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Call for Papers – Cornell Medieval Studies Student Colloquium at Cornell 2021 – Movement

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Chris

Movement: 2021 Medieval Studies Student Colloquium

The Medieval Studies Program at Cornell University is pleased to announce its thirty-first annual graduate student colloquium (MSSC). The conference will take place on the 26th and the 27th of March, to be held virtually over Zoom.

This year’s colloquium focuses on the theme of movement. Movement denotes the movement of peoples, cultures, thoughts and goods, the migration of plants and of animals. What happens to movement when it is frozen in stone (the swoop of hair across a person’s face in a marble statue)? How does an idea change when it is translated from one language to another? We are interested in movement defined broadly and represented across a range of disciplines.

We invite 20-minute papers that investigate movement in the Middle Ages as defined by/within a range of different disciplines and perspectives. Possible topics may include (but are not limited to):

The migration of people, animals, and plants;
Cultures of movement;
Translation and adaptation (of cultures, languages, etc.);
Traditions that involve physical or spiritual movement;
Cosmology and the movement of celestial bodies;
Trade and movement in economics;
The stagnation or absence of “movement;”
Detainment;
The representation of “movement;”
Displacement, dispersal, or diaspora;
Moving into the “unknown;”
Temporal movement;
Effects of movement;
Ethics of movement.

Preference will be given to papers from underrepresented backgrounds and disciplines. We strongly encourage submissions that expand these themes and categories of inquiry beyond Christian, Western European contexts. We invite submissions in all disciplines allied to Medieval Studies, including Asian Studies, Africana Studies, Critical Race Studies, Near Eastern Studies, literature, history, the history of art, archaeology, philosophy, classics, theology, and others. Abstracts on all topics will be considered, though priority will be given to those which address our thematic strand.

Please send abstracts by January 15, 2021 to Alice Wolff at acw262@cornell.edu.

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Call for Applications: Mary Jaharis Center Grants 2021–2022

Posted on December 8, 2020 by Chris

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture is pleased to announce its 2021–2022 grant competition. Our grants reflect the Mary Jaharis Center’s commitment to fostering the field of Byzantine studies through the support of graduate students and early career researchers and faculty.

Mary Jaharis Center Dissertation Grants are awarded to advanced graduate students working on Ph.D. dissertations in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. These grants are meant to help defray the costs of research-related expenses, e.g., travel, photography/digital images, microfilm.

Mary Jaharis Center Publication Grants support book-length publications or major articles in the field of Byzantine studies broadly conceived. Grants are aimed at early career academics. Preference will be given to postdocs and assistant professors, though applications from non-tenure track faculty and associate and full professors will be considered. We encourage the submission of first-book projects.

Mary Jaharis Center Project Grants support discrete and highly focused professional projects aimed at the conservation, preservation, and documentation of Byzantine archaeological sites and monuments dated from 300 CE to 1500 CE primarily in Greece and Turkey. Projects may be small stand-alone projects or discrete components of larger projects. Eligible projects might include archeological investigation, excavation, or survey; documentation, recovery, and analysis of at risk materials (e.g., architecture, mosaics, paintings in situ); and preservation (i.e., preventive measures, e.g., shelters, fences, walkways, water management) or conservation (i.e., physical hands-on treatments) of sites, buildings, or objects.

The application deadline for all grants is February 1, 2021. For further information, please see https://maryjahariscenter.org/grants.

Contact Brandie Ratliff (mjcbac@hchc.edu), Director, Mary Jaharis Center, with any questions.

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Open letter from the Medieval Academy of America in response to Humanities cuts at the University of Vermont

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Chris

President Suresh Garimella <Suresh.Garimella@uvm.edu> <president@uvm.edu>
Dean William Falls <William.Falls@UVM.EDU>
Provost Patricia Prelock <Patricia.Prelock@uvm.edu>

Dear President Garimella, Dean Falls, and Dr. Prelock,

We are writing on behalf of the 3500 members of the Medieval Academy of America, the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies, to support the faculty and students of the University of Vermont who are protesting the administration’s plans to cut twenty-three programs in the university’s College of Arts and Sciences. We deplore the elimination of the departments of religion and classics, and a series of humanities majors including romance languages and cultures, Asian languages, Latin, Greek, German, Russian and Italian.

