Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Members are invited to submit nominations to the Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy. Fellows will cast ballots in January for the 2015 election, which will operate under by-laws and procedures adopted in 2013. Under the established rules, … Continue reading →

The July 2014 issue of Speculum is now available online here along with the entire Speculum archive. This issue includes five articles (below) and seventy-five reviews: Maryanne Kowaleski, “Medieval People in Town and Country: New Perspectives from Demography and Bioarchaeology” (pp. … Continue reading →

By J. A. T. Smith N.B. from the Executive Director: A recurring theme in special sessions and over lunch tables at several conferences I attended this year (most notably the Medieval Academy, Kalamazoo and Leeds) was the work being done … Continue reading →

If you haven’t already renewed your Medieval Academy membership for 2014, please do so by June 30 to avoid an interruption in your subscription to Speculum and other benefits of membership. Sign in to your account on our website to … Continue reading →

Erin Pomeroy has recently joined the staff of Speculum as Editorial Assistant. Erin graduated from Wellesley College in May with a double major in French and History (with a particular interest in the Middle Ages). She spent her junior year … Continue reading →

The Spring 2014 CARA Newsletter is now online. We encourage all members to take a look at these reports from departments, programs, regional associations and libraries around the country. There is a lot of innovative and exciting Medieval Studies programming … Continue reading →

Thanks to an incredible outpouring of support from medievalists, colleagues and friends of Remie Constable, the fund established in her name has raised more than $48,000 in just four weeks. Donations continue to come in, and there is now no … Continue reading →

Please join us in Leeds for the Annual Medieval Academy Lecture on Tuesday, 8 July, at 7 PM. Rita Copeland (University of Pennsylvania) will be speaking on “Emotional Knowledge: Figurative Language in Medieval Rhetoric” (Michael Sadler Building: Rupert Beckett Theatre). … Continue reading →

On July 1, I will officially become Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America. As I begin my tenure, I want to share with you my vision for the Academy’s future. In the 1926 publication Progress of Medieval Studies … Continue reading →

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants: Hope Emily Allen Grant: Deborah Shulevitz (Columbia Univ.), “Heresy, Usury and Society in France and Italy, 1178-1311” John Boswell Grant: Geoff Martin (Univ. of Tennessee – … Continue reading →