Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Speculum, published quarterly since 1926, was the first scholarly journal in North America devoted exclusively to the Middle Ages. It remains the premier journal for all fields devoted to study of the Western Middle Ages, a period ranging from approximately … 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 →

The Medieval Academy of America has long provided a variety of benefits of membership, including numerous fellowships, prizes and grants for travel, research and publications. Please see the list below with their deadlines, then follow the links for complete descriptions … Continue reading →

The MAA is delighted to announce an impressive collection of awards garnered by MAA members during the past fellowship season. The American Council of Learned Societies announced eleven MAA winners. Three in the Collaborative Research Fellowship competition: Heather Blurton (University … Continue reading →

In May 2013, as always, the Medieval Academy had a strong presence at the Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo. Several hundred people attended the Friday morning MAA plenary lecture by Peregrine Horden (Royal Holloway College and the University of … Continue reading →

More than 350 Academy members attended the 88th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy in Knoxville, Tennessee from 4-6 April 2013. The wide-ranging program consisted of three plenary speakers (Christopher de Hamel, Maryanne Kowaleski, and Jan Ziolkowski), 176 papers in … Continue reading →

Big changes are afoot at the Medieval Academy office in Cambridge. As of 1 May, the business of the Academy is being tended to by Acting Executive Director Lisa Fagin Davis, while Jacqueline Brown has returned to the office to … Continue reading →

Your membership in the Medieval Academy provides you with a growing list of benefits, ranging from the print and digital editions of Speculum, to our MAA News, Conference Calendar and Blog to book discounts and our annual meeting. As important, … Continue reading →

The Freeman Foundation and its founder Weston Milliken have generously offered a $10,000 matching grant to the MAA to enable the Academy to award the John Boswell Dissertation Grant annually. To receive these funds, the MAA will need to raise … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy Book Subvention Program provides funding of up to $2,500 to university or other non-profit scholarly presses to support the publication of first books by Medieval Academy members. Applications for subventions will be accepted only from the publisher … Continue reading →