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Nathan Melson of Fordham University has been awarded the Medieval Academy’s 2012 Birgit Baldwin Fellowship in French Medieval History. His dissertation, which he is writing under the direction of Dr. Richard Gyug, is entitled, “Franciscan Identity and Saintly Economy in … Continue reading →

Membership coordinator, Chris Cole, has been migrating the current MAA website onto the more robust and dynamic platform of an association management system, as previously recommended by the Digital Initiatives Advisory Board. This work began in early January using the … Continue reading →

The 87th Annual Meetingof the Medieval Academy will take place this week from 22-24 March, Thursday to Saturday, in St. Louis at St. Louis University. Registration is strong and is expected to top 350. Plenary speakers will include Caroline Bruzelius … Continue reading →

As I prepare to step down from my presidency of the Medieval Academy at the annual meeting in St. Louis, I look back on an eventful year of transition in the Cambridge offices. I can report with confidence that under … Continue reading →

In a ceremony at the White House, on Monday 13 February 2012, President Barack Obama awarded the National Humanities Medal to nine honorees, including Professor Teófilo Ruiz, a scholar of medieval Spain, distinguished professor of history at UCLA, and the … Continue reading →

The January 2012 issue of Speculum (87.1) has now been published. The current issue includes five articles and 69 reviews. The articles cover a good range of geographical and disciplinary approaches and include Elizabeth A.R. (Peggy) Brown’s revised presidential address, … Continue reading →

The Fellows Elections for 2012 have added three new Fellows and three new Corresponding Fellows to the roster of scholars who have made notable contributions to the furthering of the stated purposes of the Academy, which are: “to conduct, encourage, … Continue reading →

The MAA elections closed on 31 January 2012. Almost 19 percent of the membership (706 members) participated in the election, with less than 1 percent opting to vote by paper ballot. This is a strong showing compared with other learned … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America is calling for nominations for positions on 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. … Continue reading →