By focusing on metrics of enrollment demand alone, you are sacrificing the high-impact learning experiences that so often takes place in smaller classes in the humanities. At a time when our nation is facing an existential crisis with deep divisions over race, politics, and globalization, you are also diminishing disciplines that offer important tools for grappling with these issues. Humanities courses teach our students how to think through the issues, critically evaluate evidence, and communicate effectively. They also teach our students about the human condition and enhance empathy for those who are different from ourselves. Classes in languages and literature that are to be eliminated from your curriculum are foundational for all students in promoting and understanding of our own nation’s cultural and religious diversity and cultivating global citizenship.

We also understand that this decision was made without consulting faculty or the very students whose education will be adversely effected. We strongly urge you to reconsider this decision and collaborate with faculty and students to devise a plan which will meet the budgetary challenges without sacrificing the vital humanities education of your students.

Thank you for your consideration.

The Presidential Officers and Council of the Medieval Academy of America:

OFFICERS
President: Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski (Univ. of Pittsburgh, emerita)
First Vice-President: Thomas Dale (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Second Vice-President: Maureen Miller (Univ. of California, Berkeley)

COUNCILLORS
Lisa Bitel (Univ. of Southern California)
Seeta Chaganti (Univ. of California, Davis)
Raymond Clemens (Yale Univ.)
Lynda Coon (Univ. of Arkansas)
Hussein Fancy (Univ. of Michigan)
Valerie Garver (Northern Illinois Univ.)
Elina Gertsman (Case Western Reserve Univ.)
Fiona Griffiths (Stanford Univ.)
Geraldine Heng (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
Anne Latowsky (Univ. of South Florida)
Laura Morreale (Independent Scholar)
Lucy Pick (Independent Scholar)

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Upcoming Speculum Webinar on “Disease, Death, and Therapy”

Posted on December 7, 2020 by Chris

A Speculum Webinar on “Disease, Death, and Therapy”
14 January 2021 from 12:00-2:00 PM via Zoom

The Medieval Academy of America is delighted to host a Speculum webinar that launches January 2021’s themed issue dedicated to the timely topic of “Disease, Death, and Therapy” (vol. 96.1). In ten-minute, TED-style talks each of the five contributors will preview their articles. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A session. The speakers include:

Shannon Gayk on “Apocalyptic Ecologies: Eschatology, the Ethics of Care, and the Fifteen Signs of the Doom in Early England”

Michael McCormick on “Gregory of Tours on Sixth-Century Plague and Other Epidemics”

Hannah Barker on “Laying the Corpses to Rest: Grain, Embargoes, and Yersinia pestis in the Black Sea, 1346–48”

Daniel R. Curtis on “From one Mortality Regime to Another? Mortality Crises in Late Medieval Haarlem, Holland, in Perspective”

Renata Pieragostini on “The Healing Power of Music? Documentary Evidence from Late-Fourteenth-Century Bologna”

The webinar is free and open to the public. Pre-registration, however, is required.

It will be held on 14 January 2021 from 12:00-2:00 PM via Zoom. Please pre-register here for this event.

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Virtual Roundtable – “How Do We Get There?: Accelerating Diversity in Slow to Change Humanities Fields.”

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Chris

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) will present “How Do We Get There?: Accelerating Diversity in Slow to Change Humanities Fields,” on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 4-5:30 PM EST.

This virtual roundtable discussion will exploring the history, underlying biases, and current state of humanities fields that remain largely homogeneous, and thoughtfully consider solutions for addressing these issues. Sharing their experiences and perspectives in this discussion will be:

Anita L. Allen, Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and professor of philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Philip Ewell, Associate Professor of music theory, Hunter College of the City University of New York
Cord Whitaker, Associate Professor of English, Wellesley College

The discussion will be moderated by Pauline Saliga, executive director of the Society of Architectural Historians, which has been actively addressing ways to advance diversity in its field.

Register for this virtual event.

This event marks the second event in its Humanistic Knowledge for the 21^st Century series. Learn more about ACLS and its commitment to Inclusive Excellence.

This live event will be recorded and shared on the ACLS website.

