Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Last month’s call for good news resulted in the following announcements: Sarah Bromberg (Suffolk Univ.) has received the Newberry Library-John Rylands Research Institute Exchange fellowship for her book project, Art and Exegesis: Nicholas of Lyra’s Postilla. Lilla Kopar (The Catholic Univ. … Continue reading →

Check out the latest CARA newsletter to see what’s happening in Medieval Studies on North American campuses: http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.medievalacademy.org/resource/resmgr/pdfs/June_2016_CARA_news.pdf

In 1925, the Medieval Academy of America (including both Canada and the United States) and its journal Speculum were founded in Cambridge, Mass.  In 2025 we will mark the centenary of the founding of our professional organization. These festivities will … Continue reading →

The 92nd Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will be held in Toronto, Ontario, on 6-8 April 2017, hosted by the University of Toronto and The Pontifical Institute for Mediaeval Studies. The Organizing Committee invites proposals for papers … Continue reading →

As always, the Medieval Academy of America will have a strong presence at the 2016 International Congress on Medieval Studies  (May 12-15). 1) The Friday morning plenary, sponsored by the Academy, will be delivered by Jane Chance (Rice Univ.). Her … Continue reading →

We offer our congratulations to these Medieval Academy members: – David Nirenberg (Univ. of Chicago) and Ralph Hexter (Univ. of California, Davis), who have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; – Hussein Fancy (Univ. of Michigan) … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America is proud to announce the publication of Medieval Academy Books, vol. 115: William D. Paden, Two medieval Occitan Toll Registers from Tarascon (Univ. of Toronto Press, 2016). Two Medieval Toll Registers from Tarascon presents an edition, translation, … Continue reading →

On April 8, I had the great pleasure of participating in a “Medieval Studies Workshop for Secondary Educators” at Fitchburg State University (Fitchburg, Mass.). The program was organized by Fitchburg State medievalists Kisha Tracy and Reid Weber and was attended … Continue reading →

Launched in 2015, the MAA/GSC Grants are awarded annually to an individual or graduate student group from one or more universities. The purpose of this grant is to stimulate new and innovative efforts that support pre-professionalization, encourage communication and collaboration … Continue reading →

As always, the Medieval Academy of America will have a strong presence at the 2016 International Congress on Medieval Studies  (May 12-15). 1) The Friday morning plenary, sponsored by the Academy, will be delivered by Jane Chance (Rice Univ.). Her … Continue reading →