Author Archives: Chris

Dear colleagues, As you know. the Medieval Academy will celebrate its centennial in 2025. There’s a lot to celebrate! 1) 100th Annual Meeting: The commemorations will kick off at the Annual Meeting in March, with hundreds of papers, panels, and … Continue reading →

Greetings from the Editor’s Desk at Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. Though the October issue (99/4) marks the last publication of the year for the journal, it nonetheless contains an abundance of riches, beginning with a cluster of articles entitled … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) invites nominations to fill three upcoming vacancies on its Executive Committee. With a special focus upon teaching at all levels, CARA strives to assist institutions and individual medievalists in meeting the challenges that face … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America invites applications for the following grants. Please note that applicants must be members in good standing as of September 15 in order to be eligible for Medieval Academy awards. Schallek Fellowship Funded by the Richard … Continue reading →

The Medieval Academy of America invites submissions for the following prizes to be awarded at the 2025 MAA Annual Meeting. The Medieval Academy warmly encourages the nomination of publications written by scholars working beyond the tenure track as well as … Continue reading →

Robert L. Kindrick–CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies: The Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) invites nominations for its annual service prize. The Robert L. Kindrick–CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies … Continue reading →

If you have recently seen a major research project to completion, please let us know! The 2025 Centennial Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America (20-22 March 2025, on the campus of Harvard University) will feature two sessions celebrating “New Scholarship.” The sessions will … Continue reading →

In the calendar year of 2025, the Fellows’ Executive Committee and the leadership of CARA will sponsor a Medieval Academy Centennial Speaker Series, in which certain volunteers among the Fellows will be available to give subsidized and/or free talks and lectures at various venues around … Continue reading →

After three successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages (MMA) will return for its fourth in 2025. Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, MMA is an anthology-style podcast that welcomes the global turn in Medieval Studies. This podcast series is … Continue reading →

Jennifer Borland’s book Visualizing Household Health: Medieval Women, Art, and Knowledge in the Régime du corps (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2022), has been named the 2024 Best First Book of Feminist Scholarship on the Middle Ages, from the Society for Medieval … Continue reading →