The following is a partial list of scholars from outside North America who will be visiting or in residence at institutions within North America. This list, which is a project of the Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) of the Medieval Academy of America, will be updated in the Medieval Academy News and at this site throughout the year, is compiled from information sent directly to:
Professor Timothy C. Graham
Institute for Medieval Studies
2045 Mesa Vista Hall
MSC06 3620
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001
Direct (505)277-1191
Main (505)277-2252
Fax (505) 277-1183
URL http://www.unm.edu/~medinst email tgraham@umn.edu
Any additions or changes to the information here should be sent to Professor Graham by regular mail, fax, or email at the address above. It is also possible to register Visiting Scholars online, via the accessible form. The list is also available upon request, without charge, in hard copy or via email.
For further information on programs and publications for medievalists, visit the website of the Medieval Academy of America.
In the list below, if no dates are given, it may be assumed that the visitor will be in residence for the entire academic year.
The University of California, Los Angeles Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, 302 Royce Hall, Box 951485, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1485. Tel.: 310-825-1880
Website: http://www.cmrs.ucla.edu/index.html. Contact: Karen E. Burgess, cmrs@humnet.ucla.edu.
Each year, CMRS sponsors Distinguished Visiting Scholars from the U.S. and other countries; during the 2007-08 academic year, the Center will host the following visitors from abroad (subject to changes pending final travel arrangements):
- Jaynie Anderson, Herald Chair of Fine Arts at the University of Melbourne, Australia
In residence October 29–November 3, 2007 - Helgi Thorláksson, Professor of Medieval Icelandic History in the Department of History and Archaeology, University of Iceland
In residence February 17-23, 2008 (tentative) - Peter Klein, Professor of Art History, University of Tübingen
In residence March 1-9, 2008 - Ralph Hanna, Fellow of Keble College and Professor of Palaeography, University of Oxford
In residence April 2008 (date to be determined) - Heike Behlmer, Department of Ancient History, Program in Coptic Studies, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
In residence May 12-16, 2008
University of Notre Dame – Medieval Institute, 715 Hesburgh Library, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Tel.: 574-631-8304
Website: http://www.nd.edu/%7Emedinst/. Contact: Roberta Baranowski, rbaranow@nd.edu.
- Eldbjørg Haug, Department of History, University of Bergen
In residence September 23, 2007-November 23, 2007
Research: Medieval Norwegian episcopacy and history of Stavanger Church from the ninth to sixteenth centuries - Riccardo Quinto, Department of Philosophy, University of Padua
In residence February 2008
Research: Critical edition of Stephen Langton’s Quaestiones theologiae
School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Einstein Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540. Tel.: 609-734-8300.
Website: http://www.hs.ias.edu/. Contact: Marian Zelazny, mzelazny@ias.edu.
- Giacomo Todeschini, Università di Trieste, Italy
In residence January–July 2008
Program in Medieval Studies, Cornell University, 259 Goldwin Smith Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3201. Tel.: 607-255-8545.
Website: http://www.arts.cornell.edu/medieval/. Contact: Dianne Ferriss, medievalst@cornell.edu.
- Jordi Sánchez, University of Alicante, Spain
In residence October–December 2007.
Vatican Film Library, Pius XII Memorial Library, St. Louis University, 3650 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63108-3302.
Website: http://www.slu.edu/libraries/vfl/. Contact: Barbara J. Channell, vfl@slu.edu.
- Dr. John Edwards, University of Oxford
In residence 2007-2008
Research: “The Papacy, Spain and Mary I of England†- Dr. Galina Vdovina, Moscow St. Thomas Institute and Moscow Institute of Philosophy
In residence 2007–2008
Research: “Semiotics in the Age of the Second Scholasticsâ€
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1703 32nd Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20007. Tel.: 202-339-6401.
Website: http://www.doaks.org/Byzantine.html. Contact: Polly Evans, Assistant Director of the Byzantine Studies Program, EvansP@doaks.org.
Dumbarton Oaks offers residential fellowships in its three areas of study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late Roman, early Christian, western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern Studies), Pre-Columbian Studies (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Garden and Landscape Studies. The following scholars from outside the U.S. will be in residence during the academic year 2008-2008 in the field of Byzantine Studies:
- Alessandra Bucossi, Genova, Italy
In residence 2007–2008
Research: “Andronikos Kamateros’ Sacred Arsenal: Critical edition, translation and commentary†- Börje Bydén, Göteborg University
In residence 2007–2008
Research: “Theodore Metochites’ Commentary on Aristotle’s De anima: Critical Edition with an English Translation†- Emmanouil Patedakis, University of Crete
In residence 2007–2008
Research: “Critical Edition with introduction and commentary of the unpublished works of Athanasios I, patriarch of Constantinople†- Yuri Pyatnitsky, The State Hermitage Museum
In residence 2007–2008
Research: “Byzantine Icons Collection in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburgâ€
University of Californa, Davis Department of German, 622 Sproul Hall, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8606. Tel.: 530-752-4999.
Website: http://german.ucdavis.edu/FrontPage. Contact: Winder McConnell, Department of German and Russian, wamcconnell@ucdavis.edu.
The New York-based Max Kade Foundation sponsors a variety of programs to benefit select German Departments throughout the United States. One of these programs is the Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professorship, which enables a Department to invite a stellar colleague from a German-speaking country to the campus for a semester or quarter.
- Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Gert Kaiser, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study of the State of Nordrhein-Westfalen
Max Kade Distinguished Visiting Professor, Fall 2007
updated July 27, 2007