A couple of years ago Guy Geltner and Daniel Lord Smail founded BodoArxiv. It provides an open, non-profit repository for papers in medieval studies at different stages of gestation. Anyone can access and download any item on BodoArXiv freely and immediately (see: https://bodoarxiv.wordpress.com/) . Recently RI OPAC has agreed that scholarship uploaded to BodoArXiv will be automatically absorbed by this major bibliographical service, giving both preprints and their authors very high visibility through public infrastructures, and helping many comply with the NWO’s and ERC’s open access policies for free.

Jessica Barr and Barbara Zimbalist invite essays that examine any aspect of race and religion in medieval culture and society for a special issue on race and religion in the Middle Ages. Deadline for submission: 1 February 2021.

Medieval Memoria Research has published its final newsletter. This special MeMO-themed issue contains several articles about the MeMO project and its influence on the work of various scholars.

The Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University (Vienna) is pleased to announce its call for applications for MA and PhD positions for the 2021/2022 academic year. The deadline is February 1, 2021.

Princeton University has officially launched its website, MAFE: Middle Ages for Educators. MAFE is aimed at university and secondary students and educators and, more broadly, at anyone who is interested in studying, teaching, or learning more about Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Met de H.E. van Gelder Onderzoeksbeurs wordt beoogd interdisciplinair onderzoek naar munten, bankbiljetten en penningen van een impuls te voorzien. De beurs heeft een waarde van € 10.000 en stelt de onderzoeker (m/v) in de gelegenheid een publicatie voor te bereiden en aan de hand daarvan vervolgonderzoek vorm te geven. Daarnaast zal de onderzoeker de onderzoeksresultaten in het najaar presenteren tijdens de jaarlijkse Van Gelderlezing.

Applicants are encouraged to apply for this doctoral position, conducting research on the transmission of taste c. 1200-c.1400. The doctorate focuses on medieval English recipes in their social, historical, and intellectual context, with comparison to neighbouring food cultures in France and Germany. The deadline for application is 19 February 2021.

De Prix de Paris is een aanmoedigingsprijs voor jong, Nederlands talent. Deze prijs (ter waarde van 15.000 EUR) is bedoeld ter stimulering van wetenschappelijk onderzoek over Frankrijk. De deadline voor aanmeldingen is 1 mei 2021.

The Digital Medievalist has recently created a curated Zenodo community, called the Digital Medieval Webinar Repository (DMWR) to house recorded presentations on medieval topics.

Met het nieuwe kennisplatform Medieval/Modern verlenen alle UGent-onderzoekers die zich buigen over de middeleeuwse periode je toegang tot hun onderzoek.