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Call for Article Prize Submissions

Posted on December 4, 2020 by Chris

The Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies solicits submissions for the annual Charles Julian Bishko Memorial Prize for the best article or book chapter published in 2020 in the field of medieval Iberian history by a North American scholar. This year’s prize, which carries an honorarium of $250, will be announced at the 2021 annual meeting of ASPHS, which will be held virtually April 23-25, 2021.

Initiated in 2003, the Bishko Prize honors Professor Charles Julian Bishko, the distinguished historian of medieval Iberia who taught for 39 years at the University of Virginia.

Articles or book chapters may be written in Castilian, English, Catalan, Galician, Portuguese or French. Authors must be current members of the ASPHS.

Authors should submit one copy of the article or book chapter and a short (two-page) CV in PDF form to committee chair Andrew Devereux, using the following email address: BishkoPrize@asphs.net

The deadline for submissions is December 31, 2020.

The 2020 winner was Pamela Patton, for her article “Demons and Diversity in León,” Medieval Encounters 25, no. 1-2 (2019): 150-179.

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Virtual MAA / AHA Session

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Chris

Event Title: Why did Medieval Europe Expel its Jews?

Schedule: Friday, January 8, 10:00-11:30am (Pacific time)

Event Link: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/97684386779?pwd=TFA1MzdMUEdSY3AwYnR5SEptb2x6QT09

Host: Taube Center for Jewish Studies, Stanford University, in conjunction with Virtual AHA

Co-Sponsor: Medieval Academy of America; Central European History Society; Society for French Historical Studies

Social Media: #VirtualAHA;

Brief Description:

From the thirteenth century onward, the Jewish communities of medieval western Europe faced repeated threats of expulsion. In this webinar, three scholars will draw on their recent research to consider the causes and contexts of these expulsions, focusing in particular on developments in England, France, and Germany between 1200-1500. The three short presentations (of roughly 15 minutes each) will be followed by a roundtable discussion and audience Q&A.

Chair:

Robert C. Stacey, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences & Professor of History, University of Washington

Speakers:

E.M. Rose, Research Associate, History Department, Harvard University
“Edward and the Eleanors: Royal Piety & the Expulsion of the Jews from England (1290)”

Rowan Dorin, Assistant Professor, History Department, Stanford University
“Doing Unto Others: A Comparative Approach to Medieval Expulsions of Jews”

Kerice Doten-Snitker, Junior Research in Sociology, Carlos III-Juan March Institute and Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
“How Toleration Ended: The Political Processes of Expulsion in Medieval German Jewish Communities, 1000-1520”

Participant Biographies:

Robert Stacey is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and Professor of History at the University of Washington in Seattle. A graduate of Williams College (1975) and Oxford University (1977), he received his PhD from Yale University in 1983, where he taught for five years before moving to UW. He is the author of four books: Politics, Policy, and Finance under Henry III (Oxford, 1987); Receipt and Issue Rolls, 26 Henry III (Pipe Roll Society, 1992); and two textbooks. He has also written several dozen scholarly articles dealing with the history of the Jewish community in medieval England

E.M. Rose is a historian of medieval and early modern England. She received her PhD in History from Princeton University in 2001, and also holds degrees from Columbia, Oxford, and Yale. Her recent monograph, The Murder of William of Norwich: The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe (Oxford, 2015), was awarded both the American Society for Church History’s Albert C. Outler Prize, given annually for the best monograph in ecumenical church history, and the Phi Beta Kappa Society’s Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize, for “a scholarly study that contributes significantly to interpretation of the intellectual and cultural condition of humanity.”

Rowan Dorin is a historian of western Europe and the Mediterranean, primarily during the high and late Middle Ages. After earning his PhD from Harvard University in 2015, he spent two years at the Harvard Society of Fellows before joining the Stanford History Department. Aside from his forthcoming book (Conflicts of Interest: Jews, Christian Moneylenders, and the Rise of Mass Expulsion in Medieval Europe), he has also published articles on canon law, Mediterranean trade networks, the production and use of medieval manuscripts, and the history of Christian-Jewish relations.

Kerice Doten-Snitker is a historical sociologist. Her research investigates the structural and processual roots of inequality and group-based exclusion. Presently, she is working on projects about medieval politics and ethnoreligious groups and about access and equity in higher education. She brings a unique historical perspective to sociological debates about ethnic cleavages, political mobilization, and macro-level change in social policy.

