Category Archives: Announcements

The Mashtots Professor of Armenian Studies at Harvard University and the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, are pleased to invite abstracts for the next Studying East of Byzantium workshop: … Continue reading →

Members of the MAA, please join us with the #sschat on Twitter on Monday, 8/15, at 7pm ET. Co-chair of our MAA K-12 Committee, Elizabeth Keohane-Burbridge, will be hosting the chat and you are more than welcome to join in … Continue reading →

To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 2023 International Medieval Congress, … Continue reading →

Transcription Challenge Framework (TCF) CALL FOR PROJECTS Research Cycle 2023-2024 Do you have a relatively brief but problematic medieval source or text that exists in multiple copies, but has never received the kind of scholarly attention it warrants? Are you interested in … Continue reading →

ICMA ANNUAL BOOK PRIZE Deadline: 31 May 2022 The ICMA invites submissions for the annual prize for best single- or dual-authored book on any topic in medieval art. To be eligible for the 2022 competition, books must have been printed … Continue reading →

In solidarity with our Australian colleagues, the Medieval Academy of America protests the acting Australian Minister of Education’s cancellation of six grants in the humanities and social sciences that had been approved for funding by the Australian Research Council and … Continue reading →

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce two upcoming lectures: Thursday, April 7, 2022 | 5:00 pm (EDT, UTC -4) | Zoom Disentangling Alchemy Alexandre Roberts, University of Southern California Alexandre Roberts considers alchemy … Continue reading →

To the Members of the Medieval Academy of America: Some of you have asked how you can to help preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage. Here are some sites and projects that may be of interest: https://www.sucho.org/ https://scienceforukraine.eu/ https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/releases/safeguarding-cultural-and-historical-heritage-ukraine https://networks.h-net.org/node/4555727/discussions/9882296/central-state-historical-archive-ukraine-lviv-%C2%A0-request-support Our thanks … Continue reading →

The ERC Advanced Grant AGRELITA Project n° 101018777, “The reception of ancient Greece in pre-modern French literature and illustrations of manuscripts and printed books (1320-1550) : how invented memories shaped the identity of European communities”, directed by Prof. Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas (Principal … Continue reading →

Expand your understanding of book history during a Rare Book School course this summer. Our five-day intensive courses on the history of manuscript, print, and digital materials will be offered at the University of Virginia and other partner institutions. Applications … Continue reading →