Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Medievalists should note that seven of the 2014 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers focus on the Middle Ages. Four offer opportunities to conduct research in Europe (Rome, Florence, Oxford, York) while … Continue reading →

Schallek Fellowship William Rhodes of the University of Virginia will receive the 2014 Schallek Fellowship. He is working with Prof. Elizabeth Fowler on a dissertation entitled “The Ecology of Reform: Land and Labor from Piers Plowman to Edmund Spenser.” This … Continue reading →

The 2015 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will be hosted by the Medieval Institute of the University of Notre Dame and will take place on 12-14 March in Notre Dame, Indiana. The Program Committee invites proposals for … Continue reading →

The MAA elections closed on 15 January 2014. Nearly 23 percent of the membership voted in the election, up slightly from last year. Thank you for participating! The ballots will be presented at the Annual Business Meeting of the Medieval … Continue reading →

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of California Los Angeles is pleased to host the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, which will be held jointly with the annual meeting of the Medieval … Continue reading →

The Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at the University of California Los Angeles is pleased to host the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, which will be held jointly with the annual meeting of the Medieval … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America invites proposals for panels at the 2015 meeting of the American Historical Association in New York City, January 2-5, 2015. Each year the Medieval Academy sponsors several sessions at this meeting that are likely to … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America is calling for nominations for the Graduate Student Committee (GSC). Nominations are open to all graduate-student members of the MAA, worldwide, who have at least two years remaining in their program of study. GSC members … Continue reading →

Schallek Awards The Medieval Academy will make five Schallek Awards in 2014 to support graduate students conducting doctoral research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (c.1350-1500). The $2,000 grants help defray research expenses, such as the cost of … Continue reading →

As a new feature of the Newsletter, we will summarize in this space the latest Speculum publication news. Members can access Speculum online free of charge as a perquisite of membership. The easiest way to do so is through the Medieval … Continue reading →