Dear Friends, A year ago, in June 2020, we released a statement in support of Black Lives Matter. We promised to continue systemic and programmatic changes that we initiated in…
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Henry Ansgar Kelly Paper Prize
Published: May 19, 2021The Medieval Association of the Pacific is pleased to announce the Henry Ansgar Kelly Paper Prize to be awarded to a scholar for a peer-reviewed article or chapter published in…
Read MoreReflections on 2020 Podcasts
Published: May 10, 2021Critical Mission Studies and Indigenous Community Interventions In this podcast, Dr. YVE CHAVEZ (Tongva/Gabrielino) of University of Oklahoma and Dr. CHARLENE VILLASEÑOR BLACK of UCLA discuss the $1.03 million grant…
Read MoreConference Proceedings: Iberia, the Mediterranean and the Larger World in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods
Published: April 22, 2021Seven essays from the 2018 CMRS Conference “Iberia, the Mediterranean, and the World in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods” are featured as a dossier in Volume 40 of Pedralbes,…
Read MoreAn Introduction to Arabic Manuscripts
Published: April 15, 2021CMRS is a co-sponsor with the UCLA Center for Near Eastern Studies of an upcoming free online workshop that runs August 23 – 27. Participants will learn the basics of…
Read MoreNew Online Fellowship Application Forms
Published: March 14, 2021We have implemented a new online system for submitting applications and letters of recommendation for our fellowships. This change will make the application process easier for everyone with a web…
Read MoreIn memoriam: Florence Ridley, CMRS Founding Member
Published: February 28, 2021Florence Howse Ridley, a barrier-breaking academic who was the first woman to chair the modern incarnation of UCLA’s Academic Senate and only the third woman to become a full professor…
Read MoreCall for Book Reviews Comitatus 52
Published: February 12, 2021The books listed on this PDF are available for review in Comitatus 52 (2021), the graduate student journal published by the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. If you…
Read MoreMEMSA Conference: Call for Papers
Published: February 9, 2021Resilience, Resistance, and Renewal in the Medieval and Early Modern World 27 May 2021 – via Zoom The global medieval and early modern world (broadly considered, c. 900-1750) underwent myriad…
Read MoreCall for Papers: Comitatus 52 – Deadline Extended to March 12
Published: February 8, 2021Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, published annually under the auspices of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, invites the submission of articles by graduate students…
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