The events below are open to all MAA 2025 registrants, but due to limited capacity many require pre-registration
Medieval Academy of America Business Meeting, Friday, March 21, 1215-1330
Emerson Hall 105, 12:15-1:30 pm
Thursday, March 20
L1. Incipit: A History of Manuscript Collecting at Harvard (gallery talk), 1200-1315 [Registration Required]
A gallery talk with Sara Powell, Associate Curator of Early Books and Manuscripts, Houghton Museum.
12:00-1:15, Houghton Library Edson & Newman Room.
Space for this event is limited; please click here to register [Link Coming Soon].
L2. Kenneth Conant: Envisioning Cluny (study session), 1200-1330 [Registration Required]
A study session with Reed Johnston Morgan, Ph.D. candidate in medieval history and archeology at Harvard University, focused on rarely-seen photos, paintings, and prints from the collections of the Harvard Art Museum pertaining to Kenneth Conant’s excavations and studies of Cluny Abbey from 1928 to 1950.
12:00-1:30, Harvard Art Museum Art Study Center (32 Quincy Street, third floor)
Space in this workshop is limited; please click here to register [Sign up link]
L3. Money and Meaning in the Medieval World (study session), 1215-1330 [Registration Required]
A study session with numismatist Eurydice Georganteli, Lecturer on Medieval Art and Archeology at Harvard University, featuring medieval coins from the collections of the Harvard Art Museum.
12:15-1:30 pm, Harvard Art Museum Art Study Center (32 Quincy Street, third floor)
Space in this workshop is limited; Registration required at this link.
Friday, March 21
L4. CARA Networking Lunch, Friday, March 21, 1200-1315 [Registration Required]
Join us for a discussion of the CARA Plenary and the administrative challenges facing medieval programs. Lunch provided by CARA and the MAA; registrants must participate for the entire lunch period. Moderated by Kisha Tracy (Fitchburg State University), CARA Executive Board member.
12:00-1:30 pm, Memorial Hall transept.
Space for this event is limited; please click here to register.
L5. Making Money in the Medieval World (study session), 1115, 1200, & 1245 [Registration Required]
A hands-on workshop about medieval coin and medal production with Francesca Bewer, Research Curator for conservation and technical study programs at the Strauss Center for Conservation, and Dr. Eurydice Georganteli, Lecturer on Medieval Art and Archeology at Harvard University.
These 45-minute workshops will take place at 11:15, 12:00, and 12:45 in the Harvard Art Museum’s Material Lab (32 Quincy Street, lower level). Space in the workshops is limited; please click here to register [Sign up link].
L6. Kenneth Conant: Envisioning Cluny (study session), 1200-1330 [Registration Required]
A study session with Reed Johnston Morgan, Ph.D. candidate in medieval history and archeology at Harvard University, focused on rarely-seen photos, paintings, and prints from the collections of the Harvard Art Museum pertaining to Kenneth Conant’s excavations and studies of Cluny Abbey from 1928 to 1950.
12:00-1:30, Harvard Art Museum Art Study Center (32 Quincy Street, third floor)
Space in this workshop is limited; please click here to register [Sign up link]
Saturday, March 22
L7. MAA Inclusivity and Diversity Committee Mentoring Lunch and Reception, 1200-1315 [Registration Required]
Location: Robinson Hall Atrium
Registration requested at this link.
Contact: Rachel Vause, IDC chair (rvause@kennesaw.edu)
L8. Book Launch: The Oxford Chaucer, 12:00-1:15 pm
A celebration of the recent publication of The Oxford Chaucer with editors Christopher Cannon and James Simpson, commemorating the magnificent contributions to the volume made by Dr. Mary-Jo Arn (March 28, 1942 — December 14, 2024).
Emerson Hall 107 (the Bechtel Room)
L9. Guided tour of the Adolphus Busch Hall Medieval Plaster Cast Collection, 1215-1330 [Registration Required]
Built between 1914 and 1917 to house Harvard’s new Germanic Museum (now the Busch-Reisinger Museum), Adolphus Busch Hall (29 Kirkland Street) now houses a rare collection of high-quality plaster casts of medieval European sculptures, statuary, and metalwork, many of them donated to the museum by Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in 1903. Join Lynette Roth, Daimler Curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum, for an in-depth look at the collection, its history, and its role in art education at Harvard and beyond. This tour is open to all conference registrants, but space is limited; please register at this link.
L10. Concert of Byzantine Sacred Music by the Hellenic College Romanos the Melodist Choir, 1215-1315
Concert of Byzantine sacred music by the Romanos the Melodist Choir of Hellenic College Holy Cross, directed by Fr. Romanos Karanos.
12:15-1:15 pm, Holden Chapel (Harvard Yard).
No registration required, but attendance is limited to 60 people.
*Note that no food or drink is allowed in Holden Chapel.*