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ASCSA Programs and Fellowships – Study in Greece 2021-2022

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Chris

STUDY IN GREECE 2021-2022
ASCSA PROGRAMS AND FELLOWSHIPS

The American School of Classical Studies at Athens was founded in 1881 to provide American graduate students and scholars a base for their studies in the history and civilization of the Greek world. Today it is still a teaching institution, providing graduate students a unique opportunity to study firsthand the sites and monuments of Greece. The School is also a superb resource for students and senior scholars pursuing research in many fields ranging from prehistoric to modern Greece, thanks to its internationally renowned libraries, the Blegen, focusing on all aspects of Greece from its earliest prehistory to late antiquity, and the Gennadius, which concentrates on the medieval to modern Greek world, as well as the Malcolm H. Wiener Laboratory for Archaeological Sciences.

FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS FOR STUDY AT THE ASCSA
(FULL ACADEMIC YEAR AND SUMMER PROGRAMS)

REGULAR MEMBER FELLOWSHIPS: Fellowships are available for the School’s Regular Members. Fellowships provide a stipend of $11,500 plus room and board at Loring Hall on the School grounds and waiver of School fees. Regular Member fellowships are awarded for the entire nine-month program. All awards are made on the recommendation of the Committee on Admissions and Fellowships and are based on the results of the qualifying examinations and materials submitted with the application. Please note that applicants accepted for the cancelled 2020-21 program are deferred to the 2021-22 program; this means there is a maximum of six open spaces in the 2021-22 program.

Fellowships include two in archaeology, one in history and literature, and nine unrestricted as to field. DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021.

STUDENT ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP: For advanced graduate students who plan to pursue independent 9-month (Sept. to May) research projects and do not wish to commit to the full Regular Program.
DEADLINE: ROLLING

ADVANCED FELLOWSHIPS: Several fellowships for the full academic year at the ASCSA with a stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees are available to students who have completed the Regular Program or one full year as a Student Associate Member and plan to return to the School to pursue independent research, usually for their Ph.D. dissertations. Advanced Fellowships fields awarded by the School include one each in art and architecture of antiquity, history of architecture, Mycenaean archaeology or Athenian architecture and/or archaeology, and the study of pottery; and three unrestricted as to field.
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2021.

FULBRIGHT FELLOWSHIPS: Visit the Fulbright website (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html) for fellowship details and stipend information. Applicants for a Fulbright Fellowship in Greece to be held in affiliation with the ASCSA, must request a letter from the ASCSA agreeing to that affiliation. Applications for a letter of affiliation must be submitted at least two weeks before the applicant’s intuitional deadline. Simultaneous application to both the Fulbright and the ASCSA is required. Candidates must submit the ASCSA application by the due date for the Fulbright application.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 13, 2020.

WIENER LABORATORY PRE-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP 2021-2023: Two-year funding for individuals actively enrolled in a graduate program who have passed all qualifying exams and have an approved Ph.D. proposal pursuing archaeological research related to the ancient Greek world at the Wiener Laboratory. Stipend of $20,000 for 12 months.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021.

MEDIEVAL GREEK SUMMER SESSION AT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY: Graduate students and professors in any field of late antique, post-antique, Byzantine or medieval studies at any university worldwide. Month-long program in intermediate level Medieval Greek language and philology at the Gennadius Library, with site and museum trips. Up to twelve scholarships available.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021.

SUMMER SESSION: Six-week session to explore the sites and museums in Greece for graduates, undergraduates, and secondary school and college teachers. Fee of $4,900 includes tuition, travel within Greece, room and partial board, and museum and site fees. Scholarships available. The Summer Session planned for 2020 will be taking place in 2021. No new applications are being accepted.

SUMMER SEMINARS: Two 18-day sessions designed for those who wish to study specific topics in Greece and visit major monuments with exceptional scholars as study leaders, and to improve their understanding of the country’s landscape, archaeology, material culture, history, literature, and culture. Enrollment is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students, and to high school and college instructors of classics and related subjects. Fee of $2,750 includes tuition, travel within Greece, room, partial board in Athens, and museum and site fees. Scholarships available. The Summer Seminars planned for 2020 will be taking place in 2021. No new applications are being accepted.

FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTGRADUATES FOR STUDY AT THE ASCSA (FULL ACADEMIC YEAR)

EDWARDS CAPPS, ADVANCED FELLOWSHIP: A fellowships for the full academic year at the ASCSA with a stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees are available to scholars who have completed the Regular Program or one full year as a Student Associate Member and plan to return to the School to pursue independent research. For the 2021 competition, the Capps Fellowship is open to postdoctoral scholars whose PhD was awarded no earlier than 2016, as well as to advanced graduate students.
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 15, 2021.

THE M. ALISON FRANTZ FELLOWSHIP: Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D.s (not more than five years since the awarding of the Ph.D.) for work in the Gennadius Library. A stipend of $11,500 plus room, board, and waiver of School fees.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021.

THE JACOB HIRSCH FELLOWSHIP: For projects carried out in Greece; eligibility is limited to U.S. or Israeli citizens, Ph.D. candidate writing a dissertation or recent Ph.D. (not more than five years since the awarding of the Ph.D.) revising a dissertation for publication. A stipend of $11,500 plus room and board at the ASCSA, and waiver of School fees.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021.

FUNDING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS OR POSTGRADUATES FOR STUDY AT THE ASCSA (SHORT-TERM FELLOWSHIPS)

ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA (AIA) ANNA C. AND OLIVER C. COLBURN FELLOW: Ph.D. candidates or recent Ph.D. (not more than five years since the awarding of the Ph.D.) whose field is classical archaeology. Visit the Archaeological Institute of America website for more information. Simultaneous application to both the AIA and the ASCSA is required. Two fellowships of $5,500 each. Fellowship runs in even years.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2022.

THE HARRY BIKAKIS FELLOWSHIP: North American or Greek graduate students researching ancient Greek law or Greek graduate students working on a School excavation. A stipend of $1,875. School fees are waived.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021.

COTSEN TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP FOR RESEARCH IN GREECE: Short-term travel award of $2,000 for senior scholars and graduate students for projects and research at the Gennadius Library. At least one month of residency required. School fees are waived.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021.

THE GEORGE PAPAIOANNOU FELLOWSHIP: Awarded to both senior and early career scholars – including Ph.D. candidates – of any nationality researching Greece in the 1940’s and the post-war period, civil wars and the history of the Second World War. Fellows are required to make use of and refer to the George Papaioannou Papers housed at the Archives of the ASCSA. Stipend of €2,000. School fees are waived for a maximum of two months. Fellowship runs every other year.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2022.

THE HENRY S. ROBINSON CORINTH RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP: Awarded to pre- or post-doctoral scholars for research on a doctoral dissertation or primary publication specifically on Corinth, requiring the use of the resources, archaeological site, and collections at the ASCSA excavations at Ancient Corinth. Open to all nationalities. One or more grants for up to three months, maximum amount of stipend is $4,000. School fees are waived. Runs every other year.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2022.

WIENER LABORATORY RESEARCH ASSOCIATE APPOINTMENTS: Short-term funding for Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars from colleges and universities worldwide pursuing archaeological research related to the ancient Greek world at the Wiener Laboratory. Variable amounts up to $7,000. Term variable, up to nine months.
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021

TRAVELING AND EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTGRADUATE STUDY

COULSON/CROSS AEGEAN EXCHANGE: Program of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC): Short-term fellowships for Greek nationals and scholars to pursue research in Turkey under the auspices of the American Research Institute in Turkey (ARIT). Stipend of $250 per week plus up to $500 for travel expenses. Submit online application to ASCSA.
DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2021.

MULTI-COUNTRY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC): Ph.D. candidates and postdoctoral scholars with research in the humanities, social sciences, or allied natural sciences requiring travel to several countries with an American overseas research center. Consult CAORC website for application and deadline: www.caorc.org.

THE PAUL REHAK MEMORIAL TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP: Regular members and Student Associate members in attendance at the ASCSA for the entire academic year. Maximum grant of $1,000 of lesser amounts. School fees are waived. The purpose is to allow individuals to travel in Greece and Italy to conduct a research project during the current academic year from September 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021. Compensation for travel that transpired during the prior fall and winter terms or planned for the spring term of the 2020-2021 academic year will be considered.
DEADLINE: MARCH 1, 2021.

