Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

The Medieval Academy of America invites applications for the following grants. Please note that applicants must be members in good standing in order to be eligible for Medieval Academy awards. Belle Da Costa Greene Award The Belle Da Costa Greene … Continue reading →

Writing Against the Clock: Finding Joy in our Writing Practice (Pt 1) February 10th at 2PM EST With this webinar and companion workshop, the GSC aims to get our graduate student community writing frequently and efficiently, while prioritizing the fun … Continue reading →

As part of the celebrations for the MAA’s Centennial Year, the Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Committee and the Graduate Student Committee have partnered to organize a year-long series of webinars showcasing exciting DH projects. These will be held monthly, … Continue reading →

On 23 January, Madeline Caviness was inducted into the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Several MAA members have recently been awarded funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Therese Cory (Univ. of Notre Dame): Aquinas’s Mind-in-World Lucy … Continue reading →

2026 Medieval Academy of America Annual Meeting: Consortiums and Confluences Call for Papers The 101st annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on March 19–21, 2026 on the campuses of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst … Continue reading →

I am thrilled to welcome you, at last, to the Centennial of the Medieval Academy of America! Years of planning have led us to this moment, and we have much to celebrate. In the 1926 publication Progress of Medieval Studies in … Continue reading →

Happy New Year from the Editor’s Desk at Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. Founded in 1925, the Medieval Academy of America marks its centennial anniversary this year. As you will have seen from other columns in this newsletter, many events … Continue reading →

The Centennial Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 20-22 March 2025, hosted by Harvard University in collaboration with Boston College, Boston University, Brandeis University, Fitchburg State … Continue reading →

The two-year Matching Campaign officially concluded on 31 December. The Campaign was an enormous success, thanks to you! The Match was fulfilled on June 21, at which point we crossed the $150,000 mark and allocated the $150,000 Match among the various … Continue reading →

To the members of the Medieval Academy of America: I am very pleased to announce the results of the 2025 governance election: President: Peggy McCracken (Univ. of Michigan, French and Comparative Literature) 1st Vice-President: Haruko Momma (New York Univ., English) 2nd Vice-President: … Continue reading →