News, Calls, Events, and Opportunities for our Medieval Studies Community
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Eva Plesnik successfully passes FOE
Alexandra Atiya successfully passes FOE
Zinaida Uzdenskaya successfully passes FOE
Old Books New Science lab uncovers 15th-century French Royal Letter
Critical Digital Humanities Institute Visiting Speaker Series
CSAMP Event Calendar: Collaborative Specialization in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Proseminars, Colloquia, and Workshop Listings
BHPC Program Events
PIMS Calendar of Events
March 12 - Friends of the PIMS Library Spring Lecture: Renée Trilling, Mapping the World in the Poems of Junius 11
March 12 - Vincent A. De Luca Lecture Series: Essaka Joshua, Disability and the Great Tragedian: Kemble, Kean, and ‘Richard II’, Department of English
March 13 - Classics / CMS Lecture: Michael Kulikowski, Breaking the Barbarian Binary: Ammianus Marcellinus on Regional Identity and Imperial Politics
March 13 - Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies Online Lecture Series: Siân Echard, "One sober tint”: Facsimiles of Illuminated Manuscripts and the Problem of Color
March 16 - CSAMP Proseminar: Julia Petz, Argumentative Courage in Plato’s ‘Euthydemus’
March 17 - CRRS EMIGF VI: Josiah Lamb, Transformation as Translation: The Material Forms of Jane Seager’s ‘The Divine Prophecies of the Ten Sibills’ and Daniel Pazmino, Melancholic Princes: Individual Disorder as a Metaphor for Sociopolitical Crisis in ‘La vida es sueño’ by Calderón de la Barca
March 19 - CRRS / TRRC: Alexandra Guerson / Dana Wessell Lightfoot, Gendered Conversions: Community Preservation and Family Identity in Fifteenth-Century Girona
March 19 - Thomistic Institute Lecture: Christopher Tomaszewski, ‘I Cannot Tell a Lie’: Thomas Aquinas on the Moral Permissibility of Lying (Alumni Hall 400, 7:10 pm)
March 20 - Gil Anidjar, Interpellations (EM001, Emmanuel College, 7-9 pm)
March 23 - CSAMP Proseminar: Simone Luigi Migliaro
March 24 - PIMS 2026 Etienne Gilson Lecture: David D’Avray, Medieval Papal History in the Light of Social Theory
March 26 - Kara Gaston, Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies
March 26 - CRRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture: R. Bin Wong, Why the Early Modern ‘Limits of the Possible’ Matter Today
March 27 - Classics / CMS Lecture: Kristina Sessa, An Anatomy of Disaster: Gregory of Tours on Plague and Beyond
March 28 - Book History & Print Culture Graduate Student Colloquium
March 30 - CSAMP Proseminar: Marko Malink
April 6 - CSAMP Proseminar: Pia Morar, Why Socrates Cheats
April 9 - CONVIVIUM: Annual Alumni Lecture - Faith Wallis, How to Think like a Physician: Master Bartholomeus and the Transformations of Medicine in 12th-Century Europe
April 10 - Steven Bednarski, Lathams’s War: Herstmonceux Castle and the 70th Sussex Searchlight Regiment, Herstmonceux Castle Estate
April 11 - Mediaeval Symposium: ‘Mappa Mundi’: Mapping the Mediaeval World, St Mike’s
April 20-21 - Graduate Conference, Department for the Study of Religion
April 24-25 - Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy: Ancient Political Thought
May 11-12 - Transmission Adaptation and Variation in Early Medieval English Literature
August 18-20 - Digital Pedagogy Institute, University of Waterloo
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Mondays - Old English Reading Group (Please contact Renée Trilling (renee.trilling@utoronto.ca)
Mondays - Old French Reading Group (Please contact Dorothea Kullmann (dorothea.kullmann@utoronto.ca)
Wednesdays - Old Irish Reading Group (Please contact Mark Gibbard (mark.gibbard@mail.utoronto.ca)
Thursdays - Pre-Modern Italian Reading Group (Please contact Laura Ingallinella (laura.ingallinella@utoronto.ca)
March 12 - Write Fright!!! for Graduate Students
March 13 - Roundtable: Professors Chat Candidly about their Writing Process (and Difficulties)
March 13 - Navigating the Hidden Labour of Marginalization
March 16-20 - Grad Writing Sprints, Learning Strategy Coworking Groups
March 17 - Grief Support Group
March 17 - Spark & Sustain Academic Motivation
March 24 - Alleviate Burnout and Revive Academic Energy
March 25 - 2SLGBTQ+ Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace
March 25 - Narrative CV: What is it and why do I need one?, Centre for Research & Innovation Support
March 27 - What to Expect at Your Doctoral Defense
March 30 - Give Solid Academic Presentations
April 1 - Writing a Strong Proposal for Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Applications
April 15 - CRIS-JHI Publishing Series: Promoting your Scholarly Book
May 4-8 - JHI Creative Nonfiction Writing for Academics (registration deadline March 12)
May 28-31 - Congrès de Société des historiens médiévistes de l’enseignement supérieur public, l’Université de Lille (registration deadline March 31
