Category Archives: Announcements

Opportunity for Graduate Students and ECRs: An Introduction to Network Analysis for Byzantinists

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Byzantine Studies Association of North America are pleased to offer a week-long introduction to network analysis workshop for graduate students and early career researchers in collaboration with Professor Alexander … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: The Malleability of Memory in Memorializing the Saints

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the final lecture in the 2024–2025 East of Byzantium lecture series. The Malleability of Memory in Memorializing … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: “This Holy One is Mother, Father, and Sister to Me”: Gender and Beyond in Byzantine Hagiography

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the final lecture in our 2024–2025 lecture series. “This Holy One is Mother, Father, and Sister to Me”: Gender and Beyond in Byzantine Hagiography Lucy Parker, University … Continue reading

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URGENT: Take Action to Defend the NEH

To the Members of the Medieval Academy of America: As a service to our members, we will occasionally share with you calls to action from organizations with whom we are affiliated. The message below comes from the National Humanities Alliance, … Continue reading

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MAA sends Letter of Concern to the President of Columbia University

The Medieval Academy of America has sent a Letter of Concern to the Interim President and the Provost of Columbia University, signed by the current and immediate-past Presidents of the MAA. Copies were sent by email to several different departments … Continue reading

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Call for Sessions: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 51st Annual Byzantine Studies Conference

As part of its ongoing commitment to Byzantine studies, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for Mary Jaharis Center sponsored sessions at the 51st Annual Byzantine Studies Conference to be held in Detroit, Michigan, October … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: The Blood of His Flesh? Controversial Relics from Byzantium in Venice

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce the next lecture in our 2024–2025 lecture series. The Blood of His Flesh? Controversial Relics from Byzantium in Venice Karin Krause, University of Chicago April 10, 2025 … Continue reading

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MAA Secures ACLS Microgrant

We are very pleased to announce that the Medieval Academy of America has received an Intention Foundry Learned Society Extended Engagement Microgrant from the American Council of Learned Societies. The grant will fund a series of summer webinars to promote … Continue reading

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MAA Summer Skills Workshops

In celebration of our 2025 Centennial and to serve a growing need among our constituents, the MAA is offering three online intensive Summer Skills Workshops this year: Old French, Latin Paleography, and Medieval Latin. These workshops are intended to help … Continue reading

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Online Lecture: Saints of Dayr al-Naqlun: Fragments of Devotional Life in the Medieval Egyptian Countryside

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the next lecture in the 2024–2025 East of Byzantium lecture series. Tuesday, March 25, 2025 | 12:00 … Continue reading

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