The History/Social Sciences and Arts departments at Bryn Athyn College in partnership with Glencairn Museum are proud to host the Spring Meeting of the Delaware Valley Medieval Association for 2021.

The theme is “Darkness and Light.” This is a hybrid event, meaning a limited number of participants may attend in-person with others participating virtually via Microsoft Teams (a Zoom-like application). For safety reasons, the DVMA meeting will follow all applicable COVID protocols. The program features three speakers followed by a visit to Glencairn Museum, located across from the Bryn Athyn College campus.

Bryn Athyn College, Doering Center Room 119; 2915 Campus Drive, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009

For more program information and to register, click here.

Darkness and Light, DVMA Spring Meeting, April 24, 2021

By DVMA

On November 15, 2020

In Announcements

The History/Social Sciences and Arts departments at Bryn Athyn College in partnership with Glencairn Museum are proud to host the Spring Meeting of the Delaware Valley Medieval Association for 2021 (Hybrid event).

For more program information and to register, click here.

Virtual Symposium: “Transformed Bodies in Medieval Culture,” March 13, 2021

By DVMA

On November 15, 2020

In Announcements

Venue: Vilanova University (remote event)

In 2002, Alan Deyermond described his relationship with Harriet Goldberg as one of admiration “for the quality of her scholarship and her range of interests.” These interests focused on popular sayings and traditions, dreams, sexual humor, and riddles. Goldberg also noted how images of societal inversion or role reversal of could be conformed to express anxieties over gender and social identity. Inspired by Harriet Goldberg’s work on Iberian traditions, this conference seeks to examine different forms of bodily transformation, to map out the limits of gender, and to think of the ways in which current discussions on gender and identity intertwine with our understanding of the past.

The keynote address will be given by Michelle Hamilton (University of Minnesota), author of Beyond Faith: Belief, Morality and Memory in a Fifteenth-Century Judeo-Iberian Manuscript. (Brill, 2014)

This event is sponsored by The Delaware Medieval Association, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Delaware and the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Temple University.

Upcoming meetings

By Ana Pairet

On November 15, 2020

In Meetings

April 24, 2021 DVMA pring Meeting at Bryn Athyn

DVMA Graduate Student Workshop

By Dot Porter

On February 29, 2020

In Announcements

DVMA Winter Meeting: Color and Color Lines in the Middle Ages

By Dot Porter

On November 15, 2019

In Announcements

Register Here

DVMA Fall Meeting 2019: Inclusion and Exclusion

By Dot Porter

On August 28, 2019

In Announcements

Inclusion and Exclusion: Crossdisciplinary Perspectives

September 21, 2019, 1-4:30 PM 

University of Pennsylvania

Class of 1978 Orrery Pavillion

Kislak Center

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library room 602

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Schedule of Events

Ana Pairet (Rutgers University), DVMA President, Welcome

Joël Chandelier (Paris 8 University), “How Medieval Western Physicians saw Arabic Medicine : From Integration to Exclusion”

Carissa Harris (Temple University) “‘And no man hem amonge’: Inclusion and Exclusion from the Medieval Alehouse to the Lesbian Bar”

Coffee Break

Kara L. McShane (Ursinus College), “Inclusion and Exclusion in Titus and Vespasian.”

Usha Vishnuvajjala (Temple University), “A Feminist Perspective on Participatory Medievalism”

Round Table Discussion

Refreshments

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Executive Council

By Alicia Walker

On August 20, 2019

In Uncategorised

2022-2023 Officers

President	Montserrrat Piera, Temple University
Vice-President	Sean Lawing, Bryn Athyn College
Treasurer	Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University
Secretary	Abby McGovern, Albright College
Graduate Student Representative	Brooke Adamski, Temple University

Members-at-Large

Serving 2020-2023	Serving 2023-2026
Adriano Duque, Villanova	Ada Kuskowski, University of Pennsylvania
Abby McGovern, Albright College (2021-2023)	Suzanne Conklin Akbari, Princeton University, Institute of Advanced Studies
	Anne Lester, Johns Hopkins University
	Helmut Reitmitz, Princeton University
	Ana Pairet, Rutgers University

