In order to make the Medieval Academy’s Centennial celebration accessible to a wider audience, the local organizers will be live-streaming the annual meeting’s plenary sessions and the MAA business meeting via Zoom webinar. These live-streams are free and open to all; please click on the links below to register for each virtual session.
Thursday, 20 March, 1300-1430 EDT. Welcome and Opening Plenary Session: Kristina Richardson (University of Virginia), Breaking New Ground: East African People and Plants in the Early Islamic Middle East. Register here.
Friday, 21 March, 1045-1200 EDT. CARA Awards and Plenary Roundtable: Sharing Struggles, Successes, and Solutions: Working Together To Support Medieval Programs at Our Universities, with Kathryn Salzer (Pennsylvania State University), Wendy Matlock (Kansas State University), Sarah B. Lynch (Bates College), Martina Saltamacchia (University of Nebraska Omaha), Emily Thornbury (Yale University), and Lauren Mancia (Brooklyn College). Register here.
Friday, 21 March, 1215-1330 EDT. Medieval Academy of America Annual Business Meeting. Register here.
Saturday, 22 March, 1030-1200 EDT. Publication Awards and Presidential Address: Sara Lipton (Stony Brook University), Thrones, Dominions: Identity, Authority, and Visible Things in the Medieval Mediterranean (or, Things Fall Apart: What a Difference a Century Can Make). Register here.
Saturday, 22 March, 1530-1745 EDT. Fellows Inductions and Plenary: Wendy Belcher (Princeton University), Ladders of Heaven: The Miracles of the Virgin Mary in Medieval African Literature and Art. Register here.