Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Nathan A. Daniels of The Johns Hopkins University will receive the Medieval Academy of America’s 2014 Baldwin Fellowship. He is working with Prof. Gabrielle Spiegel on a dissertation entitled “Crafting Society: Guild Organization and Urban Life in Paris, 1292-1350.” Mr. … Continue reading →

Deadlines are approaching for the CARA Summer Scholarships. CARA members sponsor a number of summer programs in Latin, paleography, manuscript studies, etc. CARA awards full tuition scholarships to students participating in several of these programs; other programs are funded entirely … 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 →

In the aftermath of Olympic hype it is all the more clear the degree to which spectator sports have in the twenty-first century invaded the lives of otherwise sensible people. It is then with apologies that I add to the … Continue reading →

Deadlines are approaching for the CARA Summer Scholarships. CARA members sponsor a number of summer programs in Latin, paleography, manuscript studies, etc. CARA awards full tuition scholarships to students participating in several of these programs; other programs are funded entirely … Continue reading →

Online registration for the Annual Meeting closes on 24 March. On-site registration for the conference will be available, but with limited additional options. You must pre-register if you wish to attend the closing reception at the Getty Villa in Malibu. … Continue reading →

Click here to see what the Medieval Academy’s Graduate Student Committee has been up to, and feel free to forward the link to any grad students in your department or program who might not know about all the Academy and … Continue reading →

Members can access Speculum online free of charge as a perquisite of membership. The easiest way to do so is through the Medieval Academy website; click here for instructions. You will need to sign into the Academy’s website using your … Continue reading →

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 →