CMS Weekly Digest

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

 

Please share your announcements with and contact CMS Communications with any questions or comments about the listings below.

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Samuel MacPhee and Rebby Onken awarded CMS Publication Prizes

Old Books New Science lab uncovers 15th-century French Royal Letter

 

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

March 20Elisa Brilli, The ‘Decenne set,’ the ‘Gabbo’ Episode and How to Change the Sense of History (Basilian Common Room, USMC, 3-5 pm)

March 20 - Gil Anidjar, Interpellations (EM001, Emmanuel College, 7-9 pm)

March 23 - CSAMP Proseminar: Simone Luigi Migliaro

March 24 - PIMS 2026 Etienne Gilson Lecture: David D’Avray, Medieval Papal History in the Light of Social Theory

March 24 - Sharon N. DeWitte, Stress, Sex, and Death: Health and Survival in the Context of Medieval Famine and Plague, Zoom + Lunch Discussion: Childhood Nutritional Stress and Later-Life Health Outcomes in Medieval England: Evidence from Incremental Dentine Analysis, Archaeological Institute of America Toronto Society (register for Lunch Discussion by March 20)

March 26 - Kara Gaston, Yale Lectures in Medieval Studies

March 26 - Domenico Pietropaolo, The Philology of Fraudulence and the Gospel of Barnabas in Renaissance Italy, Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies / Zoom

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

March 27 - Classics / CMS Lecture: Kristina Sessa, An Anatomy of Disaster: Gregory of Tours on Plague and Beyond

March 27 - CRRS Distinguished Visiting Scholar Seminar: R. Bin Wong, The Contemporary Relevance of Early Modern Public Goods & Natural Resource Management

March 28 - Book History & Print Culture Graduate Student Colloquium

March 30 - CSAMP Proseminar: Marko Malink

April 6 - CSAMP Proseminar: Pia Morar, Why Socrates Cheats

April 7 - CRRS Fellows Workshop: Bernice Mittertreiner Neal, “Wanton Mermaids … Flinging in Favours”: Props in ‘Dido, Queen of Carthage’ and Giulio Leghissa, Was Indo-Roman Trade Beneficial to the Romans? Pliny the Elder, Montesquieu, and the Luxury Debate in Enlightenment France

April 9 - CONVIVIUM: Annual Alumni Lecture - Faith Wallis, How to Think like a Physician: Master Bartholomeus and the Transformations of Medicine in 12th-Century Europe

April 10 - Steven Bednarski, Lathams’s War: Herstmonceux Castle and the 70th Sussex Searchlight Regiment, Herstmonceux Castle Estate

April 11 - Mediaeval Symposium: ‘Mappa Mundi’: Mapping the Mediaeval World, St Mike’s (registration deadline: March 27)

April 15-16 - New Approaches to Slaving and Slave-Trading In The Ancient and Medieval Mediterranean, Jackman Humanities Institute

April 20-21 - Graduate Conference, Department for the Study of Religion

April 24-25 - Annual Toronto Workshop in Ancient Philosophy: Ancient Political Thought

May 1-2 - Sacred Networks: New Perspectives on Hagiography and Saints’ Cults, University College Dublin

May 7 - Northrop Frye’s Renaissance Conference, CRRS

May 8-9 - Canada Milton Seminar XIX, CRRS

May 11-12 - Transmission Adaptation and Variation in Early Medieval English Literature

August 18-20 - Digital Pedagogy Institute, University of Waterloo

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)

Thursdays - Pre-Modern Italian Reading Group (Please contact Laura Ingallinella (laura.ingallinella@utoronto.ca

March 24 - Alleviate Burnout and Revive Academic Energy

March 25 - 2SLGBTQ+ Discrimination and Harassment in the Workplace

March 25 - Narrative CV: What is it and why do I need one?, Centre for Research & Innovation Support

March 27 - What to Expect at Your Doctoral Defense

March 30 - Give Solid Academic Presentations

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

April 15 - CRIS-JHI Publishing Series: Promoting your Scholarly Book

May 19-22 - Digital Humanities at Guelph Summer Workshops

May 28-31 - Congrès de Société des historiens médiévistes de l’enseignement supérieur public, l’Université de Lille (registration deadline March 31)

SASA Summer 2024 Reading Groups and Masterclasses

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

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

Lemmermann Foundation Research in Rome Scholarships - March 31

SGS Conference Grant - yearly deadlines March 31 / July 31 / November 30

SGS Research Travel Grant - yearly deadlines March 31 / July 31 / November 30

Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World doctoral research grants - deadline March 31

U of T Graduate Supervision Awards for Faculty Members - deadline April 1

Medieval Academy / CARA Summer Programs and Tuition Scholarships - deadline April 1

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

American Friends of Chartres annual research grant - deadline April 15

U of T Global Classrooms Funding Initiative - deadline April 20

UTM / Jackman Humanities Institute Annual Seminar - deadline April 24

SGS Master’s Completion Bursary - yearly deadlines April 30 / January 15

U of T / University of Warwick Joint Seed Fund - deadline May 1

Medieval Academy Inclusivity and Diversity Book Subvention Program - deadline May 1

