Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

The Medieval Academy of America is actively soliciting monograph submissions for publication in the Medieval Academy Books series, in partnership with the University of Toronto Press. To submit a manuscript for consideration by the MAA Publications Advisory Board, email your … 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 2016. Click here … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to report the results of the 2016 Medieval Academy of America elections: President: Carmela Vircillo Franklin (Classics, Columbia Univ.) 1st Vice-President: Margot Fassler (Music History and Liturgy, Univ. of Notre Dame) 2nd Vice-President: David Wallace (English … Continue reading →

2016 has begun and we encourage you to renew your membership as soon as possible. Click here to renew online. You will need to sign in with your username and password; if you have forgotten either, please contact us at … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America is proud to announce the recipients of its 2016 publication prizes: The Haskins Medal The 2016 Haskins Medal is awarded to Francis Oakley (Williams College) for his trilogy, The Emergence of Western Political Thought in the Latin … Continue reading →

The January issue of Speculum is on its way to your mailbox and includes the following articles: Anthony Bale, “God’s Cell: Christ as Prisoner and Pilgrimage to the Prison of Christ” Gur Zak, “The Ethics and Poetics of Consolation in Petrarch’s Bucolicum … Continue reading →

MAA Dissertation Grants (deadline 15 February): The nine annual Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants support advanced graduate students who are writing Ph.D. dissertations on medieval topics. The $2,000 grants help defray research expenses.  Click here for more information. Schallek Awards (deadline … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America is proud to announce the winners of the 2016 Baldwin and Schallek Fellowships. The 2016 Schallek Fellowship has been awarded to Esther Cuenca (History, Fordham University). About her thesis, “The Making of Borough Customary Law … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America invites proposals for panels at the 2017 meeting of the American Historical Association in Denver, Colorado, January 5-8, 2017. The theme of the 2017 Meeting is “Historical Scale: Linking Levels of Experience.” Each year the … Continue reading →