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Posted on January 26, 2015 by Chris

A 14th-century manuscript image of King John hunting (London, British Library, Cotton MS Claudius D II, f. 116r)

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 Medieval Academy co-sponsors with the AHA several sessions at this meeting that are likely to be of particular interest to MAA members and general interest to a broader audience.

There is a two-stage process. First, members of the Medieval Academy submit draft session descriptions to the MAA’s AHA Program Committee by emailing them to the committee chair, Maureen C. Miller (mcmiller@berkeley.edu) by February 6, 2015. Descriptions should include the session title, session abstract, paper titles, names and affiliations of the organizer, presenters, and (if relevant) respondent.

Individual paper abstracts are requested but not required. Guidelines for sessions and submitting proposals can be found on the AHA website here.

Second, if approved by the committee, the organizer submits the session proposal directly to the AHA (using their on-line system) by the deadline of February 15, 2015 indicating that the session has the sponsorship of the Medieval Academy of America.

Please note that only sessions approved by the AHA Program Committee will appear as sponsored by the MAA and AHA on the program and that the MAA does not independently sponsor sessions.

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MAA News – Upcoming Application Deadlines

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Chris

Der Schulmeister von Eßlingen, from Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 848, Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift (Codex Manesse), Zürich, c.1300-c.1340, fol. 292v.

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 15 February):
The five annual Schallek awards support graduate students conducting doctoral research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350-1500). The $2,000 awards help defray research expenses. Click here for more information.

MAA/GSC Grant for Innovation in Community-Building and Professionalization (deadline 15 February):
The inaugural MAA/GSC Grant will be awarded 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 across diverse groups of graduate students, and build communities amongst graduate student medievalists. Click here for more information.

Olivia Remie Constable Award (deadline 15 February):
Two Olivia Remie Constable Awards of $1,500 each will be granted to emerging junior faculty, adjunct or unaffiliated scholars (broadly understood: post-doctoral, pre-tenure) for research and travel. Click here for more information.

Applicants for these and other MAA programs must be members in good standing of the Medieval Academy. Please contact the Executive Director for more information about these and other MAA programs.

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Summer Institute – York’s Archbishops’ Registers Revealed Summer Institute

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Chris

When: 19th July-1st August 2015

Description:

The Andrew W. Mellon-funded York’s Archbishops’ Registers Revealed project seeks to digitise and make available online the Archbishops’ Registers for the Diocese of York for the period. As part of the project, we will hold a residential Summer Institute designed to equip and inspire a new generation of scholars able to engage with these vital records.

By the end of the Institute, you will have received:

Training in palaeography and ecclesiastical diplomatic (at a level appropriate to your existing skills) based on original medieval and early modern sources held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives;
Training in the content, structure and material history of the York Archbishops’ Registers that is readily transferable to the study of other ecclesiastical records;
A chance to develop personal research projects related to the York Archbishops’ Registers;
A certificate of completion for your participation in this prestigious programme.

Full funding for travel, teaching and accommodation will be provided for:

Five postgraduate students registered at universities and institutions of higher education in the UK;
Five postgraduate students registered at universities and institutions of higher education in the USA.

You will need:

To be a registered postgraduate student at a UK or US university or institution of higher education;
Some demonstrable experience (validated by your academic referee) of medieval or early modern palaeography.

Preference may be given to those with some existing knowledge of medieval Latin (whose experience should again be validated by the academic referee), but this is not formal requirement.

Individuals not currently enrolled for a postgraduate degree but intending to make future application for a UK or US university or institution of higher education may make application to The Summer Institute, but must clearly state (and ask their academic referee to validate) their intentions with regard to future formal study.

How to apply:

Fill in the application form and statement via http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/projects/archbishops-registers/
Please send a supporting academic reference to brannan@york.ac.uk

Closing date: Midnight (GMT), 19 March 2015

By the end of the Institute, you will have received:

Training in palaeography and ecclesiastical diplomatic (at a level appropriate to your existing skills) based on original medieval and early modern sources held at the Borthwick Institute for Archives;
Training in the content, structure and material history of the York Archbishops’ Registers that is readily transferable to the study of other ecclesiastical records;
A chance to develop personal research projects related to the York Archbishops’ Registers;
A certificate of completion for your participation in this prestigious programme.

