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MAA News – Good News From our Members

Virginia Blanton (Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City) has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to work at the Ruusbroec Institute in Antwerp, researching English nuns who sought refuge in Catholic Flanders during the Reformation. Congratulations! If you have good news to … Continue reading

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Jobs For Medievalists

The University of Vermont’s Department of History in The College of Arts & Sciences invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track member in Global Environmental History, at the rank of Assistant Professor.  Period and area of specialization are open. Candidates should hold … Continue reading

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Call for Papers – Conflict and Polemic on the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean World

Sessions at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 01-04 July 2024 Conflict and Polemic on the Iberian Peninsula and the Mediterranean World Organizers: Alexander Marx, Austrian Academy of Sciences Laurin Herberich, University of Heidelberg Sponsor: Arbeitsgemeinschaft Ibero-Mediaevistik This call for papers … Continue reading

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Glossed texts of medieval Latin

If you or your students are as weak in medieval Latin as I was in graduate school, you might want some help. I’m looking for collaborators to prepare texts with abundant glossing of the Latin, with the aim of rapidly … Continue reading

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Otto F. Ege Symposium in September 2023

“The Life, Legacy and Legend of Otto F. Ege: A Symposium” When: Friday, 8 September 2023, 9am to 4pm Where: Hollings Special Collections Library, University of South Carolina, Columbia ***Due to limited space, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED before 15 August*** The University of … Continue reading

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MAA Advocacy Committee Response to SCOTUS Affirmative Action Ruling

We, the Advocacy Committee of the Medieval Academy of America, denounce the Supreme Court of the United States ruling to strike down affirmative action. The loss of affirmative action is detrimental to both the enrichment of particular disciplines, including medieval … Continue reading

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Launching the Medieval DC Digital Resource

Washington, DC-area medievalists, in conjunction with DC Humanities and The Catholic University of America, are pleased to announce the launch of Medieval DC, (https://sites.google.com/cua.edu/medievaldc/home), a resource created in conjunction with the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America.This DC … Continue reading

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MAA News – From the Editor’s Desk

Greetings from the Editor’s desk at Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. Since the new issue of Speculum, July 98/3 (2023), will soon post online and land in your mailboxes, I take this opportunity to preview the riches we have in … Continue reading

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MAA News – Medieval Academy Books no. 118

We are very pleased to announce the publication of Medieval Academy Books no. 118, The Cartulary of Prémontré by Yvonne Seale and Heather Wacha (University of Toronto Press, 2023). We are actively soliciting manuscripts for future publication in the series. … Continue reading

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MAA News – MAA@Leeds

If you’re going to be at the Leeds International Medieval Congress this year, please join us on Tuesday, 4 July, 19.00-20.00 (Session 901) for the Annual Medieval Academy of America Lecture, “Somatic Entanglements,” to be delivered by Prof. Elina Gertsman (Department … Continue reading

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