CMS Weekly Digest

News, Calls, Events, and Opportunities for our Medieval Studies Community

 

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

In Memoriam: Danielle Joyner

 

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

April 20-21 - Graduate Conference, Department for the Study of Religion

April 24 - Saints Outside Hagiography Series: Representations of Saints in Prayers with Marianne Kupin-Lisbin: The Miraculous St Mary of Olovo and Maia Man-Abramiuc: The Transylvanian Mural of St Margaret

April 24-25 - Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy: Ancient Political Thought

May 1-2 - Sacred Networks: New Perspectives on Hagiography and Saints’ Cults, University College Dublin

May 7 - Northrop Frye’s Renaissance Conference, CRRS

May 8-9 - Canada Milton Seminar XIX, CRRS

May 11-12 - Transmission Adaptation and Variation in Early Medieval English Literature

May 26-28 - Canadian Society of Medievalists Annual Conference, St. Francis Xavier University

June 17 - Entangled Histories: Betsey Price, The Mansions of the Visigoths: Self-Definition Through Boundaries, Zoom

August 18-20 - Digital Pedagogy Institute, University of Waterloo

Faculty of Arts and Science Events Page

English Language Learning Courses

Student Life Grad Student Workshops / Grad Student Workshop Listserv

Graduate Centre for Academic Communication Calendar

Centre for International Experience Events Calendar

Artsci ASDO Graduate Professional Development and Student Success

Folio Grad Productivity Groups

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

April 24-25 - JHI Workshop: Islands As ‘Other’ Spaces in Latin Poetry, Jackman Building

May 19-22 - Digital Humanities at Guelph Summer Workshops

SASA Summer 2024 Reading Groups and Masterclasses

U of T Registrar Awards, Scholarships, Bursaries & Grants

SGS Awards page

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Funding & Scholarships

Arts & Science International Research Events Fund

Arts & Science Funding

Arts & Science International Research Events Fund

SGS Parental Grant Program

University of Toronto Advanced Planning for Students (UTAPS) Program

U of T Global Classrooms Funding Initiative - deadline April 20

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

Ontario Graduate Scholarship - deadline May 1 / March 16

2026-27 JHI Working Groups - deadline May 12

Disability History Association Awards: Outstanding Article or Book Chapter Award / Outstanding Book Award - deadline May 15

Doctoral Mobility Award Program between U of T and Université Paris Cité - deadline June 1

SGS Conference Grant - yearly deadlines July 31 / November 30 / March 31

SGS Research Travel Grant - yearly deadlines July 31 / November 30 / March 31

Pasold Publication Grants - yearly deadlines September 1 / February 1

Medieval Academy of America Travel Grants - yearly deadlines September 1 / February 1

Dumbarton Oaks One-Month Research Awards - yearly deadlines September 15 / March 15

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

RHS Research Funding

New York Medieval Society Awards

Istanbul Research Institute grants

Fulbright Scholarships

The Bibliographical Society of America Fellowships

The Sixteenth Century Society Prizes

Society for French Historical Studies Prizes & Awards

Jackman Humanities Fellowships

Cook-Crone Research Bye-Fellowship - deadline April 21

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

5-month William St Clair Fellowship, Institutes of Classical Studies, English Studies, and Languages, Cultures and Societies - deadline April 30

Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies / Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures Collaborative Fellowship - deadline May 1

Nicky B. Carpenter Fellowship in Manuscript Studies, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - yearly deadlines October 15 / March 15

Swenson Family Fellowship in Eastern Christian Manuscript Studies for Junior Scholars, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - yearly deadlines October 15 / March 15

Heckman Stipend, Hill Museum & Manuscript Library - yearly deadlines October 15 / March 15

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

Temporary History Instructor in Medieval European History, Slippery Rock University - deadline April 17

Lecturer in Medieval History, King's College London - deadline April 17

Lecturer in History (gender history on periods between the 12th and 18th centuries), Australian National University - deadline April 19

Visiting Assistant Professor (1-2 years), Ancient Philosophy or Medieval Philosophy, Ohio State University - deadline April 22

History - Lecturer or Assistant Professor, Sessional, 9-month Term (European or Transregional or Global History before 1800), Mount Allison University - deadline April 24

Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Studies and Children's Literature, Binghamton University

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

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

Points of Friction (Different Visions special issue) - 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

In-scription, revue en ligne d’études épigraphiques (issue 7, March 2027) - deadline September 1

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

Manuscript and Text Cultures 

The Senses and Material Culture in a Global Perspective

Florilegium

Texts and Studies of the Middle Ages

Medieval Ecocriticisms

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

postmedieval

Digital Medievalist

Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus

Durham University IMEMS Press

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

Open Theology

Animal History

The Medieval Chronicle

The iJournal

Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures

Past & Present, Oxford University Press

Cervantes: Journal of the Cervantes Society of America

Medieval Institute Publications

Publishing with Durham University IMEMS Press

RESOURCES and REMINDERS

DiscoverResearch

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

NAVI - U of T Virtual Assistant

Subscribe to the Student Life - News & Events Calendar

Centre for International Experience

Gradlife: Co-curricular programs, events, resources, and engagement

A&S Digital Teaching & Learning Studio

JHI Podcast Studio bookings

New U of T Report Phishing button

U of T Safety Abroad