Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

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 →

The complete Program for the Annual Meeting is now available online at:  http://www.slu.edu/x57100.xml There will be over 50 sessions and the plenary speakers include Caroline Bruzelius (Duke University), William Chester Jordan (Princeton University), and Medieval Academy President Alice-Mary Talbot (Dumbarton … Continue reading →

During their recent trip to Rome and Naples, the Executive Directors had the happy chance to meet the current group of medieval and Renaissance scholars now at the American Academy in Rome as fellows and residents. Together with spouses and … Continue reading →

Work has now begun in earnest on the revision and update of the entire Medieval Academy website. Over the past few weeks you will already have seen many updates: a cleaner interface and home page for the current MAA website, … Continue reading →

Perhaps you recall my report on grants to medievalists published in 2008 in the Medieval Academy News. It reviewed major foundation grants open to all scholars in North America. The good news about 15 ACLS grants to medievalists in the … Continue reading →

Dear Fellow MAA Members: At our annual meeting this past spring, the Council of the Medieval Academy considered a wide range of issues and challenges for the continued growth of the MAA. Treasurer Gene Lyman laid out the financial condition … Continue reading →