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The MIDWEST MEDIEVAL HISTORY CONFERENCE is, as its name implies, composed mostly of historians. Not that we don't enjoy the company of theologians, philologists, art historians, or literary critics, but we feel the necessity of occasionally meeting with colleagues from our discipline for a weekend of focused scholarship and good cheer. It is a wonderful group. Come to a couple of meetings and you'll find yourself accepted as a longtime associate. We are always anxious to make new friends, especially among younger faculty and graduate students. In fact we grant a modest subsidy -- currently, $100 -- to graduate students who read papers at the Friday afternoon sessions of the Conferences (which run from late Friday through Saturday). Friday afternoons have traditionally been reserved for papers by graduate students. For more information or to be added to the Conference mailing list, contact our Secretary, Louis Haas. Last Updated: May 2 , 2008. |
Founded
in 1962, THE MIDWEST MEDIEVAL HISTORY CONFERENCE
has no dues or
formal membership. It is an ad hoc group existing primarily to hold
annual meetings which move among various
host institutions in the Midwest each fall. The 2007
meeting was held at Saint
Louis University; that of 2008 will
be held at Denison University. Other meetings have been held at such
diverse places as the Universities of Kentucky,
Wisconsin, and Illinois; Notre Dame, Purdue, and Ohio State Universities;
and the Pontifical Institute for Mediæval Studies
in Toronto. The MIDWEST MEDIEVAL HISTORY
CONFERENCE also sponsors one
or more sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies held
each spring at Western Michigan University.
It is one of the oldest -- if not the oldest -- constituent group
of the Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA)
of the Medieval Academy of America.