Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

About: The Medieval Academy of America’s Mentoring Program Committee is excited to announce the 2026 MAA Summer Professionalization Workshop for PhD-track students. This program is designed to foster the development of essential skills and mentorship relationships and to improve the … Continue reading →

Apply to join the MAA Graduate Student Committee! Deadline extended to 13 February The Medieval Academy of America is currently accepting self-nominations for vacancies opening up on the Graduate Student Committee (GSC) for the 2026- 2028 term. The GSC comprises six members appointed … Continue reading →

Therese Martin has been promoted to Research Professor in the Instituto de Historia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spanish National Research Council), Madrid. If you have good news to share, please contact the Executive Director.

As we celebrate the centennial of Speculum in 2026, we are thrilled to publish Speculations, an ambitious oversized issue featuring more than fifty short articles that highlight possible futures of our field. They range from Dublin to Ethiopia, from paleography to bioarchaeology, … Continue reading →

Registration is now open for the 101st Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America. The Meeting will take place on March 19–21, 2026 on the campuses of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Amherst College, and will also include … Continue reading →

The 102nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Toronto, 15-17 April, 2027. The meeting is hosted by The Centre for Medieval Studies, in partnership with the Pontifical Institute … Continue reading →

I am very pleased to announce the results of the 2026 governance election: President: Haruko Momma (New York University, English) First Vice-President: Thomas Burman (University of Notre Dame, History) Second Vice-President: Sally Poor (Princeton Univ., German) Council: Mary Doyno (Sacamento State Univ. … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce the 2026 Class of Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America: Fellows: Thomas Barton (History) Calvin Bower (Musicology) Martha Driver (Manuscript Studies) D. Fairchild Ruggles (Landscape Architecture) Emily Steiner (English) Corresponding Fellows: John H. … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce that the 2026 Birgit Baldwin Fellowship has been awarded to Sheridan Kenzie Ward (Johns Hopkins Univ.) to support her dissertation project, “Houses of God: Devotion, Caregiving and Women s Work in Medieval France.” The … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce the 2026 Fellows Research Awards. Because of the strength of this year’s applicant pool, the selection committees (comprised of members of the Fellows Executive Committee) elected to fund four Awards instead of two: Graduate … Continue reading →