Richard III Society American Branch

Recipients of the Schallek Awards announced by the Medieval Academy of America. We are pleased to congratulate the following winners of the 2025 Schallek Awards: Mikkaela Bailey (The Catholic University of America), “Belongings and Belonging in Medieval East Anglia: Guild, Parish, and Society, 1350-1530” Eliza H. Feero (Northwestern University), “Re-Forming the Body: Muslim Dismemberment and Identity Change in Late Medieval and Early Modern English Literature” Izzy GT Howard (University of

Our Event Calendar has had a makeover! We have upgraded our events listings in what we hope is a cleaner, fresher, easier to use way.  Check our our new calendar at r3.org/events And now there are multiple options for finding our events.  As always, you can head to our Events & GMM page — where you’ll find a link to the Calendar as well as details on upcoming and past

  We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 Schallek Fellowship is Jack McCart of the University of Toronto. His research topic “The Material Cultures of Memory: Death, Patronage, and Self-Presentation in Later-Medieval London,” explores the types of self-presentation that were embedded in Londoners’ activities as patrons, donors, and benefactors. It is interested in questions of how medieval Londoners defined themselves as patrons and sought to shape the

Our 2025 Winter/Spring Lectures have been announced!  Have you ever heard that Richard III invented the concept of universal bail? That he was a protector of the emerging field of moveable-type printing? That his laws regarding property conveyancing are still considered legal landmarks?  Have you ever wondered how so many European medieval objects and manuscripts found their way into American collections? Have you ever wanted to opportunity to meet and