Arizona Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies
Arizona State
University, P.O. Box 874402, Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
Phone: (480) 965-5900
Fax: (480) 965-1681
Medieval Academy of America:
Committee on Centers and Regional Associations
Regional Associations
Delaware Valley Medieval Association | International
Academy for the Promition of Historical Studies | Illinois
Medieval Association | Medieval Association of the Midwest
| Medieval Association of the Pacific | Medieval
Club of New York | Mediterranean Studies Association | Mid-America Medieval Association | Mid-Hudson
Medieval Circle | Midwest Medieval History Conference |
New England Medieval Conference| Rocky
Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association | SMART:
Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching | Southeastern
Medieval Association | TEAMS: Consortium for the Teaching
of the Middle Ages | Texas Medieval Association
Delaware Valley Medieval Association
http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/dvma/
Contact: Elaine M. Beretz, Corresponding Secretary
Center for Visual Culture
Thomas Hall
Bryn Mawr College
101 North Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899
Phone: 610-574-5921
Email: dvmamems@yahoo.com
President: Donald Duclow (Gwynedd-Mercy College)
Vice-President/President-Elect: Lawrence Nees (University of Delaware)
Treasurer:
Mark L. Darby (
Territory:
Number of members: 100
Financial aid: A $300 travel stipend is available to a member who
is a graduate student or independent scholar to help defray travel expenses to
present a paper at a conference or conduct research.
Conferences: Four meetings a year, at varied locations.
Annual dues: $30; students, $10.
Membership procedure: Contact the Secretary or download
application form from web site.
http://www.IllinoisMedieval.org
Executive Secretary: Mark D. Johnston
Deptartment of Modern Languages
802 West Belden Avenue
DePaul University
Chicago, IL 60614
Phone: 773-325-1879
Fax: 773-325-7303
mjohnst4@depaul.edu
President: Francine McGregor
Vice-President: Christian Sheridan
Council members: Mark Amos, Ray Clemens, William Fahrenbach, Anita
Riedinger, David Wagner, Edward Wheatley
Number of members: Approximately 100
Mailing list: Not for sale
Conferences: 2007 Annual meeting: "The Medieval City," Eastern
Illinois University, 2/23-2/24, 2007; 2008 Annual meeting: “Pilgrimage in the
Medieval World,” Saint Xavier University, Chicago, 2/22-2/23, 2008
Annual dues: Supporting institutions, $100. Conference attendees from supporting
institutions pay reduced registration fees at the annual conference.
Publications: Essays in Medieval Studies, vols. 1-17 online at http://www.illinoismedieval.org/EMS/index.html;
vols. 18 - present at http://muse.jhu.edu/
International Academy for the
Promotion of Historical Studies
http://www.iaphs.org
Executive Secretary: Carl Edwin Lindgren
American Military University
secretary@iaphs.org
President: Murray Eiland
Vice-President: Stanislaw W. Dumin, Ed Emering and Philip
Eagleton
Delegates: Robert von Dassanowsky (Austria), Don Jesus Barral de
Guerin y de Rouco (Belgium), Levan Z. Urushadze (Republic of Georgia), Tibor M.
Celler (Hungary), Sharif Adhunnur (Labannon), Sergio Antonio Corona Paez
(Mexico), Noel Cox (New Zealand), Carlos Evaristo (Portugal), Tudor-Radu Tiron
(Romania), Vadim L. Yegorov (Russian Federation)
Number of members: 90
Annual dues: No Dues
Membership procedure: Proposed by two Academicians and approved
by the Membership Committee
Publications: Journal of the International Academy for the
Promotion of Historical Studies
Conferences: Annual international conference
Description: The Academy is self-governing and independent but
has ties with other learned societies around the world. The society has several
sections of membership, including: Foreign Extraordinary Fellows (honorary),
Senior Academician, Academician and Associate. All four sections are by
invitation only. The Academy's main goal is to provide a scholarly avenue
through which individuals may meet and discuss historical interests
(medical/scientific history), heraldic sciences, molecular genealogy, medieval
history and specific post-medieval studies; and provide papers, books and
research on the social, psycho-history and philosophy of the aforementioned
topics.
Medieval
Association of the Midwest
Executive Secretary: Kristie A. Bixby
Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS 67260-0013
Phone: 316-978-3735
Fax: 316-978-3739
kristie.bixby@wichita.edu
President: Karen Moranski
Vice-President: Peter Goodrich
Council members: Leslie Cavell, Carlos Hawley Colón, William
Hodapp, Harriet Hudson, Annette Murrow, Abraham Quintanar, Edward Risden, David
Sprunger, Mickey Sweeney
Number of members: 181
Annual dues: $25; students and emeriti, $10
Publications: Enarratio:
Publications of the
Medieval Association of the Midwest: annual), Nuntia (biannual
newsletter).