Full funding for travel, teaching and accommodation will be provided for:

Five postgraduate students registered at universities and institutions of higher education in the UK;
Five postgraduate students registered at universities and institutions of higher education in the USA.

You will need:

To be a registered postgraduate student at a UK or US university or institution of higher education;
Some demonstrable experience (validated by your academic referee) of medieval or early modern palaeography.

Preference may be given to those with some existing knowledge of medieval Latin (whose experience should again be validated by the academic referee), but this is not formal requirement.

How to apply:

Fill in the application form and statement via http://www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/projects/archbishops-registers/
Please send a supporting academic reference to brannan@york.ac.uk

Closing date: Midnight (GMT), 19 March 2015

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Call for Applications

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Chris

Early Career Collaborative Research Project in Eastern Mediterranean and Levant
for Mediaevalists, Byzantinists and researchers into the art and archaeology of the diverse Christian, Muslim, Jewish and other religious and ethnic groups in this region.

SOAS University of London with funding from the Getty Foundation is launching a new research programme lasting two years that might be of interest to you entitled The Art of the Crusades: A Re-Evaluation.

Led by Professor Scott Redford of SOAS University of London, The Art of the Crusades: A Re-Evaluation is aimed at early career academics and higher level research students interested in exploring the possibilities of a new kind of integrationist approach to the art and archaeology of the mediaeval period in the eastern Mediterranean and Levant.

This approach will involve interrogating the material culture of the mediaeval period using diverse academic approaches, and seek to show the connections between the art and other material culture of the different peoples and religious groups of this region at the time.

We are looking for candidates from a wide variety of academic fields. This includes researchers into Crusader art, architecture and archaeology, but also Byzantinists, and researchers into the art and architecture of Islamic, Jewish and other religious and ethnic groups in the Eastern Mediterranean and Levant region during the Middle Ages.

Those taking part will be asked to attend four fully-funded research field trips, two in 2015 and two in 2016, each lasting nine days. These research trips will be to Greece, Israel, Jordan and Turkey and on them participants will attend lectures by international and local experts, visit historical sites of interest and engage in seminars aimed at formulating a new way of looking at this kind of material from an integrationist perspective.

We are particularly keen to encourage researchers based in the Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East, or with strong connections to it, to apply.

All air fares, accommodation and meals on the research trips will be paid for, and we welcome applications now for the first of these trips, to Turkey, in November 2015.

Further information and an application form can be found on the SOAS website at:

Further Information: www.soas.ac.uk/artofthecrusades

Application Form: http://www.jotformeu.com/form/50121286584352

Deadline for Applications: 15 March 2015. Spaces are limited and so early application is strongly advised.

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Call for Contributions

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Chris

The Norwegian Institute in Rome (University of Oslo) invites scholars in the disciplines of archaeology and art history to submit contributions to the 2015 volume of Acta Ad Archaeologiam Et Artium Historiam Pertinentia (ISSN 0065-0900). In existence since 1962, the journal Acta is the leading forum for Norwegian and international scholarship on Rome’s material and cultural heritage. Acta is indexed in major bibliographies, and all articles go through a rigorous peer review process before publication.

Contribution topics should preferably consider Rome and its broad cultural sphere from antiquity to the high middle ages. Other related subjects (e.g., Byzantium, etc.) crossing disciplinary boundaries are also welcome. Contributions can be submitted in English, Norwegian, Italian, French, or German.

Please send an initial 200 word abstract describing your contribution, accompanied by a brief 30 word biography by February 15 to Sebastian Salvadó (s.e.salvado@roma.uio.no). Accepted contributors will be notified by March 1^st. Completed articles (ca. 7,000-10,000 words) are due no later than June 1^st, 2015. Publication of volume XXVIII (n.s. 14) is scheduled for Fall 2015.