Medieval Academy Book Subvention Program - deadline May 1

Ontario Graduate Scholarship - deadline May 1 / March 16

Disability History Association Awards: Outstanding Article or Book Chapter Award / Outstanding Book Award - deadline May 15

Doctoral Mobility Award Program between U of T and Université Paris Cité - deadline June 1

Pasold Publication Grants - yearly deadlines September 1 / February 1

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

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

Franklin Research Grants - yearly deadlines October 1 / December 1

Laura Bassi Scholarship - yearly deadlines July 12 / November 15 / March 8

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

Jackman Humanities Fellowships

Devonshire Collections Research Fellow, Chatsworth House Trust - deadline March 22

Tutorial Fellowship in History, and Associate Professorship (or Professorship) of Medieval British and European History, University of Oxford - deadline March 27

Postdoctoral Fellow, Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship, Mills Memorial Library, McMaster University - deadline March 30

Postdoctoral Researcher, Northern Europe during the Late Middle Ages (15-16th centuries), Universiteit Gent - deadline March 31

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

Middle Ages Network (European Social Science History Conference Lyon, April 21-24, 2027) - deadline April 16

Postdoctoral Researcher, Virgil in Hilary of Poitiers: Implicit reception of classical literature, Christian exegesis, and digital intertextuality analysis, Université de Strasbourg - deadline April 24

O’Donovan Scholarship, School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - deadline April 30

Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies / Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures Collaborative Fellowship - deadline May 1

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

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

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

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           

Course Instructor positions at U of T

Term Assistant Professor of History (Europe and the World before 1650, including ancient, medieval, or early modern history), University of Alaska Anchorage - application review begins March 23

Full-time lecturer in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy, Université de Namur - deadline March 30

Visiting Assistant Professor of English (Medieval Literature / Nineteenth-Century British Literature), Bates College - application review begins March 30

Visiting Assistant Professor of Ancient or Medieval History, Stetson University - deadline March 31

Visiting Full-Time Faculty, Spanish (Medieval / Early Modern Iberian), College of the Holy Cross - deadline March 31

Visiting Assistant Professor of Medieval Literature, Colgate University - application review begins April 1

Senior Lecturer - Medieval History, Université Grenoble Alpes - deadline April 2

Professor – Medieval Art History, Université Grenoble Alpes - deadline April 2

Lecturer in History (gender history on periods between the 12th and 18th centuries), Australian National University - deadline April 19

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           

Center for Ancient Studies, NYU Emerging Scholars Video Series

Institutional identities in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages (7th International Graduate Conference, Edinburgh's Centre for Late Antique, Islamic and Byzantine Studies, May 18-19) - deadline March 20

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 (36th International Conference, University of Castilla-La Mancha, September 23-25) - deadline March 30

So(cially) Ancient! Representing Ancient and Early Medieval Social, Ethnic and Religious Realities in Video Games (The Finnish Institute at Athens, October 22-23) - deadline March 31

The Connected Past, People, Networks and Complexity in Archaeology and History (U of T, September 22-25) - deadline March 31

Geographical Societies, Exploration, and African Collections between Egypt, Italy, and the Horn of Africa (The Egyptian Geographical Society, Cairo Workshop Series, June 23-25) - deadline April 15

Fame and Fortune (Ceræ: An Australasian Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies Volume 13) - deadline April 30

The Valois (1328–1589): Governing France between Medieval and Modern (French History special issue) - deadline April 30

The History of Emotions Seen Through Visual Culture (Collective Volume) - deadline April 30

Threads of Knowledge: Weaving and the Life of Textiles in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (29th Biennial Conference of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program, Barnard College, December 5) - deadline May 1

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

2026 Toronto-Cologne Graduate Student Colloquium (October 29-31, U of T) - deadline July 10

Fragments I: Putting the Worlds Back Together (Journal of Medieval Worlds Spring 2027 special issue) - deadline August 15

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

Vikings and Norse Myths in Post-Medieval Reception (Scandia Journal of Medieval Norse Studies) - deadline September 15

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

Medieval Ecocriticisms

Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies

Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies

Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Sources

Itinerario: Journal of Imperial and Global Interactions

Religion Compass - Premodern Judaism

Submit news to Medieval World: Culture & Conflict

postmedieval

Digital Medievalist

Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus

Durham University IMEMS Press

Transactions of the Royal Historical Society

Open Theology

Animal History

The Medieval Chronicle

The iJournal

Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures

Past & Present, Oxford University Press

Cervantes: Journal of the Cervantes Society of America

Medieval Institute Publications

Publishing with Durham University IMEMS Press

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Academic Toolbox 2025-2026 for Instructors at U of T

Teaching Assistants’ Training Program

Research Grant Application Support

Multi-Faith Centre worship space and Multi-Faith Centre Student Advisory Committee

NAVI - U of T Virtual Assistant

Subscribe to the Student Life - News & Events Calendar

Centre for International Experience

Gradlife: Co-curricular programs, events, resources, and engagement

A&S Digital Teaching & Learning Studio

JHI Podcast Studio bookings

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