What Makes Great Medieval Associations?
CARA on Zoom, Tuesday May 13th, 1pm-2pm EST
The MAA’s Committee on Centers and Regional Associations invites you to join us for a panel discussion by leaders of groups across the US and Canada on “what makes our association great?” Please join us as five leaders of medieval associations in the US and Canada discuss what makes theirs energizing, productive, and rewarding. We will address a number of issues as well as the personal challenges and rewards that come from supporting different medieval associations. We invite all to the conversation, which will include time for whole-group discussion. Topics include questions of membership, sustainability, finances, value, outreach, regionality (or not), mentoring, and hopes & dreams for the future.
Panelists
Katherine Bezio (Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association)
Natalie Grinnell (Southeastern Medieval Assocation)
Heather Maring (Medieval Association of the Pacific)
Shannon McSheffrey (Canadian Society of Medievalists)
Montserrat Piera (Delaware Valley Medieval Association)
Moderator
Virginia Blanton (Mid-America Medieval Association, CARA Executive Committee)
Click here to register.
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Muslim-Jewish Relations in the Middle Ages:
A Conversation Between Sara Lipton and Hussein Fancy
Friday, April 25, 2025
2:00 p.m.
(Online Webinar)
In this on-line webinar, Prof. Hussein Fancy and Prof. Sara Lipton will share a selection of primary texts and images related to Jewish-Muslim relations in the Middle Ages, ranging from ninth-century Syria to fourteenth-century England and Iberia. They will discuss changing historiographical approaches to the topics, interpretive methods, and pedagogical practices.
Hussein Fancy is Associate Professor of History at Yale University. His research and writing focus on the economic, social, legal, and intellectual history of medieval Europe and the Islamic world, particularly interactions between Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the medieval Mediterranean.
Sara Lipton is Professor and Chair of History at Stony Brook University. Her main fields of interest are Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations, Christian anti-Judaism, and visual culture in the central and later Middle Ages; she also writes for the broader public about religious and ethnic intolerance, religious politics, and the role of social media.
