Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Interoperability and Medieval Manuscripts: A Digital Humanities Workshop The Medieval Academy of America is now accepting applications for “Interoperability and Medieval Manuscripts,” a three-day digital humanities workshop co-sponsored by The Medieval Academy and the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce that the inaugural Belle da Costa Greene Award has been presented to Tarren Andrews (University of Colorado, Boulder). In 2018, the Medieval Academy of America established the Belle da Costa Greene Award to support … Continue reading →

Two MAA/GSC Grants for Innovation in Community Building and Professionalization have been awarded this year: to District Medievalists to help support a three-part series of symposia organized and presented by medieval studies graduate students in the Washington DC area; and … Continue reading →

The 95th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley on 26-28 March 2020. The meeting is jointly hosted by the Medieval Academy of America, the Program in … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce that the 2019-20 Schallek Fellowship has been awarded to Maj-Britt Frenze (Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame), “Nature and the Supernatural in Medieval Romance: Translation and Transmission in England and Scandinavia.” The Schallek Fellowship … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce that the inaugural Inclusivity and Diversity Travel Grant has been awarded to Karen Pinto (Boise State University) for her paper “Mapping the Worlds of the Global Middle Ages,” to be delivered at the upcoming Annual Meeting of … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy Book Subvention Program provides grants of up to $2,500 to university or other non-profit scholarly presses to support the publication of first books by Medieval Academy members. The deadline for proposals is 1 May 2019. Click here … Continue reading →

The year 2019 has begun, and it is time to renew your membership in the Medieval Academy of America for the current year if you have not already done so. You must be a member in good standing to apply … Continue reading →

On 2 January, the Council of the Medieval Academy approved the MAA Professional Behavior Policy that lays out expectations for comportment during the Annual Meeting and establishes a structure for reporting and responding to violations of the Policy. The policy on harassment … Continue reading →

I am very pleased to announce the results of the 2019 governance election, which closed at 11:59 PM on Jan. 2: President: Ruth Mazo Karras (Trinity College Dublin) 1st VP: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski (Univ. of Pittsburgh) 2nd VP: Thomas Dale (Univ. of … Continue reading →