Grants for the Study or Practice of Christian Mysticism

Grants for the study or practice of Christian Mysticism

The Elizabeth Ann Bogert Memorial Fund for the Study or Practice of Christian Mysticism, administered by Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas, makes annual grants of up to $1000.

A variety of proposals relating to Christian mysticism are given consideration by the Grants Committee. Recently funded projects have included research into John of Fecamp with the goal of reevaluating mystical piety in the 11th Century; a study to develop greater understanding of the methods of centering prayer; writing a new English edition of early Franciscan mystics for the series “Classics of Western Spirituality”; development of a series of workshops on the practice of Christian mysticism.

Individuals wishing to apply for grants in 2013 should submit a copy of their proposal no later than March 1, 2013 to Miriam Feyerherm, 182 Medford Leas, Medford, NJ 08055. Two or three individuals who know the applicant and are familiar with his or her work should be asked to send letters of reference by this deadline as well. Recipients are asked to make a progress report within a year.

Proposals should be brief (one or two pages). For guidelines or additional information on the Bogert Fund, inquiries may be sent to:

Ken Henke kenneth.henke@ptsem.edu

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Jobs for Medievalists

Assistant or Associate Professor, Post-Classical Mediterranean History
The College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Virginia invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured, full-time position at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, from scholars with a research focus on connective cultures in the post-Classical Mediterranean (4th to 10th century).


Possible areas of study might include: the interaction of knowledge, people and practices; the social, political and/or cultural history of one or more connective Mediterranean cultures or communities; minority, diasporic or vocationally distinct social groups (e.g., merchants, scholars of science and medicine); interstitial and nomadic polities and cultures; translation; reappropriation of earlier cultural forms, materials or technologies.



Candidates must demonstrate excellence in scholarly research and an ongoing program of publication. They must also be committed to outstanding teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. PhD must be in hand by August 15, 2013.


Possible home departments include, but are not limited to: Art, Classics, History or Religious Studies. The appointee will also hold an initial two-year Mellon Fellowship in ‘Comparative Cultures of the Pre-Modern World’ at the University’s interdisciplinary Institute of Humanities and Global Cultures.


Review of applications will begin on December 1, 2012. The position will remain open until filled.



To apply, candidates must create a Candidate Profile through Jobs@UVA (https://jobs.virginia.edu) and submit the following electronically: a cover letter addressing research agenda and teaching interests, a c.v., a writing sample not exceeding 60 pages, and names and contact information for three references. Search on posting number 0610929.



Questions regarding the application process for Jobs@UVa should be directed to: L. Kent Merritt, History Administrative Supervisor, Corcoran Department of History, lkm6h@virginia.edu.



For additional information on this position contact: Paul J.E. Kershaw, Chair, Search Committee, pjk3p@virginia.edu.

The University will perform background checks on all new faculty hires prior to making a final offer of employment.



The University of Virginia is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

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Exposition “Le vie delle lettere. La Tipografia Medicea tra Roma e l’Oriente”

Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, 26.X.2012 – 22.VI.2013 : Le vie delle lettere. La Tipografia Medicea tra Roma e l’Oriente. – http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Eventi/visualizza_asset.html_2064933698.htmlhttp://www.bmlonline.it

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Call for Presenters: Mediterranean Seminar MRP Winter 2013 Workshop

The Mediterranean Seminar/University of California Multi-Campus Research Project (MRP) in Mediterranean Studies announces its Winter 2013 Workshop, to be held at UCLA on Saturday, February 2.  This is part of a three-day event which also includes the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) Ahmanson Conference, “Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean,” to be held on January 31-February 1 (details below).

The Workshop consists of discussion of three pre-circulated papers and a talk by our featured scholar, Michael Herzfeld (Anthropology, Harvard University). The Mediterranean Studies MRP invites proposals for workshop papers on the topic “Gendering the Mediterranean,” construed either literally or figuratively. We seek papers in any relevant discipline, especially comparative or interdisciplinary work that uses the Mediterranean as a frame of analysis. Priority is given to faculty and graduate students from the UC system and collaborating institutions, but any North American-based scholars working on relevant material are encouraged to apply. The Mediterranean Seminar/UCMRP will cover travel and lodging expenses for presenters.

