Munby Fellowship in Bibliography 2025–2027, a two-year post with a focus on Natural History Humanities. A collaboration between Cambridge University Library and the Collections-Connections-Communities research initiative. Proposals are welcome on topics which encompass the broadly interpreted fields of bibliography and natural history that draw on the world-class collections of Cambridge's libraries and museums.

Further details: https://lnkd.in/gk5S-Yec

The closing date is 17 January 2025 - for queries Dr Suzanne Paul, Keeper of Rare Books and Early Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, sp510@cam.ac.uk

Good afternoon!

I am writing to invite anyone with interest in Canadian Byzantine matters to consider becoming a member of the Canadian Committee of Byzantinists.

I am writing as the Secretary- Treasurer of the organization to invite people to join our group so that we can reach as many scholars and students of Byzantium as possible. With your membership, you will receive a copy of CANADIO-BYZANTINA, our newsletter,  which provides an accounting of news and anything else our members wish to share in the Byzantine sphere. If you do decide to join us, and have Byzantine news, you can send any content to Geoffrey Greatrex greatrex@uottawa.ca as soon as possible.  We try to get the newsletter out soon in the new year.

Annual dues are due,  which enable us to belong to the Association Internationale and support initiatives like the annual undergraduate essay prize. Full membership costs $30, student membership $15 – a bargain! 

The preferred method of payment is through e-transfer by Interac on autodeposit. Please use your online banking service and my email address – marica.cassis@ucalgary.ca - to send your membership fee. You will see The Canadian Committee of Byzantinists as the recipient (not me personally!). 

If you don’t do or like online banking, you may continue to send a cheque payable to 'The Canadian Committee of Byzantinists' to me at the address below when the strike is over:

Dr. Marica Cassis

Department of History

University of Calgary

SS 608, 527 Campus Place NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4

I would be grateful if I could receive your transfers or cheques no later than December 20. 

And please encourage  anyone you know who is associated with the field – especially grad students – to join the organization. I’m available for any questions or queries, so feel free to forward my email.

Thanks in advance,

Marica Cassis

Secretary-Treasurer, Canadian Committee of Byzantinists

Applications for the Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies are now being accepted. The due date is February 1, 2025. For more information about the fellowships and the application form, please see this link. 

MIDIS DU LABORATOIRE DE PHILOSOPHIE ANCIENNE ET MÉDIÉVALE DE LA FACULTÉ DE PHILOSOPHIE DE L'UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL

Lundi le 9 décembre

de 11h30 à 12h20, FAS-428

MONSIEUR Pierre-Luc Desjardins

Docteur en philosophie (Université de Montréal), associé au Laboratoire d’Études sur les Monothéismes (CNRS UMR 8584) prononcera, suivie d'une période de questions, une conférence (à distance) intitulée

Vouloir le bien par habitude ? Gonzalve d’Espagne et l’hypothèse des affectiones

Help Poculi Ludique Societas celebrate the holiday season, by joining them for a unique blend of festivity and scholarship at our Hybrid Holiday Gathering on December 4, 2024!

Together with Jackman Humanties-supported research project, the Medieval World Drama Working Group (MWDWG), we will bring medieval Nativity plays to life through cold readings from English, Spanish, and Italian sources.

 Special Guest: Translator Alexandra Atiya will read selections from original Spanish texts.

✨ We'll explore texts like Belcari’s Annunciation, the York Three Kings sequence, as well as Auto de los Reyes Magos, and Encina’s Nativities.

✨ Participate in the readings or simply enjoy observing!

✨ Wear your most creative holiday-themed costume—medieval or modern.

✨ Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided.

Details:

 When: December 4, 2024

⏰ Time: 5:00–7:15 PM (note the extended meeting time!)

 Where: JHB 100 (Lobby, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George St.)

 Hybrid Option: Join us in person or request the Zoom link at info@plspls.ca.

We can’t wait to see you there! 

