Professor - Late Antiquity U of T Department of Classics / Centre for Medieval Studies The Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in the area of Late Antiquity.   This will be a joint appointment between the Department of Classics (75%) and the Centre for Medieval Studies (25%). The appointment will be at the rank of Professor, with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2026.   The deadline for application is November 6, 2025. The successful candidate will also be eligible to be named the Jackman Professorship in the Arts. This endowed chair appointment would be for a five-year term and is renewable following a favourable review. For more information, see this website: https://www.medieval.utoronto.ca/news/were-hiring-professor-late-antiquity

• Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts

  (Full-time)

   

  The Morgan Library & Museum invites applications for the position of Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts (the “Seiden Curator”), overseeing the Morgan’s exceptional collection of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts.  With the department’s two Assistant (or Associate) Curators, the Seiden Curator conceives and executes exhibitions, stewards the care of the collection and its growth, conducts research and publishes on the collection, and helps provide appropriate access to the collection to researchers, students, and the general public. 
  
  The Seiden Curator is a leader in the field, well-regarded among peers, who is comfortable participating in a wide range of activities related to medieval and Renaissance manuscripts and is skillful in their ability to relate to varied constituencies inside and outside the Morgan.  Departmental strategic planning, donor relations, staff supervision, and budgeting are important responsibilities of this position. 

  Responsibilities:

• ·      Oversees the long-term preservation of the collection for the institution, the scholarly community, and the general public.
• ·      Conceives, initiates, and executes in-house and loan exhibitions, rotations, and displays. This involves active participation in all aspects of exhibition planning, including but not limited to identifying loans, writing and editing catalogues, design and installation, preparation of didactic materials, and media relations.
• ·      Researches, catalogues, and documents the collection, updating records on a continuing basis.
• ·      Manages, mentors, and leads departmental staff including two other full-time curators and occasional fellows or interns.
• ·      In concert with the Director, reviews potential acquisitions to the collection, through purchase or gift.
• ·      Participates in scholarship, public programming (K-12, college and graduate level, adult), digital projects, outside publications, and teaching.
• ·      Cultivates donors, manages the department’s Visiting Committee, and works with Development colleagues on grants and other funding initiatives. 
• ·      Contributes to Morgan-wide initiatives, including serving on staff committees or project teams, as required.

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  Requirements:

• ·      Ph.D. in art history with an emphasis on manuscript illumination and medieval art, required. Strong liberal arts foundation preferred, especially in Western European art history, but could also include history and religion.
• ·      Specialized knowledge of medieval and Renaissance manuscript illumination and codicology, along with a deep knowledge of medieval and Renaissance art and history.
• ·      Substantial experience working with illuminated manuscripts in an institutional setting.
• ·      Reading knowledge of Latin required, and at least one other European language preferred.
• ·      Strong organizational, research, and social skills for curating major exhibitions.  Experience curating exhibitions is required.
• ·      Demonstrated strength in writing and public speaking, for both scholarly and public audiences.

• ·      Familiarity with the principles of the care and handling of rare books and manuscripts.

• ·      Experience with acquisitions; current knowledge of the manuscript and book trade.
• ·      Comfort interacting socially with Board members, donors, collectors, and the public and in participating in online audience development efforts such as social media.

• ·      Professional knowledge of electronic cataloging and digitization of manuscript materials is desirable.

  ·      Supervisory and administrative experience is required.

• ·      Ability to work on several short-, mid-, and long-term projects at once and to manage overlapping deadlines; comfortable managing rapidly shifting priorities and individual and institutional needs.
• ·      Ability to embrace routine and essential administrative tasks.
• ·      Well-developed computer skills including Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required. Familiarity with museum and library database systems such as TMS and Voyager highly desirable.
• ·      Willingness and ability to travel on occasional courier trips, in consultation with the Registrar and Morgan conservators.  Travel for exhibition research and development is also required as needed.  Percentage of travel time is unlikely to exceed 10%. Some travel requires extended hours and long periods of standing or riding in transport vehicles.

Compensation: 

$127,000 - $147,000, commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits.

To apply: 

Please see application instructions at: https://www.themorgan.org/opportunities/employment

A cover letter with salary requirements is required.

The Morgan Library & Museum receives many applications and inquiries for employment. Unfortunately, we are not able to respond to all of them. Due to the high volume of applicants, we can contact only those candidates whose skills and background best fit our needs.

EEO Statement
The Morgan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. The Morgan provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status or any other basis prohibited by applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.

Jennifer Bain and Jacqueline Murray have both been elected as RSC Fellows! Many congratulations to both. Below are their slides from the RSC announcement.

CSANA Virtual Book Launch

Bound and Free: Voices of Mortal and Otherworld Women in Medieval Irish Literature, by Joanne Findon

With Responses from

Amy Mulligan (Notre Dame)

&

Kristen Mills (University of Oslo)

Findon Book Launch Poster-4[98].pdf

A PUBLIC ONLINE (ZOOM) LECTURE SERIES HOSTED BY THE CHAPLAINCY AT VILLANOVA COLLEGE, ONT

THE CITY OF GOD

A CONTEMPORARY READING OF AUGUSTINE’S POLITICAL VISION

with

Rev. Dr. Robert Dodaro, OSA

Chaplain of Villanova College (King’s City, Ontario)

Sept.–Dec. 2025, Tuesdays 10:30 AM – 1:25 PM (Eastern)

REGISTER FREE OF CHARGE HERE: https://forms.gle/qb6yrWzuNhduuNTD7 or EMAIL pablo.irizar@newman.edu

