MAA News – Call for Sessions Proposals 2025 AHA

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Chris

Call for Session Proposals
Medieval Technologies of Knowledge/Medieval Knowledge through Technology
2025 AHA Annual Meeting, New York City

The Medieval Academy of America (MAA) cordially invites proposals for sessions at the forthcoming annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York City, January 3-5, 2025.

This year, the Medieval Academy aims to co-sponsor sessions that gravitate around the timely theme of “Medieval Technologies of Knowledge/Medieval Knowledge through Technology.” This theme is envisioned to be broad and inclusive, sparking interest among MAA members and a wider audience. We are particularly interested in panels that explore various facets of this theme, such as:

• Technologies of Knowledge in the Middle Ages: Investigating lesser-known or emerging technological advancements of the medieval period. Understanding the role and conception of technologies in medieval societies. Delving into the methods and tools used for knowledge dissemination and storage in medieval times.

• Understanding the Middle Ages Using AI and Other Technologies: Understanding the Middle Ages using current technological advancements. Exploring innovative ideas and perspectives that challenge traditional understandings of the era. Evaluating how new technologies will impact the future of the field.

We are open to various forms of session programming and encourage members to think beyond traditional paper panels. Proposals for roundtables, lightning talks, workshops, digital labs, working sessions, and other innovative and inclusive formats of knowledge-sharing are highly welcomed.

We particularly encourage session proposals from scholars across diverse identity positions and academic ranks and affiliations, including graduate students and independent scholars. Proposals that focus on sources, geographies, and populations under-represented in traditional medieval studies are also highly encouraged.

The committee is available for feedback on draft session proposals. Please contact us at ahacommittee@themedievalacademy.org. Additionally, MAA members can receive feedback on proposals during the review process.

How to Submit a Session Proposal

Session proposal submissions for MAA and AHA co-sponsorship involve a two-stage process:

1) Members of the Medieval Academy submit session proposals to the MAA’s AHA Program Committee via the online submission form by 11:59 p.m., February 1, 2024.

2) Upon approval by the MAA’s AHA Committee, session organizers will be notified by February 11 and will then be responsible for submitting the proposal to the AHA before the deadline of 11:59 p.m., February 15, 2024, indicating that the session has the sponsorship of the Medieval Academy of America.

For more details, please refer to FAQ: Organizing MAA/AHA Sessions

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MAA Fellows Class of 2024

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Chris

The 2024 Election of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America closed on Monday, 2 January. The results have been certified by the President of the Fellows and the Fellows Nominating Committee, and the new Fellows have been informed of their election.

We are very pleased to introduce the Fellows Class of 2024:

Fellows:
Richard Abels
Robert Bork
Susan Boynton
Samantha Kelly
Deeana Klepper
William Paden
Joëlle Rollo-Koster

Corresponding Fellows:
Earl Jeffrey Richards
Francesco Stella
Hiroshi Takayama
Karl Ubl

The chief purpose of the Fellowship is to honor major long-term scholarly achievement within the field of Medieval Studies. Fellows are nominated by MAA members and elected by the Fellows. To learn more about the Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America, please see the Fellows section of our website.

Please join us as we honor these colleagues at the annual Induction Ceremony for new Fellows during the Fellows Plenary Session at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America on Saturday, 16 March at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

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Women Medievalists on Medieval Women: A “State-of-the-Field” Symposium and Reception

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Chris

Women Medievalists on Medieval Women: A “State-of-the-Field” Symposium and Reception
March 20, 2024
5:30 PM ET
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th St, NYC

Join The American Trust for the British Library (ATBL) and scholars of medieval studies for a “state-of-the-field” symposium at the Grolier Club to discuss current scholarship by female-identifying medievalists on subjects related to the lives, patronage, and creative practice of medieval women.

This symposium celebrates the British Library’s longstanding support for scholarship on women’s experiences during the early modern period, notably and upcoming Library exhibition on medieval women, and the Library’s Joanna and Graham Barker-funded Medieval and Renaissance women digitization project (which successfully concluded in 2023 with the digitization of 93 volumes, 219 charters, and 25 rolls connected to the lives of European women between the years 1100 and 1600 C.E.).

The symposium will be moderated by Martha Driver.

