Category Archives: MAA Newsletter

Are you planning an exhibit, symposium, performance, workshop, or other event in 2025, our Centennial year? Apply for a Centennial Grant! In celebration of its upcoming 2025 Centennial, the Medieval Academy of America is pleased to announce a second round … Continue reading →

As ever, the Medieval Academy will have a strong presence at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. We hope you will join us for these sessions and special events: 1) The Friday morning plenary, sponsored by … Continue reading →

The MAA has recently awarded the following grants: Belle da Costa Greene Award: The 2024 Belle da Costa Greene Award has been presented to Thelma Trujillo (Univ. of Iowa), to support her project “Shades of Sanctity: Race in the Hagiographic … Continue reading →

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 CARA Summer Scholarships: Noah Cole (Florida State University); Sarah Elizabeth Frisbie (Case Western Reserve Univ.); Carmela Furio (Univ. of Iowa); Liberty Huther (Univ. of Missouri), Edward Zack Maza (Princeton … 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 … Continue reading →

Greetings from the editor’s desk at Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies. Over three years in the making, the April issue is the long-anticipated themed collection of essays entitled “Race, Race-Thinking, and Identity in the Global Middle Ages,” guest edited … Continue reading →

Dear Colleagues and Friends, Now that we are a week into our Centennial Year, I’d like to share a few of my ideas that I hope to work on during my term as president. But first, a huge thanks to … Continue reading →

The 99th Annual Meeting took place at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, from 14-16 March. By all accounts, the meeting was a resounding success. More than 350 attendees heard 210 papers across 60 sessions, enjoyed several … Continue reading →

As ever, the Medieval Academy will have a strong presence at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. We hope you will join us for these sessions and special events: 1) The Friday morning plenary, sponsored by … Continue reading →

Friday, April 5, 2024 at 12pm-1:30pm EST Matthew Vernon, Associate Professor of English University of California, Davis “Slumbering Legacies” I will be sharing what I hope to be a chapter of my latest work. It explores the understudied legacies of … Continue reading →