Medievalitas

Have been working on bringing together the editors of some of the top journals in our six academic schools, plus editors at UGA Press and Sage Publishing. The goal is to engage our faculty and graduate students with experienced professionals in academic publishing. Really looking forward to this event in January. Participating Editors John Beavers , Editor, Language Sam Bell , Editor, International Studies Quarterly David Bradford , Editor, Health Economics Julia Flanders , E

Very moving ceremony called "change of command" and "retirement " today for the commanding officer of the Atlanta Region NROTC, J.A. "Tony" Rodriguez, who has been a great leader at Georgia Tech and Morehouse College over the last four years. He celebrates 31 years in the Navy, and was a trusted collaborator for the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts dean and leadership cohort. If you should like to see Captain Rodriguez in "academic action," take a look at his presentation d

Wonderful event under the golden dome of the Georgia Capitol to honor the recipients of the Governor's Arts & Humanities Awards, organized by the Georgia Council for the Arts and Georgia Humanities . Richly deserving individuals, associations, and groups, including the members of the Atlanta Drum Academy (see below), who performed at the event.

For anyone looking at the higher ed sector right now, it is as clear as is the summer sun that the liberal arts at technological institutions are not suffering from the application and enrollment losses characteristic of the humanities and (to some degree) behavioral and social sciences. Our degree programs at Georgia Tech, for example, show a significant ROI advantage (graduates earn more), learning advantage (they are highly satisfied), and future-proof (they find position

Glimpse of Pre-Thanksgiving. Decatur, GA 2025

I had the chance of working on this interview/podcast in 2024 as the inaugural issue for University Business Magazine's new podcast series, ushering in convos that would soon include the likes of Lynn Pasquerella , president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Thomas Ehlrich , president of Indiana University, Ozlem Kilic , inaugural dean of the University of Tennessee’s College of Emerging and Collaborative Studies , and Antonio Flores , presi

The Fulbright Program's mission is to increase mutual understanding and support friendly and peaceful relations between the United States and other countries through educational and cultural exchange. Founded by President Harry S. Truman in 1946, it aims to foster a more peaceful world by bringing more knowledge, reason, and compassion into international affairs. This is achieved by providing opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to study, teach, lecture, a

This is a review, in German, of: Jan M. Ziolkowski (2024): Nostalgia and the German(ic) Past: The Medieval Poem of Walthare . Zürich: Chronos. [78–80] was published with our friends at Philologie im Netz , in their 100th issue. READ HERE

Philologie im Netz was one of the first academic online publications in the German-speaking world in the humanities, and it is still going strong. Recently contributed a review to this issue 100, articles in 2002 , 2005 , 2011 and 2014 , and co-edited a special issue on Eminent Chaucerians? Early Women Scholars and the History of Reading Chaucer (2009). Recommended to all those with an interest and work in linguistics, literary, and cultural studies. You can visit their h

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For my quick assessment of the first episode of the MGM+ retelling of the Robin Hood narrative, you can READ it HERE . And here is a close-up of the frog in question, the first amphibian included in any of the major Robin Hood stories over the centuries (except for Kermit and the Muppets , of course)

Have you ever wondered about what attracts us scholars to take up an area in which we are absolute beginners, to start from scratch and take a risk although it would be more comfortable to remain 'disciplined' and apply the same scholarly paradigms throughout one's entire career? I recently published a piece with University Business Magazine. It's a QUICK READ at c. 600 words. Denominators: David Epstein, Range (2021); Hannah Arendt & natality; amateurs & dilettantes; Vanne

We would rather be ruined than changed We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die. W.H. Auden, who wrote an entire book-length poem about anxiety, expresses pretty well here what many colleagues in the humanities feel these days. I contributed a piece to Inside Higher Ed that explains this anxiety and discusses what the humanities can and cannot deliver when it comes to their role in higher education. Would we Rather the Hum

A wonderful teaching and learning community from among Ivan Allen College Faculty got together on a Friday afternoon to learn and discuss " Disrupting the Lecture: Active Learning as a Pathway to Disciplinary Knowledge and World Readiness," expertly guided by Dr. Leah Carmichael, director of active learning at the University of Georgia.

From consulting with our advisory board to celebrating homecoming with alumni and current students, all under the blue skies and sunshine of an Atlanta fall weekend, in a Liberal Arts College twice as large as when I joined 13 years ago.

Once a semester, we gather to celebrate the exemplary support and mentorship the Halls (Col. Steven C, and Mrs. Pamela Hall) offer an ever increasing number of our students. Many years ago, alumnus Steve Hall took a single writing class with Professor James Bynum, which changed his career path, and he has been giving back to his institution for many years now. At the Scholars Breakfast, student recipients introduce themselves and network. Guests at the event included Interim

Heartthrob Thierry la Fronde with Sword (but often with Sling) Most recent piece for our friends as medievalist.net , this time on the fascinating reception of the UK series The Adventures of Robin Hood in a French adaptation, called Thierry la Fronde . READ IT HERE

Last year, Georgia Tech created a College of Lifetime Learning, acknowledging the need for higher education to think beyond traditional...

CALL FOR PAPERS   STUDIES IN MEDIEVALISM XXXVI: MEDIEVALISM AND PLURALISM   Many journalists and pundits have noted references to the...

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