Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

The 2015-16 Rome Prizes in Medieval Studies were recently awarded by the American Academy in Rome to two members of the Medieval Academy: Eric Knibbs (Assistant Professor, Department of History, Williams College) was awarded the Millicent Mercer Johnsen Post-Doctoral Rome … Continue reading →

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2015 Dissertation Grants and the 2015 Schallek Awards. Dissertation Grants: The nine endowed and named Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants support advanced graduate students in medieval studies. Hannah Elmer (Columbia University), “Sites … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America, in collaboration with the Richard III Society – American Branch, is pleased to announce that the 2015 Schallek Fellowship has been awarded to Samuel Rostad (University of Notre Dame) for research on his dissertation, “Benedictine … Continue reading →

As always, the Medieval Academy will have a strong presence at Kalamazoo next week, sponsoring a Plenary lecture, two related sessions, and, through CARA and the GSC, three roundtables: Plenary lecture: Friday, 8:30 AM, East Ballroom, Bernhard Center Cary J. … Continue reading →

At the recent Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy at the University of Notre Dame, The Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages (TEAMS http://www.teamsmedieval.org/) sponsored a roundtable session titled “The Futures of Medieval Studies and the Academy,” moderated … Continue reading →

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Medieval Academy Books, Volume 114: Siegfried Wenzel, Medieval ‘Artes Praedicandi’: A Synthesis of Scholastic Sermon Structure (University of Toronto Press, 2015). We are actively soliciting manuscripts for future publication. In general, Medieval Academy Books publishes … Continue reading →

At the 2015 Annual Meeting, the award for Best Graduate Student Paper was awarded to Karen Fuller, Univ. of Notre Dame, for “Reading the Scribe, The Homemade Book: a Family of Scribe-Annotators in the MS Digby 145 Piers Plowman” Student … Continue reading →

Medieval Academy Travel Grants allow independent scholars and unaffiliated faculty to travel to conferences to present their work. The deadline for meetings taking place between 1 September 2015 and 28 February 2016 is May 1. Click here for more information.

The Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Area and Regional Associations (CARA) is pleased to announce that the Summer Language Scholarship program has been expanded for 2015 to allow more students to apply for support. The MAA/CARA Summer Language Scholarships … Continue reading →