Annual meetings:
Symposia/workshops: Sessions at the Medieval Congress at
Annual budget: Operations: approximately $3,000, with additional
support from
Medieval
Association of the Pacific
http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/map/
Contact: Brenda Deen Schildgen (2003-2008)
Scott Kleinman, 2008-
English, CSU, Northridge
President: Phyllis Brown,
Vice-President:
Peter D. Diehl, History,
Treasurer:
John Ott, History, Portland State University
Secretary/Editor
of Chronica: Brenda Deen Schildgen
Council
members: see
http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/map/.
Number
of members: 300
Annual
dues: Students, $15; Regular, $25; Sustaining, $50
Membership
procedure: President writes to members Sept. 1 asking for renewal of
dues; web site includes membership renewal form and information about joining.
Financial
aid: Benton Travel Award (up to three per year at $400 each) with a
November 1, 2005 deadline; Founders Prize to up to three best student papers
presented at the annual meeting.
Publications:
Chronica is published in the
spring. Chronica no. 66 appeared spring 2007.
Annual
meeting: In the spring, usually in March. MAP annual conference, will
meet jointly with
Description:
The Medieval Association of the Pacific is a regional organization affiliated
with the Medieval Academy of America. The association welcomes membership of
students, faculty, and independent scholars working on research in the Middle
Ages. Membership is international; there are members in
http://www.medievalclubofnewyork.org
President: Matthew Boyd Goldie
English Department
Rider University
2083 Lawrence Road
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Phone: 609-895-5586
Fax:
mgoldie@rider.edu
Vice-President:
Secretary: Nicola Masciandaro
Treasurer: Emily Tai
Territory: Metropolitan New York, including portions of
Connecticut, New Jersey, and New York
Number of members: 170; mailing list of c. 250
Annual dues: $23
Student dues: $10
Membership procedure: Apply to President, Secretary, or Treasurer
Mailing list: Labels available for $75
Conferences: Biennial conference, one day, usually first week in
March; Session Sponsor at Kalamazoo.
Lectures: 7 monthly meetings which are held at the Graduate
Center of the City University of New York. (The March meeting is supplanted by
the one-day conference every other year.) The monthly meetings feature
addresses by scholars in various fields of medieval studies. See website for
listing of the 2004-05 Lecture series.
Mediterranean
Studies Association
http://www.ukans.edu/~bookhist/default.html
Executive Director: Richard W. Clement
Spencer Research Library, Univ. of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-4217
Fax: 785-864-5803
rclement@ukans.edu
Executive Secretary and Treasurer: Benjamin F. Taggie.
President of the Council: Manoel Marcos Freire d'Aguiar Neto
(1999-2000).
Vice-President of the Council: Guy Mermier.
Council members: David Abulafia, Robert E. Bjork, Raymond Carr,
Camilo José Cela, Giles Constable, Daniel Crews, José Greco, Gabriel Jackson,
Jean Lacroix, Helen Nader, John Naylon, Steven Runciman, Robert V. Schnucker,
Geraldo U. de Sousa, Marilyn Stokstad, Richard Sullivan.
Number of members: 200.
Annual dues: $40.
Membership procedure: Attend annual conference, subscribe to
journal, or send in membership form on web site.
Publications: Mediterranean Studies (annual, published by Ashgate
Publishing).
Conferences: Annual international conference (1998 Lisbon; 1999
Coimbra; 2000 Salvador, Brazil; 2001 Aix-en-Provence; 2002 Barcelona); sponsor
session(s) at the annual ACMRS conference.
Description: The Mediterranean Studies Association is an
interdisciplinary organization that promotes the scholarly study of the
Mediterranean region in all aspects and disciplines. It is particularly
concerned with the ideas and ideals of western Mediterranean cultures from Late
Antiquity to the Enlightenment and their influence beyond these geographical
and temporal boundaries.
Mid-America
Medieval Association
http://www.MidAmericaMedievalAssociation.org
President: Virginia Blanton (2006-2007)
Department of English
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Phone: 816-235-2566
Blanton@umkc.edu
Secretary-Treasurer: James S. Falls (1977 -
Department of History, 203 Cockefair Hall
University of Missouri
Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone: 816-235-2545
Fax: 816-235-5723
fallsj@umkc.edu
Territory: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and
Oklahoma.
