CMS Weekly Digest

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

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Konrad Eisenbichler elected to Accademia degli Intronati di Siena

Research Events

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

January 21 - Chris Nighman, The Reception / Transmission of Andreas Capellanus’ ‘De amore’ in Two Latin Florilegia, PIMS

January 21 - ID:EALS Session Medieval Information Literacy: Research Into Practice with Dr. Andrew Whitworth and Dr. Kristin Browning Leaman, virtual via Zoom, Institute for Information Literacy, Purdue University

January 22 - CRRS: Holger Syme, Shakespeare in the Archives of Modernity: Negotiating Information Overload

January 23 - CONVIVIUM: CMS Student Research Presentations - Claire Davis (CMS PhD Candidate), The Text(ile) of 'Exodus': Reading Old English Poetry as Craft / Adam Lalonde (CMS PhD Candidate), Title TBA / Wynn Martin (CMS PhD Candidate), From Albion to Omega: the Transmission of the Matter of Britain to Scandinavia

January 24 - CSAMP Workshop: Learning from Within: The Inner Teacher from Socrates to Augustine

January 26 - CSAMP Proseminar: Pia Morar

January 30-31 - PIMS Medieval Women Workshop VIII: Might and Mercy, Authority and Observance

February 2 - CSAMP Proseminar: Ulysse Chaintreuil, Tode or not tode? Feature of the form in Aristotle’s Metaphysics

February 3 - Stokes Seminar with Kirsty Schut, Dalhousie University

February 6 - Dorothea Kullmann, A pacifist heroic epic? The 12^th-century 'Girart de Roussillon' in its political and ideological context(s)

February 9 - CSAMP Proseminar: Diego Garcia Rincon

February 23 - CSAMP Proseminar: Emily Hulme-Kozey, Evil ‘Techne’?

February 25 - Ruba Kana’an, Orion Lecture in Fine Arts, University of Victoria

February 26 - CRRS EMIGF V: Aman Sakhardande, Is Time an Innate Idea? A Problem for Locke / Bret van den Brink, Like a Blindness Cleansed: ‘Paradise Lost’ and Wallace Stevens’s ‘The Rock'

March 5 - Jane and Marshall Brown Lecture with Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Tarren Andrews, Haverford College

March 5 - CRRS Workshop Series: Amila Buturović, Ecumenical Magic of Ottoman Bosnia

March 26 - Kara Gaston, Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies

March 26 - CRRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar Lecture: R. Bin Wong, Why the Early Modern ‘Limits of the Possible’ Matter Today

April 11 - Mediaeval Symposium: ‘Mappa Mundi’: Mapping the Mediaeval World, St Mike’s

Workshops / Groups

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)

January 22 - Welcome to candidacy: SGS Workshop for new doctoral candidates

January 23 - Discovery and Communicate Your Career Skills

January 26 - Reading Effectively

January 28 - Study Without Straining Your Body: An Introduction to Ergonomics

January 28 - Strategies for Expressing Your Ideas in Group Discussions (for EAL-identifying students)

February 3 - Time Management

February 4 - Your First Language as an Asset in Academic Learning

February 9 - Address Imposterism and Build Academic Confidence

February 10 - Strengthen Academic Reading Skills

February 12 - Getting Ready for Reading Week

February 13 - What to Expect at Your Doctoral Defense

February 16 - Catching up on classes

February 17 - Overcome Academic Procrastination

February 18 - Writing a Strong Proposal for Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Applications

February 19 - Strengthen Academic Reading Skills

February 23 - Catching up on classes

February 24 - Overcome Academic Procrastination

February 26 - Digital Detox and Finding Focus

February 27 - Time Management

February 27 - Grad Themed Discussion About Comprehensive Exams

February 27 - Studying Effectively with Others

March 13 - Roundtable: Professors Chat Candidly about their Writing Process (and Difficulties)

April 1 - Writing a Strong Proposal for Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Applications

SASA Summer 2024 Reading Groups and Masterclasses

Funding / Scholarships / Grants / Awards

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

SSHRC Storytellers Contest - deadline January 20

Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award - deadline January 30

Northrop Frye Award - deadline January 30

School of Graduate Studies University-Wide Awards (UWA) competition - deadline January 30

U of T's Cheryl Regehr Early Career Teaching Award - deadline January 30

U of T's Global Educator Award - deadline January 30

Massey College Bursaries, Scholarships, Awards - deadline January 31

Canadian Historical Association Jean-Marie Fecteau Prize - deadline January 31

Canadian Society of Patristic Studies Student Essay Prize - deadline January 31

Marjorie Chibnall Essay Prize - deadline January 31

The Curriers’ Prize, Institute of Historical Research - deadline January 31

Prix 2026 de la Société d’histoire pénale ancienne - deadline January 31

Government of Ontario Indigenous Student Bursary - deadline February 1

Pasold Publication Grants - yearly deadlines February 1, September 1

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

SSHRC Insight Development Grants - deadline February 2

Connaught Mid-Career Researcher Awards - deadline February 3

Jacques Maritain Center, University of Notre Dame Research Grant - deadline February 15