Past Officers

2021-2022

Ana Pairet, Rutgers University, President
Sean Lawing, Bryn Athyn College, Vice-President
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Abby McGovern, Albright College, Secretary
Graduate Student Representatives: Ailie Posillico, Villanova University and Margo Weitzman, Rutgers University

Members-at-large
Tamer el-Leithy, Johns Hopkins University (2018-2022)
Beatrice E. Kitzinger, Princeton University (2018-2022)
Montserrrat Piera, Temple University (2019-2022)
Rachel Smith, Villanova University (2019-2021)

2019-2020

Ana Pairet, Rutgers University, President
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania, Acting Communications Secretary
Alicia Walker, Bryn Mawr College, Membership Secretary
Isabella M. Weiss, Rutgers University, Graduate Student Representative

2018-2019

Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania, President
Ana Pairet, Rutgers University, Vice President
Alicia Walker, Bryn Mawr College, Membership Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Isabella M. Weiss, Graduate Student Representative

2017-2018

Dot Porter, University of Pennsylvania, President
Ana Pairet, Rutgers University, Vice President
Elly Truitt, Bryn Mawr College, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Marina Mandrikova, Temple University, Graduate Student Representative

2016-2017

Nino Zchlomelidse, Johns Hopkins University, President
Don Duclow, Gwynedd-Mercy University, Vice President
Maeve Doyle, Independent Scholar, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Marina Mandrikova, Temple University, Graduate Student Representative

2015-2016

Nino Zchlomelidse, Johns Hopkins University, President
Sara S. Poor, Princeton University, Vice President
Adam Miyashiro Stockton University, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Marina Mandrikova, Temple University, Graduate Student Representative

2014-2015

Louis Hamilton, Drew University, President
Nino Zchlomelidse, Johns Hopkins University, Vice President
Adam Miyashiro Stockton University, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Maeve Doyle, Bryn Mawr College, Graduate Student Representative

2013-2014
Dale Kinney, Bryn Mawr College, President
Louis Hamilton, Drew University, Vice President
Geoffrey Gust, Temple University, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Maeve Doyle, Bryn Mawr College, Graduate Student Representative

2012-2013
Martha Easton, Seton Hall University, President
Dale Kinney, Bryn Mawr College, Vice President
Geoffrey Gust, Temple University, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Agnieszka Szymanska, Temple Univerity, Student Representative

2011-2012
Colum Hourihane, Princeton University, President
Martha Easton, Seton Hall University, Vice President
Geoffrey Gust, Temple University, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Kellye Hawkins, Temple University, Graduate Student Representative

2010-2011
Monserrat Piera, Temple University, President
Colum Hourihane, Index of Christian Art, Vice-President
Mary Morse, Rider University, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Kellye Hawkins, Temple University, Graduate Student Representative

2009-2010
Lynn Ransom, University of Pennsylvania, President
Montserrat Piera, Temple University, Vice-President
Matthew Shoaf, Ursinus College, Secretary
Thomas Izbicki, Rutgers University, Treasurer
Kellye Hawkins, Temple University, Graduate Student Representative

2008-2009
Lawrence Nees, University of Delaware, President
Lynn Ransom, University of Pennsylvania, Vice-President
Elaine Beretz, Bryn Mawr College, Secretary
Mark Darby, Temple University, Treasurer
Jennifer Jahner, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Student Representative

2007-2008
Don Duclow, Gwynedd-Mercy College, President
Lawrence Nees, University of Delaware, Vice-President
Elaine Beretz, Bryn Mawr College, Secretary
Mark Darby, Temple University, Treasurer

2006-2007
Alison Lewin, St. Joseph’s Unversity, President
Don Duclow, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Vice-President
Elaine Beretz, Bryn Mawr College, Secretary
Mark Darby, Temple University, Treasurer

2005-2006
Elizabeth Bennett, Princeton University, President
Alison Lewin, Vice President, St. Joseph’s University
Elaine Beretz, Bryn Mawr College, Secretary
Mark Darby, Temple University, Treasurer

2004-2005
Kristen Burr, President
Elizabeth Bennett, Princeton University, Vice President
Mark Darby, Temple University, Secretary
Dorothy M. Shepard, Pratt Institute, Treasurer