Number of members: 350 - 400
Annual dues: Registration fee at the annual meeting.
Membership procedure: Complete membership card on website, or
contact Jim Falls, or register at annual meeting.
Scholarships: Jim Falls Paper Prize, a $100 award for Best
Graduate Paper at annual conference. Students who attend and read at the
conference can submit their paper for the award. Check website for deadline.
Conferences: Annual meeting is usually the last Saturday in
February; the 31st MAMA Conference will take place Saturday, February 24, 2007,
at the University of Missouri-Kansas City; one-page paper abstracts on any
medieval topic must be submitted no later than December 5, 2006, to either
Virginia Blanton or Jim Falls.
Coordinator: Christine M. Reno
Department of French
Vassar College, Box 440
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: 845-437-5719
Fax: 845-437-7025
reno@vassar.edu
Number of members: Approximately 30, mostly from mid-Hudson
Valley colleges and universities.
Membership procedure: Attend the annual meeting.
Dues: None. Members pay for lunch at the annual meeting.
Conference: Annual meeting. April 2003, at Vassar College,
"Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Middle Ages;" 5 papers from
colleagues at Vassar, Columbia and New York University. Vassar College's Dean
offered $138 to support speakers' lunches and rental of campus building where
the meeting was held. Title of 2004 conference, "Medieval
Innovations."
Annual budget: Approximately $200.
Description: The group meets once a year in the early fall for
papers and lunch. The program is based on a theme, which is often proposed at
the previous meeting. Notice of the meeting is sent to appropriate departments
between New York City and Albany.
Midwest
Medieval History Conference
http://www.cola.wright.edu/Dept/HST/
Secretary: Louis Haas
Peck Hall Room 223
MTSU Box 23
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
lhaas@mtsu.edu
Phone: 615-898-2536
Treasurer: Martin Arbagi
5562 Joyce Ann Dr.
Dayton, OH 45415
Phone: 937-775-2909; Fax: 937-775-2892
Description: The Midwest Medieval History Conference is an ad hoc
group that holds an annual meeting and sponsors 1 or 2 sessions at the
International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo. It has no formal
membership or dues. Attendance at the annual meeting has fluctuated in recent
years between 40 and 60. The Conference was founded in 1961.
Membership procedure: None. Attendance at the annual meeting confers
membership.
Mailing list: Not a membership list as such, but an up-to-date
list of about 350 medieval historians in the U.S. and Canada. It is available
as a comma-delimited ASCII file. Contact the Treasurer for details.
Conferences: Recent meetings have been held at Wright State
University (1994), Northern Illinois University (1995), Washington University
(1996), Bradley University (1997), University of Notre Dame (1998); University
of Cincinnati (1999).
Annual budget: None. The institution that hosts the annual
meeting takes responsibility for such things as the honorarium of the guest
speaker.
Financial aid: Subsidy for graduate students who deliver papers
at the annual meeting (Friday afternoon has traditionally been devoted to
presentations by graduate students). Normally this subsidy consists of free
registration for the meeting and is the responsibility of the institution that
hosts the meeting.
Fund-raising activities: None at the moment, but this may change.
The group has acquired a Taxpayer Identification Number and has applied for
listing as a Tax-Exempt Organization with the IRS.
New
England Medieval Conference
http://personalweb.smcvt.edu/nemc/default.htm
Secretary: TBA
President: Arlyn Diamond
Department of English
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
Vice-President: Frederick Paxton
Steering committee: Mary-Jo Arn, Carolyn Collette, Gavin Colvert,
Lisa Fagin Davis, Arlyn Diamond, Daniel Donoghue, Richard Emmerson, SunHee Kim
Gertz, Eric Goldberg, Ibrahim Kalin, Steven Marrone, Linne Mooney, Fred Paxton,
Amy Remensnyder, Christine Reno, Robert Sullivan.
Dues: None. Contact the Secretary or President to be placed on
the mailing list.
Number of members: 1150on mailing list.
Conferences: Annual fall conference, October 16 - 17, 2004,
Connecticut College.
