MAA News – Centennial Speaker Series

In the calendar year of 2025, the Fellows’ Executive Committee and the leadership of CARA will sponsor a MAA 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 North America, either “in person” or on Zoom. Twenty-one Fellows have volunteered and proposed a variety of potential talks for both general and specialized audiences. It is an exciting list, and a fitting way to celebrate the Centennial of the MAA, as well as a means of supporting the Humanities in these challenging times. This series is aimed primarily at venues where scholarly talks from medievalists are not an everyday occurrence.  The volunteer speakers and potential talks, along with additional information, will be posted on the MAA website in the fall.  But, in the meantime, any medievalist interested in hosting such a talk at their institution between January and December 2025 should feel free to contact Lauren Mancia (laurenmancia@brooklyn.cuny.edu) with questions.