Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Annual Fall CARA Discussion Circle on Zoom Moderated by CARA executive board member Maya Soifer Irish THIS Friday, October 3rd, 2pm-3pm (EDT) Are you a director of a Medieval Studies program, major, or minor on your campus? Are you a … Continue reading →

Brigitte Bedos-Rezak has been elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society. If you have good news to share, please contact the Executive Director.

We are very pleased to announce that the 2025 Inclusivity & Diversity Subvention has been awarded to ARC Humanities Press to support the publication of J. D. Sargan’s forthcoming monograph, Trans Histories of the Medieval Book: An Experiment in Bibliography. … Continue reading →

I am very pleased to use this President’s column to report on two new programs begun this summer. Thanks to an initiative by former President Sara Lipton, in June and July the MAA offered a set of intensive summer skills … Continue reading →

As the new editor of Speculum I would like first to thank Kate Jansen and her staff and introduce our new team. Managing Editor Taylor McCall and Associate Editor Carol Anderson have worked with painstaking care to train their successors, … Continue reading →

Greetings to all, and to those of you working on campus, welcome back! I hope that everyone was able to take a break and relax a bit this summer, and maybe even get some work done. In speaking to medievalists … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce our new partnership with the American Trust for the British Library! MAA grantwinners who need to conduct research at the British Library will now be eligible for an additional $2,500 Fellowship from ATBL to … Continue reading →

We are thrilled to announce the establishment of a new book prize this year, for a meritorious monograph in Byzantine Studies, broadly defined. For example, the prize might be offered to studies that substantially engage with the Eastern Roman Empire … Continue reading →

Through its Publication Prize program, the Medieval Academy of America aims to accomplish three goals: 1) Honoring and promoting outstanding scholarship produced by medievalists; 2) Supporting authors in any medieval field and at all career levels by raising the visibility … Continue reading →

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