The deadline for workshop proposals is December 1, 2012. Please submit an abstract (250-500 words) and two-page CV by this date to mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org (subject line: Winter 2013 Abstract). Successful applicants are expected to submit a 35-page (maximum) double-spaced paper-in-progress for pre-circulation by January 10.

A separate call for workshop and conference registration will be sent out on December 7. Workshop presenters and attendees are encouraged to attend both events.

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The program for the UCLA CMRS Ahmanson Conference on January 31 and February 1, 2013, will be announced shortly. Speakers will include:

Joshua C. Birk (History, Smith College),
Maribel Fierro (Divinity School, Univ. of Chicago)
Maria Georgopoulou (Director, Gennadius Library, Athens),
William Granara (NELC, Harvard University)
Molly Greene (History, Princeton University)
Daniel Hershenzon (Max Weber Fellow, European University Institute),
Cecily Hillsdale (Art History, McGill University)
Shayne Legassie, (English/CL, UNC-Chapel Hill),
Teresa Shawcross (History, Princeton)
Marine Aykazyan (French & Francophone Studies, UCLA)
Maya Maskarinec (History, UCLA)
Antonio Zaldivar (History, UCLA)

To submit a proposal or for further information, please contact mailbox@mediterraneanseminar.org

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Call for Papers – One’s Place in the World: Mapping and Space in Medieval Thought

55th Annual Missouri Conference on History
Hosted by the Southeast Missouri State University Department of History
When: March 21-22, 2013
Where: the Drury Lodge in Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Call for Papers for the session: “One’s Place in the World: Mapping and Space in Medieval Thought”

The notion of space in the Middle Ages is multifaceted. Space could relate to one’s physical surroundings, such as an architectural structure. It could also refer to one’s place in the world depending on social standing or political power. Space could also be experienced within one’s own mind through imagined journeys or religious rituals. The mapping of space can also be considered in various ways. It was represented concretely in maps and manuscripts, in a symbolic way demonstrated in rituals, or internally through memory. This session will focus on the various ways in which the medieval mind experienced and represented space. Scholars from any discipline are encouraged to apply.

Please email a 200-word abstract and cv to:

Dr. Joni Hand
Assistant Professor of Art History
Southeast Missouri State University
jhand@semo.edu

Deadline: December 1, 2012 

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The Etienne Baluze Prize for European Local History 2012

The third Etienne Baluze Prize for European local history, founded by the Association des Amis du Musée du Cloître André Mazeyrie of Tulle, will be awarded on 18 January 2013.

For Etienne Baluze (1630-1718), Professor of Canon Law at the Collège de France and librarian to Jean-Baptist Colbert, the study of ecclesiastical and political institutions in the Middle Ages and the early-modern period formed an important part of his activities as a scholar. His inquiries were focused not merely on the Roman Catholic Church and the states of Europe, but on local realities too. His initial researches as a young historian in the 1650s were devoted to the history of his native town, Tulle, and would continue until publication in 1717, shortly before his death. This work is far from being a conventional antiquarian study of a city which refuses to look beyond its limits. On the contrary, the book reveals itself -even today- as a meticulous investigation into the manner in which local political and juridical realities came into being; those realities which characterised much of medieval and early-modern France and no doubt the rest of Europe as well.

It is intended that the Etienne Baluze Prize will reflect this methodological approach with its emphasis on broad themes and open-ended problematics. The local scale has all too often been used to emphasise particularities and uniqueness, yet here it is considered to be one of the essential paths for an understanding of the historical processes which issued in the construction of the European space. The local scale enriches our understanding through its capacity to reveal both deep affinities and fundamental diversities rooted in specific contexts.

The Etienne Baluze Prize is open to individuals working in any historiographical tradition. It will be awarded for work which makes an important contribution to our knowledge and understanding of the processes leading to the constitution of European space, including its most recent configurations.

Unpublished doctoral theses dealing with the European space between the 14th and the 21st centuries, will qualify for consideration. Only theses examined since 2010 are eligible. Languages accepted are English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Applicants must submit an abstract of their work, on paper and electronically (2-5 pages together with a table of contents), no later than 4 November 2012 to the address below. Short-listed candidates will be required to submit a complete copy of their work by 26 November 2012.

The prize winner will receive a bust of Etienne Baluze, sculpted by the contemporary artist Nacera Kainou, and the sum of 1500 euros.

