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The Great Wonder: Violet Oakley and the Gothic Revival at Vassar

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Chris

The Great Wonder: Violet Oakley and the Gothic Revival at Vassar Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY Feb. 27-June 13, 2021 https://fllac.vassar.edu/exhibitions/2021/the-great-wonder.html Violet Oakley (1874–1961) was a pathbreaking American artist and social activist during the first half … Continue reading →

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York Festival of Ideas Online Infinite Horizons

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Chris

8-20 June 2020 York Festival of Ideas 2021 has many online history events to watch and engage with; these include the events below. A full list of history events can be viewed at https://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2021/themes/history/. The full Festival programme can be … Continue reading →

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Harlaxton Online Medieval Zoomposium 2021 – Medieval Travel

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Chris

Monday, 26 July – Friday, 30 July 2021 via Zoom Speakers: Anthony Bale, Julia Boffey, Martha Carlin, Lynda Dennison, Martha Driver, Anthony Gross, Kate Franklin, David Harrap, David Harrison, Alfred Hiatt, Alexandra Johnston, Bart Lambert, Shayne Legassie, Joanna Mattingly, Nicholas … Continue reading →

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Online Conference – Liturgy, Literature & History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the High Middle Ages

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Chris

Liturgy, Literature & History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the High Middle Ages Online: 5th & 6th August 2021 The centrality of the cult of saints to medieval Christianity is reflected in surviving liturgical, historical, literary … Continue reading →

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Dana Oswald Awarded 2021 Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Chris

From The Bonnie Wheeler Fellowship: Dana Oswald, Associate Professor of English at University of Wisconsin–Parkside has been selected from a broad pool as our 2021 Fellowship Recipient. Since 2011, the Fellowship has been offered to women medievalists who are “caught … Continue reading →

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Call for Submissions: Metropolitan Museum Journal

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. There are two sections: Articles and Research Notes. Articles contribute extensive and thoroughly argued scholarship. Research Notes typically present a concise, neatly bounded aspect of ongoing investigation, such as a … Continue reading →

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Jobs for Medievalists

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS ERC Advanced grant 2020 AGRELITA FOUR POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS The ERC (European Research Council) Advanced grant project AGRELITA “The reception of ancient Greece in pre-modern French literature and illustrations of manuscripts and printed books (1320-1550): how invented memories … Continue reading →

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Scientific and Secular Manuscripts

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

August 16-20, 2021 (via ZOOM) for CalRBS/UCLA. The application deadline is June 15. https://www.calrbs.org/admissions/ Description: While biblical, liturgical, and devotional manuscripts survive in the greatest number, religious texts tell only one part of the vibrant intellectual history of the Middle Ages … Continue reading →

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GSC Mentorship Program for IMC Leeds: Deadline June 8

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

DEADLINE TO REGISTER AS A MENTOR OR MENTEE: June 8, 2021 *Please note that since the Leeds International Medieval Congress 2021 will be conducted virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be running the mentorship program digitally. Because of … Continue reading →

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Register now for these upcoming MAA Webinars

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Chris

Upcoming Medieval Academy of America Webinars: “The Past, Present, and Future of Digital Medieval Studies – A Global Digital Medievalist Symposium” The Medieval Academy of America is proud to serve as co-host for Part 1 of a three-part worldwide Digital … Continue reading →

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