U of T Registrar Awards, Scholarships, Bursaries & Grants
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Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Funding & Scholarships
Arts & Science International Research Events Fund
Arts & Science International Research Events Fund
University of Toronto Advanced Planning for Students (UTAPS) Program
Dumbarton Oaks One-Month Research Awards - yearly deadlines March 15 / September 15
Ontario Graduate Scholarship - deadline March 16 / May 1
Mediation / Contestation, Jackman Humanities Institute Artist in Residence - deadline March 17
U of T's President’s Teaching Award - deadline March 20
Lemmermann Foundation Research in Rome Scholarships - March 31
SGS Conference Grant - yearly deadlines March 31 / July 31 / November 30
SGS Research Travel Grant - yearly deadlines March 31 / July 31 / November 30
Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World doctoral research grants - deadline March 31
U of T Graduate Supervision Awards for Faculty Members - deadline April 1
Medieval Academy / CARA Summer Programs and Tuition Scholarships - deadline April 1
Council of the London Topographical Society’s Ann Saunders Essay Prize - deadline April 1
UTM / Jackman Humanities Institute Annual Seminar - deadline April 24
SGS Master’s Completion Bursary - yearly deadlines April 30 / January 15
U of T / University of Warwick Joint Seed Fund - deadline May 1
Medieval Academy Inclusivity and Diversity Book Subvention Program - deadline May 1
Medieval Academy Book Subvention Program - deadline May 1
Pasold Publication Grants - yearly deadlines September 1 / February 1
Medieval Academy of America Travel Grants - yearly deadlines September 1 / February 1
Franklin Research Grants - yearly deadlines October 1 / December 1
Laura Bassi Scholarship - yearly deadlines July 12 / November 15 / March 8
Pasold Research Activity Grant
American Center of Research Fellowships, Scholarships, and Awards
Association for Manuscripts and Archives in Research Collections Grants
Graduate Grants & Scholarships from The Jewish Community Foundation of Montreal
Institute of Historical Research Awards, Bursaries & Prizes
New York Medieval Society Awards
Istanbul Research Institute grants
The Bibliographical Society of America Fellowships
The Sixteenth Century Society Prizes
Society for French Historical Studies Prizes & Awards
Jackman Humanities Fellowships
Junior or Postdoctoral Researcher, Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550, Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society - deadline March 15
Nicky B. Carpenter Fellowship in Manuscript Studies, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - yearly deadlines March 15 / October 15
Swenson Family Fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies for Junior Scholars, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - yearly deadlines March 15 / October 15
Heckman Stipend, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - yearly deadlines March 15 / October 15
KU Leuven LECTIO Visiting Fellowships - deadline March 16
Devonshire Collections Research Fellow, Chatsworth House Trust - deadline March 22
Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History, University of Oxford - deadline March 27
Postdoctoral Researcher, Northern Europe during the Late Middle Ages (15-16th centuries), Universiteit Gent - deadline March 31
Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program, U of T - deadline April 2
Middle Ages Network (European Social Science History Conference Lyon, April 21-24, 2027) - deadline April 16
Postdoctoral Researcher, Virgil in Hilary of Poitiers: Implicit reception of classical literature, Christian exegesis, and digital intertextuality analysis, Université de Strasbourg - deadline April 24
O’Donovan Scholarship, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - deadline April 30
Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies / Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures Collaborative Fellowship - deadline May 1
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dressing the Saints, Faculty of Theology at Blindern, Oslo
University of Michigan Society of Fellows
Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowships
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford Careers and Fellowships
Fellowships & Awards from The Bibliographical Society of America
International Jesuit Scholars Program, College of the Holy Cross (ongoing)
New York Public Library Fellowships
Course Instructor positions at U of T
Research Engineer, Investigating the Codicology of Medieval Bookbindings through Digital Imaging - deadline March 17
Imaging and database management technician, Investigating the Codicology of Medieval Bookbindings through Digital Imaging - deadline March 17
