The Medieval Academy Blog

We are very pleased to announce that Travel Grants have been awarded to the following scholars to facilitate their travel to upcoming conferences to present their work:

Jonathan Dell Isola, “Creating a Vision of the Past in Carolingian Charters,” Leeds International Medieval Congress; ;

Sarah Dyer Magleby, “The Inventoried Home: Utilizing Archival Sources to Reconstruct the Turquam-Gilles Household in Late Medieval Paris,” International Congress on Medieval Studies (Kalamazoo, Michigan);

S. Beth Newman Ooi, “Two Examples of Collaborative Runological Research: A Well-Known Cross and a Little-Known Drypoint Inscription,” 22nd ISSEME Conference (Düsseldorf);

Timothy Liam Waters, “A Land Without Ice? Material Considerations for Glacial Formations in Gylfaginning and Bergbúa þáttr,” 19th International Saga Conference (Katowice and Kraków).

We are very pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 CARA Prizes:

The 2025 CARA Awards for Excellence in Teaching have been awarded to Sara Ann Knutson (Univ. of British Columbia) and Christopher W. Platts (Univ. of Cincinnati).

The 2025 Robert L. Kindrick–CARA Award for Outstanding Service to Medieval Studies has been awarded to Stephanie Batkie (University of the South (Sewanee)).

These prizes will be presented during the CARA Plenary Session at the upcoming Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy on Friday, 21 March. Please join us as we honor these medievalists for their teaching and service.

For more information about the MAA Committee for Centers and Regional Associations (CARA), please visit our website.

We are very pleased to announce that the 2025 Fellows Research Awards have been granted to Sopio Gagoshidze (Rutgers Univ.), “The Khakhuli Triptych and the Art of Repurposing,” and Dana Katz (Goethe Univ. Frankfurt), “Rome beyond Rome: The Reception of Classical Antiquity in the Medieval Christian and Muslim Mediterranean.” Congratulations!

The Fellows Research Awards of $5,000 each are made possible by the generosity of the Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America, who both fund and administer these annual Awards. The MAA is exceedingly grateful to the Fellows for their support of these early-career scholars.

Using Experimental Archaeology in the University Classroom
January 17, 1-2pm EST, on zoom

Lindsay Johnson, Music, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Molly Jones-Lewis, Ancient Studies, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Carolyn Twomey, History, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Come learn from three professors how they use experimental archaeology in their classrooms (outside of archaeology departments!), and share your techniques with others as well. Moderated by Lauren Mancia (Brooklyn College/The Graduate Center, CUNY)

Click here to register.

Doing Medieval Together: Building Community in Nontraditional Venues 
February 10th, 8pm EST on zoom

In this event, panelists will discuss various ways they are breaking down the walls between the academy and the community. From listening to and living in communities with Native Hawaiian cultural practitioners to engaging with the local medieval enthusiasts of Oklahoma, from pop culture conventions to K-12 classrooms, from digital resources to physical interactions, we will explore partnerships, public programming, and the ways we can all learn from each other.

Featuring:
Kisha Tracy, Fitchburg State University/CARA Executive Board Member
Reid Weber, Chair and Professor, Humanities and Philosophy, University of Central Oklahoma, Faculty Co-sponsor, UCO Medieval Society
Tory Schendel-Vyvoda, Curator, Evansville African American Museum, PhD student, IDSVA, Adjunct Instructor, University of Evansville, Director, Lamasco Microgallery
Karen Jolly, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Click here to register.

As part of the celebrations for the MAA’s Centennial Year, the Digital Humanities and Multimedia Studies Committee and the Graduate Student Committee have partnered to organize a year-long series of webinars showcasing exciting DH projects. These will be held monthly, ordinarily on a Friday from 1-2pm ET. Each session will feature a moderated discussion of two recent/ongoing DH projects followed by an audience Q&A. Beyond highlighting a diverse array of new and exciting projects in Medieval Studies, this series will also serve as an opportunity to share ideas and best practices within the medieval DH community. Upcoming sessions include:

Friday, January 24: La Sfera (dir. Carrie Beneš, Laura Ingallinella, Amanda Madden and Laura Morreale); and Old English Poetry in Facsimile (dir. Martin Foys)

Friday, February 21: Book of Fortresses (dir. Edward Triplett); Digital Heritage Age (dir. Gary Dempsey)

(and mark your calendars for the subsequent sessions on April 21 and May 16, featuring next text-editing tools, visualizations of medieval women’s networks, and more!)

To register for this webinar series, please fill out the form by clicking here.

The Medieval Academy of America invites applications for the following grants. Please note that applicants must be members in good standing in order to be eligible for Medieval Academy awards.

Belle Da Costa Greene Award

The Belle Da Costa Greene Award of $2,000 will be granted annually to a medievalist of color for research and travel. The award may be used to visit archives, attend conferences, or to facilitate writing and research. The award will be granted on the basis of the quality of the proposed project, the applicant’s budgetary needs (as expressed by a submitted budget and in the project narrative), and the estimation of the ways in which the award will facilitate the applicant’s research and contribute to the field. Special consideration will be given to graduate students, emerging junior scholars, adjunct, and unaffiliated scholars. Click here for more information. (Deadline 15 February 2025)

Olivia Remie Constable Award

Four Olivia Remie Constable Awards of $1,500 each will be granted to emerging junior faculty, adjunct or unaffiliated scholars (broadly understood: post-doctoral, pre-tenure) for research and travel. Click here for more information. (Deadline 15 February 2025)

MAA Dissertation Grants:

The nine annual Medieval Academy Dissertation Grants support advanced graduate students who are writing Ph.D. dissertations on medieval topics. The $2,000 grants help defray research expenses. Click here for more information. (Deadline 15 February 2025)

Schallek Awards

The five annual Schallek awards support graduate students conducting doctoral research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350-1500). The $5,000 awards help defray research expenses. Click here for more information. (Deadline 15 February 2025)

MAA/GSC Grant for Innovation in Community-Building and Professionalization

The MAA/GSC Grant(s) will be awarded to an individual or graduate student group from one or more universities. The purpose of this grant is to stimulate new and innovative efforts that support pre-professionalization, encourage communication and collaboration across diverse groups of graduate students, and build communities amongst graduate student medievalists. Click here for more information. (Deadline 15 February 2025)

Please contact the Executive Director for more information about these and other MAA programs.