Rocky
Mountain Medieval
and Renaissance Association
http://www.uni.edu/~swan/rmmra/rocky.html
Secretary: Kimberly Johnson
Department of English
Brigham Young University
4144 JFSB
Provo, UT 84602
Phone: 801-671-8597
kim_johnson@byu.edu
President: Darin Merrill
merrilld@byui.edu
President-Elect:
Treasurer: Margaret Harp
Margaret.harp@unlv.edu
Executive Council: Alice Blackwell, Jean Brink, Katherine
Clark, Paul Dietrich, James Fitzmaurice, James Forse, Susan Frye, Nancy
Gutierrez, Francis X. “Frank” Hartigan, Boyd Hill, Jolyon Hughes, Charlene
Kellsey, Andrea Knox, Jean MacIntyre, Isabel Moreira, Carol Neel, Charles
Odahl, Glenn Olsen, Harry Rosenberg, Jenny Rytting, Victor Scherb,
Charles Smith, Sarah
Jayne Steen, Jesse Swan, Paul Thomas, Charles Whitney, Elspeth Whitney, Jane
Woodruff
Number of members: Approximately 200
Annual dues: $25
Membership procedure: Contact Secretary (or, see website).
Publications: The peer-reviewed journal Quidditas is
published annually, on-line, at: http://humanities.byu.edu.rmmra. Editor: James Forse, Department of
History, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio 43403. Contact the
Editor for submission information (quidditas_editor@yahoo.com) or see website.
Annual Meeting: In the Spring, usually May or June. 2008
conference will be held April 24-26, in Boulder, CO. 2009 Conference will be hosted by Northern
Arizona University.
Description: The Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance
Association (RMMRA) is a regional association affiliated with the Medieval
Academy of America. The association welcomes membership of students, faculty,
and independent scholars working on research from the Early Middle Ages to the
Seventeenth Century. Membership is national and international, including
members from Poland, South Africa, and the U.K. The annual meeting hosts papers
on a variety of Medieval and Renaissance topics. Participants are invited to
submit papers for publication in the association journal, Quidditas. Information
for members is posted on our website.
SMART:
Studies in Medieval
and Renaissance Teaching
Contact: Kristie A. Bixby, Managing Editor
Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Wichita State University
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0013
Phone: 316-978-3735
Fax: 316-978-373i
kristie.bixby@wichita.edu
Staff: Kristie A. Bixby, Managing Editor
Editorial board: Robert Graybill, Emeritus, Central Missouri
State University; Robert E. Lovell, Emeritus, Central Missouri State
University; David Staines, University of Ottawa; William F. Woods, Wichita
State University
Number of members: 66
Annual dues: $20; libraries, $25; out-of-country, $25
Membership procedure: Prepayment to SMART, sent to Managing Editor.
Publications: Biannual journal: Studies
in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching (SMART).
Southeastern
Medieval Association
http://sema-online.us
Secretary-Treasurer: Patricia P. Norwood
12105 Honor Bridge Farm Drive
Spotsylvania, VA 22553
Phone: 540-654-1961 (direct), 540-654-1012 (dept. office)
Fax: 540-654-1966
pnorwood@umw.edu
President: Ordelle Hill
Vice-President: Cynthia Ho
Territory: Texas to Florida, with some members in New York,
Washington, Oregon, Wyoming, Ohio, Massachusetts, Puerto Rico, and Canada.
Number of members: 200
Annual dues: $25
Membership procedure: Contact the Secretary-Treasurer.
Publications: Medieval Perspectives (annual).
Conferences: The 2005 annual meeting, hosted by Stetson University,
will be held in Daytona Beach on September 29-October 1. The theme is "The
Rules Are Different Here: Otherness and the Middle Ages." http://www.stetson.edu/other/sema
or http://helmet.stetson.edu/other/sema
TEAMS:
Consortium for the
Teaching of the Middle Ages
President: Vickie Ziegler
265 Woodland Dr.
State College, PA 16801
vlz1@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-7484
http://www.towson.edu/~duncan/tmahome.html
Executive Secretary: Donald J. Kagay
Dept. of History and Political Science
Albany State University
Albany, GA 31705
Phone: 912-434-4623
Fax: 912-430-7895
dkagay@netzero.com
President: Sally Vaughn, University of Houston
First Vice-President: D. Thomas Hanks, Baylor University
Staff: Edwin Duncan, Towson University, WebMaster; Kent Hare,
Northwestern Louisiana University, Newsletter Editor.
Territory: State of Texas.
Number of members: 200.
Annual dues: $15; students, $10.
Membership procedure: Apply to the Executive Secretary.
Mailing list: Available for $50.
Conferences: Annual conference in the fall: University of Houston
(October 17-18, 2005), Baylor University (2006), Texas A&M (2007), Texas
Tech (2008)
Publications: Mirabilia (newsletter, once a year).
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