Richard III Society American Branch

Liz Bateman Takes on the Job The American Branch has been without a Chapters Coordinator for several years, but no longer! We are pleased to announce that Liz Bateman is stepping into the role.  Liz is the head of the Tidewater Branch, and a past Dickon Award winner for her work in organizing the 2022 GMM in Arlington, VA. What Does a Chapters Coordinator Do? Our Chapters Coordinator is tasked

In cooperation with the Medieval Academy of America, the American Branch is pleased to announce the 2024 winners of our Schallek Awards.   Every year, we offer five $2,000 awards to help defray research expenses for graduate students conducting doctoral research in any relevant discipline dealing with late-medieval Britain (ca. 1350-1500).  This year’s winners and their wonderful research topics are:   Jordan K. Skinner – Princeton Jordan is a doctoral candidate

New Additions to the Fiction Library  by Pauline Calkin, Fiction Librarian   Books added to the fiction library in 2023 include the latest volume in Toni Mount’s Seb Foxley medieval mystery series, The Colour of Bone, where Seb’s investigations leads him into the heart of  Richard, Duke of Gloucester’s  household at Crosby Place.   In The Lost Prince, a sequel to Hawker and the King’s Jewel, Ethan Bale gives us another

Morgan McMinn, West Virginia University   The American Branch is pleased to announce the winner of the 2024 Schallek Fellowship, Morgan McMinn of West Virginia University. Morgan attended West Virginia University as an undergraduate where she majored in history and is currently studying for her Ph.D. As a freshman, she took an upper-level history course with Dr. Kate Staples on late medieval England. Inspired by Dr. Staples’s enthusiasm and the