Awarded

We are very pleased to announce the awardees of the MAA/GSC New Horizons Grants, supporting graduate student research projects that uniquely engage with the current research environment created by the COVID-19 pandemic: Carly B. Boxer (University of Chicago) will use … Continue reading

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MAA News – CARA News

Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies The Robert L. Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies recognizes Medieval Academy members who have provided leadership in developing, organizing, promoting, and sponsoring medieval studies through the extensive administrative work … Continue reading

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MAA News – Call for Prize Submissions

The Medieval Academy of America invites submissions for the following prizes to be awarded at the 2021 MAA Annual Meeting (Indiana University, Bloomington, 15-18 April). Submission instructions vary, but all dossiers must complete by 15 October 2020. PLEASE NOTE: because … Continue reading

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Marco Manuscript Workshop 2021: “Immaterial Culture” – Deadline Oct. 9

DEADLINE: FRIDAY, OCT. 9 Marco Manuscript Workshop 2021: “Immaterial Culture” February 5-6, 2021 Remotely from the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Presenters will receive a $500 honorarium for their participation. The sixteenth annual … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – 41st Annual Medieval and Renaissance Forum

41stAnnual Medieval and Renaissance Forum: Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance Friday and Saturday April 16-17, 2021 The 41stMedieval and Renaissance Forum: Scent and Fragrance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, will take place virtually … Continue reading

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Manuscript Studies in the Covid-19 Age

The Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries is pleased to announce the 13th Annual (Virtual) Schoenberg Symposium on Manuscript Studies in the Digital Age: Manuscript Studies in the Digital Covid-19 Age November 18-20, 2020 In … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Tra liti sì lontani … Dante for the Americas

“Tra liti sì lontani … Dante for the Americas” An international symposium marking the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death 6-8 May 2021 Hosted by Harvard University and the Dante Society of America To mark the 700th anniversary of the poet’s … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Redefining the Middle Ages

A virtual graduate student conference, March 11-12, 2021 Featuring keynote addresses by Dr. Carissa M. Harris and Dr. Nicole Lopez-Jantzen And a workshop led by Dr. Sarah Davis-Secord and Dr. Nahir Otaño Graci The field of medieval studies is changing. … Continue reading

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Apply for a Rome Prize! Deadline: November 1

AAR invites applications for the 2021 Rome Prize competition! For over a century, the American Academy in Rome has awarded the Rome Prize to support innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Thirty fellowships, which are either five … Continue reading

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MAA Co-Signs AHA Statement on the recent White House “Conference on American History”

The American Historical Association has issued a statement on last week’s “White House Conference on American History” deploring the tendentious use of history and history education to stoke politically motivated culture wars. Along with twenty-seven of our sister learned societies, … Continue reading

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