Announcing the 2009-2010 MEMS Faculty and Graduate Student Grants and Awards Competition

UNC’s Program in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) offers a series of grants for faculty and graduate student development, which are supported with funds awarded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Faculty and graduate students whose research addresses cross-cultural or global issues are especially encouraged to apply. Please visit http://mems.unc.edu/grant-1/ for details (or click on “Grants and Awards” below on the right-hand side-bar).

Call for Papers: War, Expansion, and the Problem of Sovereignty: The European, Islamic, and New Worlds, 1000-1765

Proposals are sought from UNC MEMS faculty for the first Joint International Symposium sponsored by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the Freie Universität Berlin, to be held in the Fall 2010. Proposals are due by November 1, 2009, and should be sent to Dr. Wayne Lee, History/PWAD (wlee@unc.edu).  Click here for more details about the symposium and submitting a proposal.

Mellon Lecture in the Humanities and Other Lectures on Campus

On Wednesday, November 11,  12:00-1:00 PM, in Hamilton 569, Sahar Amer, Professor in Asian Studies, will give a talk in the MEMS Lunch Colloquium Series titled “‘Arab Homosexuality/Lesbianism and the Politics of Naming.”

Announcing MEMS Graduate Seminar for Spring 2010

In Spring 2010 Prof. Ellen Welch will offer a course specifically designed for the MEMS program: “Writing the Mediterranean: Cross-cultural Perspectives on the Early Modern World” (French 830).

Congratulations 2008-2009 MEMS Grant and Award Winners

This year the Program in MEMS recognized the outstanding work of thirty five faculty and graduate students! Click here to see a list of our award recipients.