Speakers include:
Cynthia Hahn
Marlene Hennessy
Kristen Herdman
Katherine Hindley
Nicole Lopez-Jantzen
Kavita Mudan Finn
Nicole Rice
Kathryn Smith

Meet our Speakers and Learn More!

This in-person event is free and open to the public. However, please note that, due to space constraints, registration will be on a first-come, first-served basis. We hope to livestream this program, and will update interested participants as we get closer to the date.

Register Here

Jointly sponsored with the Early Book Society and with gratitude to the Grolier Club.

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Call for Papers – The Fifth Quadrennial Symposium on Crusade Studies

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Chris

The Fifth Quadrennial Symposium on Crusade Studies, October 3 – 5, 2024, Madrid, Spain
Saint Louis University, Madrid Campus.
Call for Papers:

The Symposium on Crusade Studies a quadrennial conference sponsored by the Crusade Studies Forum of Saint Louis University. The Symposium invites proposals for scholarly papers, complete sessions, and roundtables on all topics related to the crusading movement. Papers are normally twenty minutes each and sessions are schedule for ninety minutes.

Abstracts of 250 words and session proposals should be submitted online at http://www.crusadestudies.org/symposium-on-crusade-studies.html The deadline for submission is March 31, 2024. Late submissions will be considered if space is available. Decisions will be made by the end of April and the program will be published in June.

Plenary Speakers:
Thomas Asbridge, Queen Mary University of London
Helen Nicholson, Cardiff Univeristy

For more information, or to submit your proposal, go to
http://www.crusadestudies.org/symposium-on-crusade-studies.html

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GSC Workshop: “Organize Your Research: A Workshop on Tools and Methods”

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Chris

Organize Your Research: A Workshop on Tools and Methods: In this virtual workshop the GSC invites you to delve into the details of research in Medieval Studies. By combining an introduction to Zotero – a software for managing bibliographical data – with input from three recent authors on their working processes, we hope to equip the participants with practical tools and inspiration for research. If you are going back and forth with structuring your dissertation; feel overwhelmed by your research materials; and are happy to learn from the personal experience of experts in our field – this is the workshop for you! Featuring Gregory Bryda, Akash Kumar, Adrien Palladino, and Caro Bratnober.

Please join us online at 10AM (EST), January 9th. To register, click here. For more information please visit the GSC facebook page.

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Digital Medieval Studies Institute (DMSI) 2024

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Chris

As a collaborative effort between the University of Notre Dame, Digital Medievalist, and the Medieval Academy of America, a one-day, pre-conference workshop in digital scholarly methods will be held before the annual MAA meeting in March 2024. The event is tailored especially to medievalists, their sources, and their scholarly concerns and will feature established approaches in digital medieval studies.

There are two ways to participate in DMSI 2024.

First, five separate day-long workshops will be offered accompanied by two sessions of lightning talks, followed by a social hour.

These will include:

• Accessible Geospatial Tools for Mapping and Sharing Medieval Information (Matthew Sisk)
• Transcribing and Marking-up Medieval Texts (Dan Johnson)
• Working with Medieval Manuscripts or Art Historical Images using IIIF (Caterina Agostini)
• Forensic and Digital Approaches to Fragmentology (David Gura, Scott Gwara)
• Introducing Medieval Liturgy: Tutorials for Students and Teachers (Cara Aspesi, Katie Bugyis, Margot Fassler, Kristina Kummerer Nicoll)

Second, participants can give a short presentation about any project in digital medieval studies they have been involved in; the topic of a short presentation does not have to be the same as the workshop in which the participant enrolls. Participants will be able to present a lightning talk only if they are accepted to attend the full-day workshop. Click on this website for more information and to apply.

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Medieval Manuscripts in a Modern World: A Summer Digital Humanities Institute in Vercelli, Italy 

Posted on December 18, 2023 by Chris

The Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, and Society at Elon University
The Center for Research Frontiers in the Digital Humanities at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
The Museo del Tesoro di Duomo in Vercelli

SAVE THE DATE
Medieval Manuscripts in a Modern World: A Summer Digital Humanities Institute in Vercelli, Italy
June 16th through June 22nd, 2024

Click here for schedule, pricing, and more information

(https://videntesmsi.com/medieval-manuscripts-in-a-modern-world/)

The Videntes Imaging Collective is delighted to announce its 2024 Summer Digital Humanities Institute held in Vercelli, Italy: Medieval Manuscripts in a Modern World. Participants will engage in five days of workshops, lectures, and labs designed around materials held by the Capitular Archives of Vercelli. In collaboration with the Museo del Tesoro di Vercelli and the Capitular Archives this institute will engage the use of traditional approaches to medieval texts such as codicology and paleography alongside innovative technologies such as multispectral imaging and photogrammetry, all with an eye towards using digital tools for knowledge-sharing, such as VisColl and Digital Mappa. Participants will learn about the DH project life cycle, meet like-minded international scholars, and experience a truly collaborative DH team at work.