LECTURE SERIES SCHEDULE

Sept 9 – Introduction to Saint Augustine

Sept 16 – Political Leadership

Sept 23 – Fear of Death and National Security

Oct 7 – Christianity and the Just Society

Oct 14 – The City of God and the Earthly City

Oct 21 – Church and State

Oct 28 – Public Confession and Statecraft

Nov 4 – Heroism in Society

Nov 18 – Christ and Justice

Nov 25 – Saints and Sinners

CONVENERS

Pablo Irizar (Vice President & Academic Dean, Newman Theological College) ˑ Anthony Dupont (Augustine Chair & Research Professor of Christian Antiquity, KU Leuven) ˑ Harry Schnitker (Senior Lecturer in Church History at St. Mary’s University, PhD program director at Maryvale Institute) ˑ Mateusz Stróżyński (Director & Professor of Classics at the Institute of Classical Philosophy, UAM) ˑ Paul Camacho (Associate Director at the Augustinian Institute & Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University) ˑ Richard Dougherty (Dean of Braniff Graduate School & Professor of Politics, University of Dallas) Edmund Stewart (Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History & Collaborator of Tyrannica at the Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies, University of Nottingham)

THE TWENTIETH BIENNIAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN CUSANUS SOCIETY AND THE INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR ON PRE-REFORMATION THEOLOGY (2025)

REGISTER NOW TO JOIN US IN GETTYSBURG (OR VIRTUALLY)! PLEASE CLICK HERE.

For a downloadable, searchable schedule of our 2025 Gettysburg conference, please click here.

Perspectives on Mystical Vision and Aesthetic Experience

The Twentieth Biennial Conference of the American Cusanus Society
in cooperation with United Lutheran Seminary, Gettysburg PA
September 18-21, 2025

The Journal Religious Studies and Theology invites submissions on medieval themes -- details here: https://journal.equinoxpub.com/RST/about/submissions

The CSM mentoring program brings together medievalists at different stages of their careers to share information. This program strengthens our community and builds networks among medievalists that extend beyond those times when we would normally gather at conferences.

All members of the CSM in good standing are eligible to participate in this program. 

For detailed information on this program, please click here: https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/page-18130. If you wish to participate this year, please click on the poll button at the bottom of this e-mail and complete the form there.

If you have any difficulty accessing the questionnaire or desire a version in French, please contact Siobhain Bly Calkin (siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca). 

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Le programme de mentorat de la SCM rassemble des médiévistes à différents stades de leur carrière pour partager des informations. Ce programme renforce notre communauté et construit des réseaux parmi les médiévistes qui s’étendent au-delà des moments où nous nous réunissons normalement lors des conférences. Pour obtenir des informations détaillées sur ce programme, veuillez cliquer ici : https://www.canadianmedievalists.org/page-18133. Si vous souhaitez participer cette année, veuillez cliquer sur le bouton « poll » au bas de ce courriel et remplir le formulaire qui s'y trouve. 

Tou.te.s les membres en règle de la SCM peuvent participer à ce programme. Malheureusement, le questionnaire existe seulement en anglais sur le site web, mais si vous préférez compléter le questionnaire en français, envoyez un courriel à siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca et je vous envoyerai une version française. 

Si vous avez des difficultés à accéder au questionnaire, veuillez contacter Siobhain Bly Calkin (siobhain.calkin@carleton.ca).

2025 CSM Mentorship Program Questionnaire

Start: 16 May 2025

https://canadianmedievalists.org/Sys/Poll/62447

Deadline for Application: 31 May 2025

The journal Arthuriana invites applications for its Editorial Fellowship, which will begin in the fall of 2025. Fellows will work with the Arthuriana team to better understand the nuances of publishing an academic journal. Topics covered include acquisitions, readers' reports, editing, layout/design, budget management, website design, and more.

We anticipate that fellows will dedicate one year, committing 8-12 hours per month to the journal, and will receive a small stipend of $1,000. Candidates must have completed their PhD qualifying exams. Preference will be given to graduate students working on the Arthurian legend, medieval studies, and related fields.

To apply please click the following application link. Applications are due May 31st. Any questions, please reach out to Arthurianajournal@gmail.com. 

Professor Annette Kern-Stähler aims to select a doctoral student (with an MA or equivalent degree) interested in pursuing a PhD in English Literature under her supervision in the Department of English at the University of Bern, Switzerland. The successful candidate will be attached to the research project ‘Becoming Axolotl: Empathy, Simulation, and Embodiment in Medieval Narratives’ funded within *MAPS (Multilateral Academic Projects) – a multilateral funding instrument with Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Romania, launched by the SNSF and implemented under the second Swiss Contribution, mandated by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. The PhD student will be working alongside Prof. Kern-Stähler, a postdoctoral researcher, two research teams based in Zagreb and Bucharest, and our international project partners. Situated at the intersection of cognitive literary studies, affect studies, sensory studies, new materialism, and narratology, this project explores the role of medieval narratives in the simulation of cognitive, emotional, and sensorial experiences of radical others, both human and more-than-human (animals, plants, objects, spirits, gods, monsters). Considering a variety of encounters across and beyond medieval Europe (including Scandinavia, England, the Middle East, and the Byzantine and Mongol Empires), the three interlinked subprojects explore literature of a variety of genres from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries. The doctoral student will pursue a thesis project focusing on medieval English literature, simulation and empathy (text corpus to be discussed with the doctoral student). More details can be found here: https://www.ens.unibe.ch/unibe/portal/fak_historisch/dsl/ens/content/e41030/e72711/e530231/e1694912/PhDjobad_6May2025_eng.pdf