Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

The Medieval Academy of America invites proposals for panels at the 2016 meeting of the American Historical Association in Atlanta, Georgia, January 7-10, 2016. The theme of the 2016 Meeting is “Global Migrations: Empires, Nations, and Neighbors.” Each year the … 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 GSC was established in 2008 “to act on behalf of the graduate student members of the Academy in voicing their concerns about medieval studies and promoting their participation both within the Academy and the broader academic community.” Now is … Continue reading →

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has announced a new grant opportunity, the Public Scholar Program, intended to support well-researched books in the humanities that have been conceived and written to reach a broad readership. Books supported through the … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy office will be closed Dec. 24 – Jan. 2. All of us in the Medieval Academy office wish you a very happy holiday season. We look forward to working with you in 2015.

The Medieval Academy office will be closed on the following dates: Nov. 27 – 28 Dec. 24 – Jan. 2

We invite you to submit information about international scholars who will be visiting your institution during this academic year. This information will be posted on our website and will assist colleagues in Medieval Studies programs that do not currently provide … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy is pleased to announce the latest Travel Grant awardees: Yulia Mikhailova, “Language of Power and Power of Language: The Conventum Hugonis and East Slavonic Accounts of Princely Politics,” International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, MI), 14-17 May 2015 … Continue reading →

The application deadline for the inaugural MAA/GSC Grant for Innovation in Community Building and Professionalization is 15 February. The MAA/GSC Grant will be awarded biennially to an individual or graduate student group from one or more universities. The purpose of … Continue reading →

Dissertation Grants Medieval Academy dissertation grants support advanced graduate students who are writing Ph.D. dissertations on medieval topics. The nine $2,000 grants help defray research expenses such as the cost of travel to research collections and the cost of photographs, … Continue reading →