 Learn more about MWDWG: https://premodernity.net/mwdwg

On 16 November 2024 Cynthia J. Neville was in Edinburgh to deliver the Annual Lecture to the Stair Society, Scotland's leading legal history society. Her paper was entitled 'March Law as Auld Law in the |Late Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Legal Traditions'. A YouTube video of the talk will appear online in due course. For interested members, we will provide a link when it is available.

Le 16 novembre 2024, Cynthia J. Neville était à Édimbourg pour donner la conférence annuelle à la Stair Society, la principale société écossaise d'histoire du droit. Sa communication était intitulée « March Law as Auld Law in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Scottish Legal Traditions » Une vidéo YouTube de l'exposé sera mise en ligne en temps voulu. Pour les membres intéressés, nous fournirons un lien dès qu'il sera disponible.

Congratulations to Canadian Society of Medievalist Member Dr. Joanne Findon, who has just published a new book entitled Bound and Free: Voices of Mortal and Otherworld Women in Medieval Irish Literature with PIMS Press.  More information about the book can be found at this link. 

We are now accepting applications for our 2025–26 Mellon, Byzantine, and Public Humanities fellowships. The application deadline for all three is February 1, 2025. I'd be grateful if you'd spread the word among your students, colleagues, and networks:

• Our Mellon Junior Faculty Fellowship in medieval studies allows a junior faculty member from a North American institution to spend a year at Notre Dame working on their own research (generally, a tenure book).
• Our Byzantine Postdoctoral Fellowship allows its holder to do innovative research drawing on the rich resources held in the Milton V. Anastos Collection, the Medieval Institute, and the Hesburgh Library more broadly.
• Our Public Humanities Postdoctoral Fellowship works closely with the Institute’s staff on outreach and engagement efforts, public humanities marketing, and institute communications and also spends time on their own research and/or teaching.
  

All information is available on our Grants & Fellowships page (and linked above individually).

Medieval Institute

University of Notre Dame

715D Hesburgh Library

Notre Dame, IN 46556

La librairie Le Port de tête et le Département d’Histoire de l’UQAM vous invitent au Café Histoire.  Une rencontre avec Régine le Jan, Professeure émérite à l'université Pathéon-Sorbonne. 

Discussion autour de son ouvrage intitulé Amis ou ennemis? Émotions, relations, identités au Moyen Âge. Soirée animée par Piroska Nagy, professeure d'histoire médiévale (UQAM) et Gordon Blennemann, professeur d'histoire médiévale (UDM). 

Lundi 4 novembre à 18h00

Librarie Le Port de tête

269 Avenue du Mont-Royal Est

The Federation, in collaboration with The/La Collaborative and Evidence for Democracy, is hosting an interactive workshop, Drafting a Canadian Graduate Education Strategy, at the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) conference on October 30 in Toronto. This workshop invites graduate students to engage with faculty, administrators, and education professionals in contributing to a new vision for Canadian graduate education, where excellence is defined by impact. 

Participants will review draft recommendations to strengthen graduate talent in Canada’s innovation ecosystems, contributing to a consensus statement that will drive future policy and action. 

For more information and to register, please follow this link.

La Fédération, en collaboration avec The/La Collaborative et Evidence for Democracy, organise un atelier, Élaboration d'une stratégie canadienne en matière d'enseignement supérieur, lors de la conférence de l'Association canadienne pour les études supérieures (ACES) le 30 octobre à Toronto. Cet atelier invite la communauté étudiante des cycles supérieurs à participer à cet atelier interactif, dans le cadre duquel elle travaillera aux côtés de professeur.e.s, d'administrateur.trice.s, et de professionnel.le.s de l’éducation afin de contribuer au développement d’une nouvelle vision de l'enseignement supérieur canadien où l’excellence est définie par l’impact. 

Les participant.e.s examineront les projets de recommandations visant à renforcer les talents des étudiant.e.s des cycles supérieurs dans les écosystèmes d'innovation du Canada, contribuant ainsi à une déclaration de consensus qui guidera les politiques et les actions futures. 

Pour plus d'informations et pour vous inscrire, veuillez cliquer sur ce lien.