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2026 Schallek Awards Announced

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We’re thrilled to announce the recipients of the $5,000 Schallek awards for the upcoming school year. They, and their research topics, are: Madeline Fox (University of Michigan), “The Middle English Devotional Life of Magdalena von Freiburg” Olivia Caroline Geraci (University of Notre Dame), “Liturgical practices of medieval English women religious” Catherine Rose Introcaso (CUNY Graduate Center), “Annotation as Embodied Devotion in Late Medieval Mystical-Contemplative Manuscripts” Kamila Kaminska-Palarczyk (Yale University), “Gender

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2026 Schallek Fellow is Announced

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  Rebekkah Hart of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio is this year’s recipient of the $40,000 Fellowship. The fellowship will support Rebekkah’s research project, “The Kiss of Peace: Materialities and Afterlives of Liturgical Paxes, or ‘Kissing Images,’ in Late Medieval England (c. 1250-1550).” While the “Kiss of Peace” was a common liturgical ritual in the Christian mass from at least the second century, this ritual became materially embodied

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2024 Schallek Recipients Announced

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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

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2024 Schallek Fellowship Winner Announced

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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

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