Deadline for paper proposals for the 2009 International Medieval Congress is September 15. The Richard III Society, American Branch sponsors a session of papers on fifteenth-century English history every year. Link to the call for papers here.
(The call for papers is in Adobe Acrobat format -- search on the session organizer, Candace Gregory-Abbott, to go directly to the Richard III Society session.)
The 2009 International Congress for Medieval Studies is scheduled for May 7-10 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Register online for Annual General Meeting
The American Branch's Annual General Meeting, Fun in the Sun, is scheduled for Orlando FL September 26-28, 2008. In the spirit of good fun, the schedule includes a side trip to the Medieval Times Kissimmee venue, which boasts a replica medieval village in addition to the dinner and entertainment.
Details and online registration here.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Five Graduate Students Win 2008 Schallek Awards
The Richard III Society, American Branch, has been supporting graduate study into later medieval English history and culture since 1980. Since becoming fully funded by the generous $1.4 million bequest from the estate of co-founder Maryloo Spooner Schallek, the award is now administered on our behalf by the Medieval Academy of America. Five students were chosen to receive $2,000 awards to help fund their dissertation research:
In addition to these five awards, a $30,000 Schallek Dissertation Fellowship is awarded in the fall. This award essentially frees an advanced graduate student from the need to teach or hold other employment in order to concentrate on research.
The Schallek scholarship program, named by founders and principal contributors William B. and Maryloo Spooner Schallek, supports scholarship that deepens and enriches our understanding of the history and culture of later medieval England and, thus, Richard III and his contemporaries, and strengthens the American Branch's ties to the medieval studies community. A list of award recipients from the program's inception to its move to the Medieval Academy of American can be found at http://www.r3.org/edu.html#schallek . This list will be updated with the Medieval Academy-awarded recipients in the near future.
For grant guidelines, see http://www.medievalacademy.org/grants/gradstudent_grants_schallek.htm
- Sonja Drimmer, The Visual Language of Vernacular Manuscript Illumination: John Gower's Confessio amantis (Pierpont Morgan MS M126)
- Donna E. Hobbs, Telling Tales out of School: Schoolbooks, Audiences, and the Production of Vernacular Literature in Late Medieval England
- Mollie M. Madden, The Black Prince at War: Late Medieval Military Logistics
- Rosemary O'Neill, Accounting for Salvation in Middle English Literature
- Matthew Sergi, Recreation and Festival in Chester's Pageants, 1400-1577
In addition to these five awards, a $30,000 Schallek Dissertation Fellowship is awarded in the fall. This award essentially frees an advanced graduate student from the need to teach or hold other employment in order to concentrate on research.
The Schallek scholarship program, named by founders and principal contributors William B. and Maryloo Spooner Schallek, supports scholarship that deepens and enriches our understanding of the history and culture of later medieval England and, thus, Richard III and his contemporaries, and strengthens the American Branch's ties to the medieval studies community. A list of award recipients from the program's inception to its move to the Medieval Academy of American can be found at http://www.r3.org/edu.html#schallek . This list will be updated with the Medieval Academy-awarded recipients in the near future.
For grant guidelines, see http://www.medievalacademy.org/grants/gradstudent_grants_schallek.htm
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Annual General Meeting 2008: September 26-28, Orlando
UPDATE: additional details, online registration here.
This is an early announcement for those wishing to make plans for attending the 2008 AGM.
Date: September 26-28, 2008.
Venue/Location: Holiday Inn International Drive Resort, 6515 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819.
The phone number for the hotel is 407-248-2188
The website for hotel is www.hi-idrive. com
We expect the costs for conference to run approximately
Room $89 per night
Registration $70
Banquet $55
Sun, Breakfast $28
The registration fee includes Continental breakfast on Saturday, lunch on Saturday and snacks at our cash bar reception on Friday night. The banquet is always a gala event and the Sunday breakfast is a Society fund raiser.
