Studies in the Age of Chaucer

NCS is looking for a new executive assistant, deadline Apr. 6! cdn.ymaws.com/newchaucersoci…

Happy New Year! SAC 47 is live on Project Muse, with physical copies soon to be winging their way around the world. muse.jhu.edu/issue/55416

Wee Chaucer has been reading some exciting submissions on the culture and writing of late medieval Britain - and he's looking forward to seeing yours!* newchaucersociety.org/page/submissio… *submissions are usu. 9-15K words

The NCS 2026 draft programme is live! Look at all these delicious future SAC submissions in the making! (We're still looking forward to seeing submissions from last NCS 2024, too!) newchaucersociety.org/page/programme…

Exciting news! A) We're inviting calls for colloquium proposals! B) We're on Bluesky now: @sacjournal.bsky.social

A holiday treat: The 2024 Studies in the Age of Chaucer is out on Project Muse, with hopes of delivery in physical and PDF format to membership in early January. muse.jhu.edu/issue/53953

Congratulations to Michelle Ripplinger for her subtle, careful analysis of Chaucer's emphasis on the ethics of mimesis and inversion of Ovidian biography, and the importance of the "unexpected woman reader." Now taking article submissions/candidates for the 2028 prize!

It's happening soon! Get excited, Chaucerians!

IMPORTANT Pre-1600 manuscripts, including restricted items, can now be consulted in person @britishlibrary Readers should register for a new reader pass and bring a letter of recommendation for restricted items Please read these FAQs for more information: #reading-rooms" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">bl.uk/research/#read…

I very much enjoyed editing this @postmedieval cluster of essays on GROUNDS FOR A TRANS-REGIONAL MEDIEVAL STUDIES, BEYOND THE GLOBAL. Access my intro: link.springer.com/article/10.105…. Links to each of the other articles below; should provide full-text access #medievaltwitter

🏰🎷Medieval job claxon 🎺🏰: Join the Medieval English community in the Netherlands and apply for this Assistant Professorship in Utrecht (fulltime, 12 months with prospect of permanent employment): uu.nl/en/organisatio…

We are delighted to announce the introduction of The Simon Gaunt Postgraduate Travel Grant.🧵 The aim is to enable postgraduate students to travel abroad for a potentially career-transforming international event or activity. Closing date: April 12th 2024 sfs.ac.uk/funding/the-si…

Excited to see the submissions that 2024 brings! #NewChaucerSociety #MedievalTwitter

@AlexRALee Amira El-Zein, Islam, Arabs, and the Intelligent World of the Jinn. Travis Zadeh, “Commanding Demons and Jinn: The Sorcerer in Early Islamic Thought.” In Alireza Korangy and Daniel J. Sheffield, eds., No Tapping around Philology, 131–60.

Can anyone recommend any medieval (ish) primary sources on jinn in English?

@SACJournal Thank you to all SAC colleagues and contributors - it’s been wonderful working with you!

EXTRA SPECIAL THANKS to @AlineDouma who excelled in her five years as Editorial Assistant and made our journal better. Thank you, Aline!

SAC vol. 45 is now out on ProjectMUSE: muse.jhu.edu/issue/49452 A real extravaganza starring Carissa Harris's Biennial Chaucer Lecture AND @RealMandeville's Presidential Address! A wistful farewell from @SebSobecki to co-editing SAC with the marvellous Michelle Karnes: Thank you!

British Library makes its entire collection of pre-1600 manuscripts of works by Chaucer available online: theguardian.com/books/2023/oct…

We're delighted to announce that all of our pre-1600 manuscripts of the works of Geoffrey Chaucer have now been digitised! Check out today's blogpost for a full list of all the manuscripts and links to the images: blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus… #Chaucer