The Medieval Academy of America (spelled Mediaeval until 1980) is the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The academy publishes the quarterly journal Speculum, and awards prizes, grants, and fellowships such as the Haskins Medal, which is named for Charles Homer Haskins, one of the founders of the Medieval Academy and its second president.
The Medieval Academy supports research, publication, and teaching in medieval art, archaeology, history, law, literature, music, philosophy, religion, science, social and economic institutions, and all other aspects of the Middle Ages.
Membership is open to all persons interested in the Middle Ages. The Academy holds an annual meeting each spring. The next meeting will take place in Knoxville, TN, hosted by the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the University of Tennessee Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and the Sewanee Medieval Colloquium, 4-6 April 2013. The Academy also has a Fellowship class for exceptional scholars in the field of medieval history. This includes: Fellows, Corresponding Fellows and Emeriti Fellows.
The current president of the Medieval Academy is Maryanne Kowaleski of Fordham University, and Eileen Gardiner and Ronald G. Musto are the current Executive Directors and Editors of Speculum.
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