Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

What a joy it was to gather in Washington, DC last week with more than 500 friends and colleagues! This year’s Annual Meeting was remarkable in so many ways: the number of attendees, the breadth of programming, the demographic and … Continue reading →

99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America University of Notre Dame 14-16 March 2024 The 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce the inaugural Fellows Research Awards. Supported entirely by donations from the Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America, the Fellows Fund will support two annual awards for members of the Medieval Academy who do … Continue reading →

The MAA/CARA Summer Scholarships support graduate students and especially promising undergraduate students participating in summer courses in medieval languages or manuscript studies. Applicants must be members of the Medieval Academy in good standing with at least one year of graduate … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy Book Subvention Program provides grants of up to $2,500 to university or other non-profit scholarly presses to support the publication of first books by Medieval Academy members. Click here for more information. The Medieval Academy Inclusivity and Diversity Book Subvention … Continue reading →

The next online meeting of the MAA’s Race and Gender Working Group will take place on March 24 from noon – 1:30pm EST. Roland Betancourt (Professor of Art History, University of California, Irvine) will speak on “The Case of Manuel … Continue reading →

Join us on Wednesday, April 12, 3:00 to 4:30 pm for Medieval Crip Theory: New Approaches and Provocations, sponsored by the MAA’s Inclusivity and Diversity Committee. This Webinar will explore and present new research on disability studies and the Middle … Continue reading →

Speculations The Centennial Issue of Speculum January 2026 The centenary of a scholarly journal offers the opportunity to recognize, reflect on, and reimagine scholarly methods and objects, including canonicity and the discursive possibilities of scholarship; the boundaries, borders and spaces … Continue reading →

Amy Neff’s book, A Soul’s Journey: Franciscan Art, Theology, and Devotion has been awarded the 2022 AFCEMS Book Prize for the best book on medieval art. AFCEMS is the Association of Friends of the Center for Early Medieval Studies, Brno. Congratulations! … Continue reading →

Dear Academy Members, As we approach the Annual Meeting later this month, I would like to highlight two features of the 2023 meeting that merit replication in future MAA conferences. The first is its inclusion of medievalists reflecting the career diversity … Continue reading →