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Jobs for Medievalists

UNIVERSITY OF BERN, SWITZERLAND PhD Candidate/Assistant (50%) or Postdoc (80%) IN MEDIEVAL ENGLISH STUDIES STARTING JANUARY 2021 (negotiable) Prof. Annette Kern-Stähler is looking to select a Postdoc or a PhD candidate/assistant (with an MA or equivalent degree) interested in pursuing … Continue reading

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BSA Fellowship Program: Call for Applications

In keeping with the central value the Society places on bibliography as a critical framework, the BSA funds a number of fellowships to promote inquiry and research in books and other textual artifacts in both traditional and emerging formats. The … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Enemies in the Early Modern World 1453-1789: Conflict, Culture and Control

Enemies in the Early Modern World 1453-1789: Conflict, Culture and Control https://www.ed.ac.uk/literatures-languages-cultures/events/call-for-papers-enemies-in-the-early-modern-world Virtual , March 27, 2021 – March 28, 2021 Live from The University of Edinburgh From Luther’s insistence that the Pope is the antichrist, to Cortes’s justification of … Continue reading

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Upcoming MAA Webinars

Race, Racism, and our Institutions and Disciplines September 18, 3-5 PM EDT Medieval Freelancing 101 Session 1: Para-academic Work, September 8, 1-2:30 PM EDT Session 2: Working Beyond Academia, September 22, 1-2:30 PM EDT Race, Racism, and our Institutions and … Continue reading

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New grant program for graduate students: Sept. 1 deadline

MAA-GSC New Horizons Graduate Student Research Grant Applications Due September 1 The Graduate Student Committee of the Medieval Academy of America is pleased to announce a new, one-time grant program: the MAA-GSC New Horizons Graduate Student Research Grant. The MAA-GSC is … Continue reading

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Rare Book School – A Fractured Inheritance: The Problems, Challenges, and Opportunities of Collecting Manuscript Fragments

Click here for more information and to register. A 75-minute panel discussion followed by 15 minutes of Q&A scheduled for Tuesday, 15 September 2020, 5–6:30 p.m. ET, via Zoom. Due to Zoom’s restrictions, this event is limited to the first … Continue reading

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Upcoming MAA Webinars: Freelancing 101

Medieval Academy of America Webinars: Medieval Freelancing 101 Session 1: Para-academic Work, September 8, 1-2:30 EDT Session 2: Working Beyond Academia, September 22, 1-2:30 EDT Jointly sponsored by CARA (the Committee for Centers and Regional Associations) and the Committee for … Continue reading

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Reminder: Applications due September 8 for BSA’s 2021 New Scholars Program

The Bibliographical Society of America’s New Scholars Program seeks to promote the work of scholars who are new to the field of bibliography, broadly defined to include any research that deals with the creation, production, publication, distribution, reception, transmission, and subsequent history of all textual artifacts (manuscript, … Continue reading

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Jobs for Medievalists

The Wellman Chair in Medieval History. The UCLA History Department seeks a senior historian of any region of Europe (including the Byzantine world) focusing on any period from late antiquity to 1400. We are searching for a senior Associate or … Continue reading

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MAA News – From the Executive Director

I know that all of our members are facing serious challenges right now: transitioning to on-line learning or teaching; dealing with health issues, job insecurity, or financial precarity; trying to balance WFH with kids’ schooling; worrying about loved ones and … Continue reading

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