The hotel is approximately 20 miles from Orlando Airport but there is easy access via private transportation company (Mears) for $17 one-way or $28 roundtrip.
The hotel has over 650 rooms and more than sufficient meeting space to accommodate our needs. It is right around the corner from Universal Studios and only 2 miles from Sea World. The hotel is only ten minutes from the Disney Magic Kingdom and only a little over an hours drive away from Bush Gardens, Kennedy Space Center and beaches on both coasts. I post this for those who may be interested in adding on some pleasure time before or after our AGM.
In selecting this venue we strove to find a location that offered moderate room rates with a first class establishment and within easy commuting distance to a major airport. We believe this fits the bill and is in accordance with our Bylaws that require us to rotate the venue location around the USA.
As an added attraction (we hope) there is the potential for those wishing to do so to include a fun-filled social evening at Medieval Times in nearby Kissimmee, FL. We are considering a possible group visit for those wishing to stay an extra night (Sunday 9/28) to the nearby Medieval Times. We can use private transportation (cars) if it is a small group or hire van/bus if we have a larger group.
For those who have never been to a Medieval Times, it is a great dining and show experience with mounted horsemen (jousting matches), medieval dinner and pageantry and costumes. The website for those interested is www.medievaltimes. com.
All of the above is preliminary info to assist in your travel planes -- we will post additional information once we have set up registration system with hotel and you will then be able to call in and ask for our special rates.
On behalf of Chairman Wayne Ingalls and the Executive Board, any inputs or thoughts on our proposals will be greatly appreciated.
More on this in near future.
Dave Luitweiler
Secretary
RIII Society - American Branch
This is an early announcement for those wishing to make plans for attending the 2008 AGM.
Date: September 26-28, 2008.
Venue/Location: Holiday Inn International Drive Resort, 6515 International Drive, Orlando, FL 32819.
The phone number for the hotel is 407-248-2188
The website for hotel is www.hi-idrive. com
We expect the costs for conference to run approximately
Room $89 per night
Registration $70
Banquet $55
Sun, Breakfast $28
The registration fee includes Continental breakfast on Saturday, lunch on Saturday and snacks at our cash bar reception on Friday night. The banquet is always a gala event and the Sunday breakfast is a Society fund raiser.
The hotel is approximately 20 miles from Orlando Airport but there is easy access via private transportation company (Mears) for $17 one-way or $28 roundtrip.
The hotel has over 650 rooms and more than sufficient meeting space to accommodate our needs. It is right around the corner from Universal Studios and only 2 miles from Sea World. The hotel is only ten minutes from the Disney Magic Kingdom and only a little over an hours drive away from Bush Gardens, Kennedy Space Center and beaches on both coasts. I post this for those who may be interested in adding on some pleasure time before or after our AGM.
In selecting this venue we strove to find a location that offered moderate room rates with a first class establishment and within easy commuting distance to a major airport. We believe this fits the bill and is in accordance with our Bylaws that require us to rotate the venue location around the USA.
As an added attraction (we hope) there is the potential for those wishing to do so to include a fun-filled social evening at Medieval Times in nearby Kissimmee, FL. We are considering a possible group visit for those wishing to stay an extra night (Sunday 9/28) to the nearby Medieval Times. We can use private transportation (cars) if it is a small group or hire van/bus if we have a larger group.
For those who have never been to a Medieval Times, it is a great dining and show experience with mounted horsemen (jousting matches), medieval dinner and pageantry and costumes. The website for those interested is www.medievaltimes. com.
All of the above is preliminary info to assist in your travel planes -- we will post additional information once we have set up registration system with hotel and you will then be able to call in and ask for our special rates.
On behalf of Chairman Wayne Ingalls and the Executive Board, any inputs or thoughts on our proposals will be greatly appreciated.
More on this in near future.
Dave Luitweiler
Secretary
RIII Society - American Branch
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