The jury members are Jean Boutier (EHESS, Marseille), Alain Dewerpe (EHESS, Paris), Peter Jones (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom), Bartolome Yun Casalilla (University de Séville, Spain ; European University Institute, Florence, Italy), Marcello Verga (University of Florence, Italy) and Jakob Vogel (Institut d’Études Politiques, Paris).

The jury will be presided by Daniel Roche, Professor, Collège de France.

Prize Executive :
Jean Boutier
Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales
Centre de la Charité
2 rue de la Charité
13002 Marseille

Email: jean.boutier@univ-amu.fr
tél. : 00/33/ (0)4 91 14 07 83

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Exposition “Dal visibile all’invincibile – Crocifissi ed esperienza mistica in Angela da Foligno”

Foligno, Palazzo Trinci, 6.X.2012 – 6.I.2013 : Dal visibile all’invincibile – Crocifissi ed esperienza mistica in Angela da Foligno. – http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Eventi/visualizza_asset.html_1359933254.html

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Jobs for Medievalists

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

Rawlinson and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon

Faculty of English Language and Literature in association with Pembroke College

Start date: 1 October 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor will help lead Oxford’s teaching and research in the literatures and languages of Anglo-Saxon England. The preferred candidate will be a scholar of the highest international calibre, with an outstanding record of research and publication in Anglo-Saxon studies, will possess strong qualities of research leadership, and the ability to teach and inspire students at all levels. He or she will be ready to represent and promote the interests of Anglo-Saxon studies in Oxford, as well as nationally and internationally.

Please see the further particulars at http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/jobs/fp/ for more details about the post and for full instructions before making an application. Applications, including a covering letter and full CV, and naming three referees should be received no later than Monday 19 November 2012, by Dr Gwen Booth, Personnel Officer, Senior Appointments at professorships@admin.ox.ac.uk. If you have a query about how to apply, please contact Mrs Elaine Eastgate at professorships@admin.ox.ac.uk or telephone: +44 (0) 1865 280189.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and ethnic minority candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.

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Deadlines: Medieval Academy Grants and Awards

Juggler, limestone sculpture, third quarter of the 12th century. Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon

The Medieval Academy of America has long provided a variety of benefits of membership, including numerous fellowships, prizes and grants for travel, research and publications. Please see the list below with their deadlines, then follow the links for complete descriptions and application information. We encourage all eligible members to apply for these grants.

We particularly want to call your attention to two CARA awards that were not made last year. We hope to have a lively competition this year. If you have previously made an unsuccessful nomination for these awards, we hope that you will consider submitting updated nominations.

CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching (Deadline 15 November 2012)
Kindrick-CARA Award for Outstanding Service
(Deadline 15 November 2012)

Graduate Student Fellowships and Awards
Birgit Baldwin Fellowship
(Deadline 15 November 2013)
Schallek Fellowship
(Deadline 15 October 2012)
Schallek Awards
(Deadline 15 February 2013)
Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants
(Deadline 15 February 2013)
▪     Hope Emily Allen Dissertation Grant
▪     Helen Maud Cam Dissertation Grant
▪     Grace Frank Dissertation Grant
▪     Etienne Gilson Dissertation Grant
▪     Frederic C. Lane Dissertation Grant
▪     E.K. Rand Dissertation Grant
▪     Charles T. Wood Dissertation Grant
Leyerle-CARA Prize (Deadline 31 January 2013)

CARA Tuition Scholarships
▪     Medieval Institute, University of Notre Dame (Deadline 1 May 2013)
▪     Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto (Deadline 1 March 2013)

Independent Scholars/Unaffiliated Faculty
Travel Grants
(Deadlines 1 November 2012 and 1 May 2013)

 Book Awards
Haskins Medal
(Deadline 15 October 2012)
John Nicholas Brown Prize
(Deadline 15 October 2012)
Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize
(Deadline 15 October 2012)
MAA Book Subventions
(Deadline 1 May 2013)

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MAA News – RSA Gordan Award

The 2012 Phyllis Goodhart Gordan Book Prize of the Renaissance Society of America was awarded to MAA member Elizabeth Eva Leach for Guillaume de Machaut: Secretary, Poet, Musician (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2011).

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