2003-2004
Rebecca Winer, Villanova University, President
Kristen Burr, Vice President
E. Ann Matter and Thomas Waldman, University of Pennsylvania, Co-Secretaries
Dorothy M. Shepard, Pratt Institute, Treasurer

1995-2003
Presidents :
1995-96 Joyce T. Lionarons, Ursinus College
1996-97 Tina Waldeier Bizzarro, Rosemont College
1997-98 Adam Knobler, College of New Jersey
1998-99 Ruth Mazo Karras, Temple University
1999-00 James M. Dean, University of Delaware
2000-01 Carla P. Weinberg, The University of the Arts
2001-02 Mark Darby, Temple University Library
2002-2003 Sibylle Jefferis, President

Secretaries :
1995-1998 Laura Blanchard, University of Pennsylvania Library
1998-2000 Elizabeth Bennett, Princeton University Library
2000-2002 Elaine M. Beretz, Bryn Mawr College
2002-2003 E. Ann Matter and Thomas Waldman, University of Pennsylvania

Treasurer:
Dorothy M. Shepard, Pratt Institute

1987-1995
Presidents:
1987-88 Dale Kinney, Bryn Mawr College
1988-89 Larry Duggan, University of Delaware
1989-90 Thomas Losoncy, Villanova University
1990-91 E. Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania
1991-92 Donald Duclow, Gwynedd-Mercy College
1992-93 Celia Chazelle, College of New Jersey
1993-94 Frederick H. Russell, Rutgers University
1994-95 Philip D. Krey, Lutheran Theological Seminary Secretaries:
1987-90 Jennifer Andrews
1990-93 E. Ann Matter, University of Pennsylvania
1993-94 Benjamin F. Taggie, Millersville University
1994-95 Laura Blanchard, University of Pennsylvania Library

Treasurer:
Stephen Weinberger, Dickinson College

1983-1987
Presidents:
1983-84 Kate Greenfield, Albright College
1984-85 Richard Luman, Haverford College
1985-86 James Muldoon, Rutgers University-Camden
1986-87 Daniel Callahan, University of Delaware
Secretary/Treasurer: Thomas Waldman, University of Pennsylvania

1979-1983
Edward Peters, University of Pennsylvania,Director/President
Thomas Waldman, University of Pennsylvania, Secretary/Treasurer

DVMA Spring Meeting 2019: Materiality

By Dot Porter

On April 17, 2019

In Meetings

April 27, 2019

1pm-6pm

Ursinus College

Innovation and Discovery Center (Room 116) – see below for campus map.

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1:00 pm Coffee

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Daniel Davies, University of Pennsylvania, Graduate Student Best Paper Prize

Rosemary O’Neill

3: 30 – 5:00

Kathleen Kennedy

Dot Porter

5 pm Reception

Registration: $10/DVMA members, $15/non-members

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Travel Arrangements: Since Ursinus is a bit out of the way, we are organizing ride shares from Philadelphia. If you have seats or need a ride, please visit this Google Doc to make arrangements. If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Local Organizer Kara McShane (kmcshane@ursinus.edu)

The 2019 Delaware Valley Medieval Association Graduate Workshop, February 9th at Rutgers

By Dot Porter

On January 28, 2019

In Announcements

The 2019 Delaware Valley Medieval Association Graduate Workshop

Saturday, February 9th, 2019

1:00-5:00, with reception to follow

Rutgers University

West Academic Building Learning Center 1150A-B

Keynote: Dot Porter (UPenn) on Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis

This event will provide an excellent opportunity to connect with an interdisciplinary community of graduate students who specialize in the Middle Ages from other universities in the Delaware Valley region.

The keynote address of this event will be a presentation by Dot Porter (Curator of Digital Research Services from the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, U. Penn) on the just-released digital resource Bibliotheca Philadelphiensis, which digitizes 160,000 pages of medieval manuscripts from 14 Philadelphia-area institutions!

In addition, there will be an exciting line-up of presentations by graduate students in medieval studies from a variety of institutions, including Princeton, Bryn Mawr, U Penn, and Rutgers. See the attached flyer for more information.

Please join us!

Register here now ($5 registration fee)

If you have any questions about this event, please feel free to contact isabella.weiss@rutgers.edu.