Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

If you’re going to be at the Leeds International Medieval Congress this year, please join us on Tuesday, 7 July, 19.00-20.00 (Session 901) for the annual Medieval Academy Lecture, to be delivered by Fiona Griffiths (Department of History, Stanford University), … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) invites nominations to fill two upcoming vacancies on its Executive Committee. CARA strives to assist institutions and individual medievalists in meeting the challenges that face medieval studies in the classroom, the library, and other … Continue reading →

Ross Brann’s monograph Moses Maimonides: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2025) was a Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Sephardic Culture. Lucy Sandler has been awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by her alma mater, Queens … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy office will be closed on Friday, July 3 for the Fourth of July holiday.

Sarah McNamer (Georgetown Univ.), Jamie Kreiner (UCLA), and Nicole Rice (St. John’s Univ.) have all recently been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships. Monica Green has been given the honor of addressing the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) meeting, the … Continue reading →

Writing Like Monks and Nuns: a Writing Community by the Graduate Student Committee Tuesday, June 9th, 3pm EDT “He who does not know how to write does not think that it is a labor. Three fingers write, the whole body … Continue reading →

The 102nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Toronto, 15-17 April, 2027. The meeting is hosted by The Centre for Medieval Studies, in partnership with the Pontifical Institute … Continue reading →

In the midst of a busy time of year when we are all dealing with threats to humanities funding on the one hand and the pressure to engage with AI on the other, I want to remind you of all … Continue reading →

The 102nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Toronto, 15-17 April, 2027. The meeting is hosted by The Centre for Medieval Studies, in partnership with the Pontifical Institute … Continue reading →

As ever, the Medieval Academy will have a strong presence at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. We hope you will join us for these sessions and special events: 1) For the first time, the MAA Plenary … Continue reading →