Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Kindrick-CARA Service Award The Medieval Academy of America’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) welcomes nominations for the Robert L. Kindrick–CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies. This award recognizes individuals who have developed, promoted, and administered Medieval … Continue reading →

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

Friday, November 17 at 12pm EST Stacey Murrell, Ph.D. Candidate Brown University “Birthing Dynasties: Concubinage, Status, and Race in the Western Islamicate World, c.700-1000 CE.” This chapter examines the racialization of enslaved women and its impact on mother-child relations in … Continue reading →

After two successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages (MMA) will return for its third season in 2024. Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, MMA is an anthology-style podcast attuned with the global turn in Medieval Studies. This podcast series … Continue reading →

At its 14th Triennial Congress held in Munich in September 2023, the Association internationale d’études occitanes (AIEO) elected Wendy Pfeffer a membre honoraire, recognizing her work to advance Occitan studies in North America and her work on behalf of the … Continue reading →

This summer saw the successful completion of the 2023 MAA Summer Workshop Program! The new programming run by the Mentoring Programs Committee (MPC) broadly aims to foster and mentor a diverse group of rising medievalists. During the 2022 summer, the … Continue reading →

Greetings from the editor’s desk at Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. As always, I am delighted to introduce the research articles published in the new issue of the journal, in this case October 98/4 (2023). We again have an issue chock … 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 The Schallek Fellowship provides … Continue reading →

Friday, October 20 at 12pm EST  Felege-Selam Solomon Yirga, Assistant Professor of History University of Tennessee, Knoxville “A Roman in Islamic Egypt: Memory and Identity in the Chronicle of John of Nikiu” The Chronicle of John of Nikiu, written in Coptic in the 7th century … Continue reading →

After two successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages (MMA) will return for its third season in 2024. Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, MMA is an anthology-style podcast attuned with the global turn in Medieval Studies. This podcast series … Continue reading →