Lecturer (Medieval History c.1100-1450), University of York - deadline March 19
Term Assistant Professor of History (Europe and the World before 1650, including ancient, medieval, or early modern history), University of Alaska Anchorage - application review begins March 23
Full-time lecturer in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Université de Namur - deadline March 30
Visiting Assistant Professor of Ancient or Medieval History, Stetson University - deadline March 31
Visiting Full-Time Faculty, Spanish (Medieval / Early Modern Iberian), College of the Holy Cross - deadline March 31
Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature, Colgate University - application review begins April 1
Lecturer in History (gender history on periods between the 12th and 18th centuries), Australian National University - deadline April 19
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Medieval Studies, University of Florida
Assistant Professor, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University
Lecturer, Pre-Modern History (Ancient and / or Medieval), University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Careers at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Center for Ancient Studies, NYU Emerging Scholars Video Series
Le scandale dans les sociétés italiennes (1350-1530) : normes, transgressions et représentations (Cahiers d’études italiennes (Filigrana) issue 45) - deadline March 15
Queer Sanctity: Contemporary Visions of Medieval and Renaissance Art (Different Visions special issue) - deadline March 15
Institutional identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (7th International Graduate Conference, Edinburgh's Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, May 18-19) - deadline March 20
ICDAR 2026 Competition on Multilingual Medieval Handwriting Recognition (Results: ICDAR Vienna, August 31-September 2) - deadline March 21
Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (36th International Conference, University of Castilla-La Mancha, September 23-25) - deadline March 30
So(cially) Ancient! Representing Ancient and Early Medieval Social, Ethnic and Religious Realities in Video Games (The Finnish Institute at Athens, October 22-23) - deadline March 31
Geographical Societies, Exploration, and African Collections between Egypt, Italy, and the Horn of Africa (The Egyptian Geographical Society, Cairo Workshop Series, June 23-25) - deadline April 15
Fame and Fortune (Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Volume 13) - deadline April 30
The Valois (1328–1589): Governing France between Medieval and Modern (French History special issue) - deadline April 30
The History of Emotions Seen Through Visual Culture (Collective Volume) - deadline April 30
Threads of Knowledge: Weaving and the Life of Textiles in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (29th Biennial Conference of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Barnard College, December 5) - deadline May 1
Creating the Medieval Now (Public Humanities special issue) - deadline May 1
2027 MAA Annual Meeting (University of Toronto, April 15-17) - deadline June 1
Medievalism and Pluralism (Studies in Medievalism XXXVI) - deadline June 1
2026 Toronto-Cologne Graduate Student Colloquium (October 29-31, U of T) - deadline July 10
Fragments I: Putting the Worlds Back Together (Journal of Medieval Worlds Spring 2027 special issue) - deadline August 15
Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama (essay collection edited by Louise Geddes and Matteo Pangallo) - deadline August 31
Vikings and Norse Myths in Post-Medieval Reception (Scandia Journal of Medieval Norse Studies) - deadline September 15
Modern Fantasy Writing (humanities special issue) - deadline October 1
Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization
Genocide Studies International
Brepols Book Series and Journals
The Senses and Material Culture in a Global Perspective
Texts and Studies of the Middle Ages
Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies
Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources
Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions
Religion Compass - Premodern Judaism
Submit news to Medieval World: Culture & Conflict
Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
Durham University IMEMS Press
Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures
Past & Present, Oxford University Press
Cervantes: Journal of the Cervantes Society of America
Academic Toolbox 2025-2026 for Instructors at U of T
Teaching Assistants’ Training Program
Research Grant Application Support
Multi-Faith Centre worship space and Multi-Faith Centre Student Advisory Committee
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