FUNDING FOR SENIOR SCHOLARS FOR STUDY AT THE ASCSA

KRESS PUBLICATIONS FELLOWSHIPS: Postdoctoral scholars working on assigned material from excavations at Ancient Corinth, the Athenian Agora, Lerna, and affiliated projects of the ASCSA to support research for publication of the excavated material. Grants for at least three months (up to $10,000) to a maximum of nine months (up to $30,000).
DEADLINE: JANUARY 15, 2021.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES (NEH) FELLOWSHIPS: Awards for postdoctoral scholars and professionals in the humanities. Terms: Two to four fellows will be selected for awards of 4, 5, or 9-month duration. The monthly stipend per fellow is $4,200 allocated from a total pool of $75,600 per year. School fees are waived. U.S. citizens or foreign nationals being U.S. residents for three years before application deadline. Applicants must hold their Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree at the time of application. Submit online application to ASCSA.
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 31, 2020.

For more information about each program or fellowships, please visit http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/

ASCSA programs are generally open to qualified students and scholars at colleges or universities in the U.S. or Canada; restrictions may apply for specific fellowships and programs. The American School of Classical Studies at Athens does not discriminate on the basis of race, age, sex, sexual orientation, color, religion, ethnic origin, or disability when considering admission to any form of membership.

We invite applications to the following program. The specific implementation of all ASCSA programs will depend on all relevant public health advisories.

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MAA News – From the Executive Director: Digital Updates

Posted on December 3, 2020 by Chris

Greetings! I hope you are all well. I am happy to report that, in case you hadn’t noticed, 2020 is nearly behind us. I hope that we will soon be able to greet each other in person. In the meantime, we will continue our digital engagement with each other, with our research, with our scholarship, and with our students. I’d like to take this opportunity to remind you about the Medieval Academy of America’s digital offerings, all of which can be accessed from our website:

1) Database of Medieval Digital Resources: MDR is a curated searchable database of peer-reviewed digital materials for the study of the Middle Ages. Browse the newest additions to the database here. If you don’t see your favorite digital resource in MDR, click here to recommend it for inclusion (we are still working our way through a very large backlog of submissions, so please be patient!).

2) Digitized Medieval Academy Books: The Medieval Academy’s publications page includes links to html and PDF versions of several dozen volumes of the Medieval Academy Books series.

3) The Library of Digital Latin Texts: The MAA is collaborating with the Digital Latin Library to support the publication of born-digital TEI-encoded open-access editions of medieval Latin texts. Several editions are in-process and will be available soon. For more information about the MAA’s role in this initiative, click here.

4) Event calendar: The MAA keeps a calendar of upcoming events of interest to medievalists. The calendar can be keyword-searched using the search feature on our homepage, or it can be browsed here.

5) Members-only digital benefits: Speculum: MAA members receive online access to the entire Speculum archive in addition to a print subscription; Member Directory: Members have access to an online directory of MAA members with profiles and contact information, accessible using the search box on our homepage after signing in; JSTOR Discount: Members are eligible to subscribe to JPASS – JSTOR’s individual access plan – at half price.

6) Medieval Academy Webinars: all of our 2020 digital programming is available online. The webinar series will continue in 2021; stay tuned for an announcement about upcoming programming.

7) Medieval Studies Webinar Registry: See below for more information about this new initiative!

The MAA has three standing committees tasked with digital matters: the Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Committee; the Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Prize Committee; and the MDR Committee. All of these groups are tasked with endorsing and supporting high-quality scholarship that engages with digital resources and methodologies in compliance with best-practices and, when possible, in open-access environments.

In my own scholarship, advocacy, and service, I have seen how medievalists continue to lead in the digital realm. Ever since Father Roberto Busa collaborated with IBM in the 1950s to produce a FORTRAN-based concordance of Aquinas, medievalists have led the Digital Humanities in developing new methodologies and resources, collaborating across disciplines, and teaching and learning new skills. This work, these methodologies, are here to stay. As the MAA continues to vet, promote, and reward digital resources and research, we are broadening the definition of scholarship beyond the article, lecture, and monograph, further legitimizing and centering digital methodologies.

I can’t wait to see what you come up with next.

Lisa Fagin Davis
Executive Director