University of Toronto President’s Impact Awards - deadline February 13

U of T BIPOC TA Teaching Excellence Award - deadline February 13

U of T TA Teaching Excellence Award - deadline February 13

U of T CI Teaching Excellence Award - deadline February 13

Canadian Historical Association Teaching Award - deadline February 15

Medieval Academy of America Schallek Awards - deadline February 15

Mortimer History Society Essay Prize - deadline February 15

Learning & Education Advancement Fund (LEAF) Seed Program - deadline February 22

Arts & Science Collaborative Research Funding Program - deadline March 1

The Henry Mandelbaum Graduate Fellowships for Excellence in Social Sciences, Humanities, or Arts - deadline March 6

Henry Mandelbaum Masters Fellowship Award - deadline March 6

SSHRC Partnership Engage Grants - deadline March 6

U of T Dean's Outstanding Staff Awards - deadline March 9

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

Ontario Graduate Scholarship - deadline March 16 / May 1

U of T's President’s Teaching Award - deadline March 20

Lemmermann Foundation Research in Rome Scholarships - March 31

Council of the London Topographical Society’s Ann Saunders Essay Prize - deadline April 1

Franklin Research Grants - yearly deadlines October 1 / December 1

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

Fellowships

Jackman Humanities Fellowships

Institute of Historical Research Doctoral Visiting Fellowship, University of London - deadline January 31

Institute of Historical Research Pearsall Postdoctoral Fellowship in Naval and Maritime History - deadline January 31

Institute of Historical Research / Economic History Society Postdoctoral Fellowship - deadline January 31

Munby Fellowship in Bibliography, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives - deadline February 1

Byzantine Studies Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Notre Dame Medieval Institute - deadline February 1

A. W. Mellon Junior Faculty Fellowship in Medieval Studies, University of Notre Dame Medieval Institute - deadline February 1

PIMS Post-doctoral Mellon Fellowships - deadline February 1

Visiting Researcher, AGRELITA, Université de Caen - deadline February 15

Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Indigenous and Black researchers, U of T - deadline March 3

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in ancient Rabbinic literature 2^nd-7^th c. CE, University of Bergen - deadline March 6

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

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

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

KU Leuven LECTIO Visiting Fellowships - deadline March 16

Research Excellence Postdoctoral Fellows Program, U of T - deadline April 2

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

Jobs

Course Instructor positions at U of T

Professor in Latin literature, Ghent University - deadline January 28

Assistant Professor in Celtic, University of Cambridge - deadline February 11

Teaching Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Program Coordinator of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, University of Tennessee - Knoxville - application review begins c

Term Position: English Literature with a specialization in the medieval period, Brandon University - deadline February 20

Lecturer in Medieval Studies, Birkbeck University of London - deadline February 23

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

Calls for Papers / Submissions

Center for Ancient Studies, NYU Emerging Scholars Video Series

Thinking Through Printing (A Symposium on Book Arts Studios and Book History Scholarship, June 4-6) - deadline January 19

The Many Hands of Book History (Conference of the Bibliographical Society of Canada at U of T, June 8-9) - deadline January 30

Wisdom from the Middle Ages: Philosophical Contributions from the Abrahamic Traditions (May 12-13, University of New Brunswick) - deadline January 30

PIMS Leonard E. Boyle, O.P., Toronto-Rome Diploma Programme in Manuscript Studies - deadline February 1

Signal to Noise: Tuning in to What Matters in Teaching (U of T Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation / Education Technology Office, May 13-14) - deadline February 13

Où (en) est le médiévalisme? / Where is medievalism (at)? (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, November 12-14) - deadline February 15

Celebrating Collaboration (New Chaucer Studies: Pedagogy and Profession, Volume 7) - deadline February 15

Medieval Germany Workshop (German Historical Institute in London, May 29) - deadline February 15

Varia section (Theia. Revue d’histoire et histoire de l’art) - deadline February 27

Translations: People, Texts & Objects in Motion Across the Early Global World (UCLA CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, May 2) - deadline February 27

Issue 30.1, Bulletin du centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre - deadline February 28

Mythological Motifs in German Narratives (book chapter, Interdisciplinary Studies on German Philology) - deadline February 28

ICDAR 2026 Competition on Multilingual Medieval Handwriting Recognition (Results: ICDAR Vienna, August 31-September 2) - deadline March 21

Spanish Society for Medieval English Language and Literature (36^th International Conference, University of Castilla-La Mancha, September 23-25) - deadline March 30

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

Tyranny, Resistance, and the Performance of Early Modern Drama (essay collection edited by Louise Geddes and Matteo Pangallo) - deadline August 31

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