Academia Archive
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$300 million library donated to Princeton University includes thousands of medieval manuscripts and early printed books
Posted on February 19, 2015 | No CommentsWilliam Scheide has left his collection of rare books and manuscripts to Princeton University. It is believed to be worth about $300 million, making it the largest gift in the university's history. -
Digging into the Secrets of Medieval Manuscripts
Posted on February 2, 2015 | No CommentsDigital tools, including a free, public online manuscript training course, are allowing Stanford University English professor and medieval manuscript scholar Elaine Treharne to share her expertise well beyond traditional classroom walls. -
Free online course offers unique insights into Richard III reinterment
Posted on January 30, 2015 | No CommentsThe third run of the free popular ‘England in the Time of King Richard III’ online course will be launching Monday 16 February – and will offer a fascinating insight into life during 15th century England in the build up to the reinterment of Richard III on Thursday 26 March. -
Free online course on the Magna Carta
Posted on January 11, 2015 | No CommentsThe Magna Carta and its Legacy begins on Monday, January 12th and runs until February 20th. -
Chaucer in Iceland
Posted on December 22, 2014 | No CommentsMy project is called Chaucer in Iceland and its main aim was to take the congress in Iceland as a case study for looking at the impact of Scandinavia identity on contemporary medieval studies. -
Medievalism on the Move: Open Access in the Academy
Posted on November 29, 2014 | No CommentsPanel discussion held at the 29th International Conference on Medievalism, on October 24, 2014 -
Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Society launches this month
Posted on August 5, 2014 | No CommentsThis month sees the launch of a new society promoting interest in the Battle of Bosworth, the last major battle of the Wars of the Roses. -
Staging Medievalisms: Touching the Middle Ages through Contemporary Performance
Posted on May 13, 2014 | No CommentsExamining the Middle Ages through modern eyes: movies, TV, stage, tourism and books. How do we perform the Middle Ages? -
Robin Fleming awarded MacArthur Fellowship
Posted on October 28, 2013 | No CommentsRobin Fleming, one of America's leading early medieval historians, has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called 'Genius Grant'. -
Free online course on ‘England in the time of King Richard III’
Posted on September 19, 2013 | No CommentsThe University of Leicester and FutureLearn are teaming up to offer a six-week online course that will examine King Richard III and his era. The massive open online course, which is freely open to anyone interested in the topic, begins on November 25th. -
Medieval Studies in Canada
Posted on September 2, 2013 | No CommentsHere is a list of medieval studies programs available in Canada, province by province -
Medieval Studies programs in the United States
Posted on August 25, 2013 | No CommentsHere is a list of medieval studies programs available in the United States, state by state. -
Medievalist looks for crowd funding to help support his PhD
Posted on August 5, 2013 | No CommentsHow you can support Spencer Gavin Smith do research about medieval gardens and parks -
Learning about the Middle Ages at Indiana University
Posted on May 16, 2013 | No CommentsIn 2008, I graduated from Indiana University with a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in Medieval Archaeology, after completing a senior thesis focusing on Viking colonization and urban environments. How did I come to have such a specialized degree at a landlocked American university? Well, definitely not by following a straight and narrow path! -
Medieval Histories – On balancing along the precipice between Medieval Living History and the Medieval Studies of Academia
Posted on May 15, 2013 | No CommentsBut it is also easy to detect something else, which is the beleaguered and policed frontier between academia and living history – or as it is often called between Medieval Studies and Medievalism. Something both parties are acutely aware of. -
Medieval Academy of America rocked by resignations of Executive Directors
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsAfter interviewing various people, including Gardiner and Musto and Academy President Richard Unger, two narratives have emerged - one that suggests that personality clashes emerged between the Executive Directors and some of the members of the academy's council; while another seems to show that a serious disagreement emerged over the structure of the academy and how much freedom the Executive Directors should have in running the organization. -
The Medieval Archaeology Masters program at the University of York
Posted on May 13, 2013 | No CommentsDanielle Trynoski reviews the Master of Arts in Medieval Archaeology program at the University of York -
Medievalists and the Scholarly Digital Edition
Posted on March 21, 2013 | No CommentsClearly, since 2002 there has been significant growth in the number and range of digitized manuscripts available online, and it may be that the increase in the reported use of digitized facsimiles simply follows the increasing availability of those facsimiles. -
Kathy Krause wins fellowship to research Medieval Women and Literary Production
Posted on February 12, 2013 | No CommentsThe National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a fellowship to Kathy M. Krause of the University of Missouri-Kansas City to research 'The Role of Noblewomen in Literary Production in Northern France during the 13th Century.' -
The genesis of chivalry project receives £137,000 in funding
Posted on January 11, 2013 | No CommentsDavid Crouch of the University of Hull will be able to explore the origins of chivalry in the Middle Ages after being award a Research Fellowship of £137,629 from the Leverhulme Trust. -
Moravian College hosts medieval conference for undergrads
Posted on November 27, 2012 | No CommentsMoravian College will host the seventh annual Undergraduate Conference in Medieval and Early Modern Studies on Saturday, December 1, 2012. -
Publishing your Research in Archaeology Journals
Posted on November 23, 2012 | No CommentsPart 1: How NOT to get Published in Archaeology, by Robin Skeates; Part 2: How to write a book review, by Estella Weiss‐Krejci -
$1.25 million gift creates endowment for medieval professorship at SMU
Posted on September 17, 2012 | No CommentsTwo graduates of Southern Methodist University are giving back to their alma mater by creating an endowed professorship in medieval history. -
London Medieval Society
Posted on August 24, 2012 | No CommentsThe British capital is home to numerous universities, museums and archives. It is also home to the London Medieval Society, an organization that provides a forum for medievalists to gather and exchange ideas. -
Canadian Society of Medievalists
Posted on June 14, 2012 | No CommentsThe Canadian Society of Medievalists aims to represent Canadian medievalists around the world and medievalists working in Canada.
