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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Gertrude of Helfta Brief life of a female visionary: 1256-c. 1302
An Article by Caroline Bynum in Harvard Magazine: Saint Gertrude of helfta, known as “The Great,” was given to the German convent of Helfta as a child of five to be reared as a nun, received her first vision of … Continue reading
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MAA News – Birgit Baldwin and Schallek Fellowship Winners
Nathan Melson of Fordham University has been awarded the Medieval Academy’s 2012 Birgit Baldwin Fellowship in French Medieval History. His dissertation, which he is writing under the direction of Dr. Richard Gyug, is entitled, “Franciscan Identity and Saintly Economy in … Continue reading
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MAA News – Website News
Membership coordinator, Chris Cole, has been migrating the current MAA website onto the more robust and dynamic platform of an association management system, as previously recommended by the Digital Initiatives Advisory Board. This work began in early January using the … Continue reading
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MAA News – Annual Meeting
The 87th Annual Meetingof the Medieval Academy will take place this week from 22-24 March, Thursday to Saturday, in St. Louis at St. Louis University. Registration is strong and is expected to top 350. Plenary speakers will include Caroline Bruzelius … Continue reading
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MAA News – Message from the President
As I prepare to step down from my presidency of the Medieval Academy at the annual meeting in St. Louis, I look back on an eventful year of transition in the Cambridge offices. I can report with confidence that under … Continue reading
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On the Edge: Medieval Margins Symposium
Symposium, Wednesday May 9th, 2012 University of Chicago, Special Collections Research Center, The University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 Keynote: Lucy Freeman Sandler, Professor of Art History Emerita, New York University, “Outer Limits: Marginal Illustrations … Continue reading
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Lecture Medieval Charters
Dear colleagues, This is to invite you to the last Lieftinck-lecture of this academic year, by Dr. Kathryn Lowe (Glasgow). Her lecture, organized by the Turning Over a New Leaf project, is devoted to charters and titled “Reading the Unreadable: Lay Literacy … Continue reading
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Reminder: Mentoring at Kalamazoo
Dear MAA Members, The Graduate Student Committee of the Medieval Academy of America invites those attending the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo to participate in the MAA graduate student mentorship program. The program facilitates networking between graduate students and established scholars by pairing a student and … Continue reading
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MAA Book Subvention Program
The Medieval Academy Book Subvention Program provides subventions of up to $2,500 to university or other non-profit scholarly presses to support the publication of first books by Medieval Academy members. Applications for subventions will be accepted only from the publisher … Continue reading
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British Library Acquires the St Cuthbert Gospel
From Medieval and Early Manuscripts Blog: The British Library has acquired the St Cuthbert Gospel after the most successful fundraising campaign in the Library’s history. Following a detailed conservation assessment, the manuscript has recently been fully digitised and you can now … Continue reading
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