Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America Harvard University, Cambridge MA 20-22 March 2025 The Centennial Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, hosted by … Continue reading →

With the retirement of Editor Katherine Jansen forthcoming in 2025, the Medieval Academy of America seeks to appoint an Editor, or co-Editors, for Speculum. The position is configured as part-time, requiring between 20 and 30 hours per week, with some … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to invite anyone interested in submitting a proposal to serve as the next Editor of Speculum to sign up for a private 30-minute informational meeting with President Sara Lipton, Executive Director Lisa Fagin Davis, and other members of … Continue reading →

Are you planning an exhibit, symposium, performance, workshop, or other event in 2025, our Centennial year? Apply for a Centennial Grant! In celebration of its upcoming 2025 Centennial, the Medieval Academy of America is pleased to announce a second round … Continue reading →

As ever, the Medieval Academy will have a strong presence at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. We hope you will join us for these sessions and special events: 1) The Friday morning plenary, sponsored by … Continue reading →

The MAA has recently awarded the following grants: Belle da Costa Greene Award: The 2024 Belle da Costa Greene Award has been presented to Thelma Trujillo (Univ. of Iowa), to support her project “Shades of Sanctity: Race in the Hagiographic … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 CARA Summer Scholarships: Noah Cole (Florida State University); Sarah Elizabeth Frisbie (Case Western Reserve Univ.); Carmela Furio (Univ. of Iowa); Liberty Huther (Univ. of Missouri), Edward Zack Maza (Princeton … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) invites nominations to fill three upcoming vacancies on its Executive Committee. With a special focus upon teaching at all levels, CARA strives to assist institutions and individual medievalists in meeting the … Continue reading →

Greetings from the editor’s desk at Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. Over three years in the making, the April issue is the long-anticipated themed collection of essays entitled “Race, Race-Thinking, and Identity in the Global Middle Ages,” guest edited … Continue reading →

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Now that we are a week into our Centennial Year, I’d like to share a few of my ideas that I hope to work on during my term as president. But first, a huge thanks to … Continue reading →