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MAA News – MAA @ LeedsIf you're going to be at the Leeds International Medieval Congress this year, please join us on Tu...
06/03/2026

MAA News – MAA @ Leeds

If you're going to be at the Leeds International Medieval Congress this year, please join us on Tuesday, 7 July, 19.00-20.00 (Session 901) for the annual Medieval Academy Lecture, to be delivered by Fiona Griffiths (Department of History, Stanford University), "Timing, Temporalities, and the Cleric's Wife." Afterwards, join Prof. Griffiths and MAA governance and staff members for the Medieval Academy's open-bar wine reception....

If you’re going to be at the Leeds International Medieval Congress this year, please join us on Tuesday, 7 July, 19.00-20.00 (Session 901) for the annual Medieval Academy Lecture, to be deliv…

MAA News – Good News From Our MembersSarah McNamer (Georgetown Univ.), Jamie Kreiner (UCLA), and Nicole Rice (St. John's...
06/03/2026

MAA News – Good News From Our Members

Sarah McNamer (Georgetown Univ.), Jamie Kreiner (UCLA), and Nicole Rice (St. John's Univ.) have all recently been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships. Monica Green has been given the honor of addressing the American Association for the History of Medicine (AAHM) meeting, the first medievalist in 30 years to do so. The announcement for the talk is posted here, on the AAHM program page: ...

Sarah McNamer (Georgetown Univ.), Jamie Kreiner (UCLA), and Nicole Rice (St. John’s Univ.) have all recently been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships. Monica Green has been given the honor of addr…

MAA News – Upcoming MAA Webinars and WorkshopsWriting Like Monks and Nuns: a Writing Community by the Graduate Student C...
06/03/2026

MAA News – Upcoming MAA Webinars and Workshops

Writing Like Monks and Nuns: a Writing Community by the Graduate Student Committee Tuesday, June 9th, 3pm EDT “He who does not know how to write does not think that it is a labor. Three fingers write, the whole body labors. Whoever has read this book, pray for me”. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 9561, fol. 81v.) Does this scribal plea—found by Thijs Porck (Universiteit Leiden)—resonate with your writing practice?...

Writing Like Monks and Nuns: a Writing Community by the Graduate Student Committee Tuesday, June 9th, 3pm EDT “He who does not know how to write does not think that it is a labor. Three fingers wri…

Digital Scriptorium Workshops on Linked Open Data and SPARQLDigital Scriptorium (DS) is pleased to offer a series of onl...
06/02/2026

Digital Scriptorium Workshops on Linked Open Data and SPARQL

Digital Scriptorium (DS) is pleased to offer a series of online workshops exploring Linked Open Data and the use of the query language SPARQL in the context of the DS Catalog Wikibase. Workshops will be led by L.P. Coladangelo, DS Catalog Project and Data Manager, and are scheduled for Thursdays in July from 1pm to 2:30pm ET over Zoom. The workshop series is intended for those with beginning to intermediate knowledge of SPARQL. ...

Digital Scriptorium (DS) is pleased to offer a series of online workshops exploring Linked Open Data and the use of the query language SPARQL in the context of the DS Catalog Wikibase. Workshops wi…

Jobs For MedievalistsThe Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, invites applications for two grant-funded P...
05/20/2026

Jobs For Medievalists

The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, invites applications for two grant-funded Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Dictionary of Old English. Postdoctoral Fellow, Editorial, Dictionary of Old English The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, invites applications for a grant- funded, two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Dictionary of Old English. The successful candidate will have a PhD in English, Medieval Studies, or a comparable…...

The Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, invites applications for two grant-funded Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Dictionary of Old English. Postdoctoral Fellow, Editorial, Dictiona…

Call for Papers – British Archaeological Association Post Graduate ConferenceThe British Archaeological Association invi...
05/18/2026

Call for Papers – British Archaeological Association Post Graduate Conference

The British Archaeological Association invites proposals by postgraduate and early career researchers in the field of medieval art history, architecture and archaeology. Papers can be on any aspect of the medieval period, from antiquity to the Later Middle Ages, across all geographical regions. Proposals of around 250 words for a 20-minute paper, along with a CV, should be sent by 31 July 2026 to [email protected]. You can also find the Call for Papers on our website: The conference will take place online on Thursday 26 November 2026.

The British Archaeological Association invites proposals by postgraduate and early career researchers in the field of medieval art history, architecture and archaeology. Papers can be on any aspect…

Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean. Second International WorkshopTrans...
05/14/2026

Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean. Second International Workshop

Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean. Second International Workshop Date: 4 June 2026 Venue: Balliol College, Gillis Lecture Theatre and Massey Room (Oxford OX1 3BJ) & online Convenors: Daniel Gallaher and Ugo Mondini (University of Oxford) The workshop explores how and why languages were taught, learned, and sustained across the diverse and shifting socio-cultural landscapes of the late medieval and early modern Mediterranean....

Transmitting and Preserving Languages in the Medieval and Early Modern Mediterranean. Second International Workshop Date: 4 June 2026 Venue: Balliol College, Gillis Lecture Theatre and Massey Room …

Jobs for MedievalistsOpen position: Rare Materials Project Cataloger, Smith College Smith College Special Collections is...
05/12/2026

Jobs for Medievalists

Open position: Rare Materials Project Cataloger, Smith College Smith College Special Collections is currently seeking a Rare Materials Project Cataloger. Reporting to the Head of Technical Services for Special Collections and working closely with the Curator of Rare Books, the Rare Books Project Cataloger will create original or copy records for a wide variety of rare and/or unique bibliographic materials in the Mortimer Rare Book Collection, the Sophia Smith Collection, and College Archives....

Open position: Rare Materials Project Cataloger, Smith College Smith College Special Collections is currently seeking a Rare Materials Project Cataloger. Reporting to the Head of Technical Services…

Rare Book School Summer CoursesRare Book School is still accepting applications for its Summer 2026 courses! Details at ...
05/05/2026

Rare Book School Summer Courses

Rare Book School is still accepting applications for its Summer 2026 courses! Details at rarebookschool.org/courses. The courses listed below still have a few available seats and may be of interest to medievalists: In Charlottesville: The History of Printed Book Illustration in the West (I-10) Rare Book Cataloging (L-30) Seminar in Western Codicology (M-20) The Handwriting and Culture of Early Modern English Manuscripts (M-70)...

https://www.themedievalacademyblog.org/rare-book-school-summer-courses-3/

Rare Book School is still accepting applications for its Summer 2026 courses! Details at rarebookschool.org/courses. The courses listed below still have a few available seats and may be of interest…

Call for Papers: Ninth International Piers Plowman Society ConferenceCall for Papers: Ninth International Piers Plowman ...
05/05/2026

Call for Papers: Ninth International Piers Plowman Society Conference

Call for Papers: Ninth International Piers Plowman Society Conference Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 1–3 April 2027 The program committee for the Ninth Meeting of the International Piers Plowman Society seeks submissions for our quadrennial conference, co-sponsored by Boston College and Harvard University, and hosted on Boston College’s campus in Chestnut Hill, MA, located six miles west of downtown Boston....

Call for Papers: Ninth International Piers Plowman Society Conference Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA 1–3 April 2027 The program committee for the Ninth Meeting of the International Piers Plowman …

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