If you are a librarian, early career scholar, graduate student, conservator, archivist, Digital Humanities enthusiast, click on the link above to ensure you will be notified when registration opens.

The DH Institute will be led by:

  • Helen Davies (University of Colorado Colorado Springs) Digital Humanities, Multispectral Imaging, Medieval Literature, Manuscript Studies
  • Evan Gatti, (Elon University) Art History, Museum Studies and Public History
  • Heather Wacha (University of Wisconsin) Medieval History, Manuscript Studies, Material Culture, Digital Humanities
  • Katie Albers-Morris (University of Rochester) Medieval Literature, Digital Humanities, 3D Modeling, Manuscript Studies
  • Sivlia Faccin, (Museo del Tesoro di Vercelli) Chief Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, Educational Services
  • Sara Minelli (Museo del Tesoro di Vercelli) Chief Museum Curator, Documentation Services, Public Relations
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Oxford Summer School in Greek Palaeography

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Chris

The ninth Lincoln College International Summer School in Greek Palaeography will be held on 29 July – 3 August 2024. The school offers a five-day introduction to the study of Greek manuscripts through ten reading classes, three library visits and four thematic lectures. The school is intended for students of Classics, Patristics, Theology, Biblical or Byzantine Studies. Potential applicants are advised that it only offers introductory-level instruction in Greek palaeography and codicology. Applications and references must be received not later than 31 January 2024.

For more information please visit https://lincoln.ox.ac.uk/events/lincoln-college-summer-school-in-greek-palaeography-2

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Call for Papers – “What Lies Beneath” — The Southern African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (SASMARS) Conference 2024

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Chris

“What Lies Beneath” — The Southern African Society for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (SASMARS) Conference 2024

We are pleased to announce that the 26th Biennial SASMARS Conference will be held from  1 to 4 August 2024 at the Mont Fleur Conference Venue in Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Papers may cover any time period within the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and deal with any area of interest or discipline that could be relevant to the topic “What Lies Beneath”.

Ideas to consider could include, but need not be limited to:

  • Beneath the heavens
  • Beneath the earth
  • Beneath the waves
  • Beneath the skin
  • Beneath the belt
  • Beneath the story
  • Beneath the language
  • Beneath perceptions and emotions
  • Underworlds and Otherworlds
  • Invisible worlds

We are delighted to have as plenary speaker Prof. Andrew Breeze of the University of Navarra, Spain.

Proposals:
Proposals should consist of a title and abstract of up to 250 words, as well as the author’s name, affiliation, contact details, and a biography of no more than 100 words. Papers should be no longer than 20 minutes when read and will be followed by Q and A.

Deadline:
Please submit proposals to Carin Marais (marais.carin@gmail.com) by 31 January 2024. Any enquiries can be sent to the same email address.

Please note that the conference will be held in person and that conference fees include accommodation at Mont Fleur for three nights, all main meals and mid-morning and mid-afternoon tea and snacks. A shuttle service will be available for transport between Cape Town International Airport and Mont Fleur at a small fee.

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Call for Papers – Comitatus

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Chris

Comitatus
Vol. 55 (2024)
University of California, Los Angeles
CMRS Center for Early Global Studies

The graduate student journal for the UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies is accepting submissions for Vol. 55 (2024) of the Comitatus graduate student journal. 

We invite the submission of articles by graduate students and recent PhDs in any field of late antique, medieval, Renaissance, or early modern studies. We particularly welcome articles that integrate or synthesize disciplines.

The deadline for submissions is March 4, 2024. The editorial board will make its decisions by May 2024. 

Please send submissions as email attachments to Dr. Allison McCann, Managing Editor, Comitatus (allisonmccann@humnet.ucla.edu). Submission guidelines can be found here. 

UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies
302 Royce Hall, Box 951485
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1485

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