Call for Proposals
Medieval Academy of America's podcast series
Season 4
The Multicultural Middle Ages
Due 11 October 2024
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast Series welcomes proposals for single episodes to be featured in its fourth season. After three successful seasons, The Multicultural Middle Ages (MMA) will return for its fourth in 2025. Sponsored by the Medieval Academy of America, MMA is an anthology-style podcast that welcomes the global turn in Medieval Studies. This podcast series is a platform from which to continue ongoing conversations and generate new and exciting avenues of inquiry related to the Middle Ages that emphasize its diversity. We seek to highlight thoughtful reflections on culturally responsible approaches to the study of the Middle Ages. This is a space from which to speak to fellow medievalists and, more importantly, the wider public to inform our audience about the multicultural reality of the medieval period and the plurality of voices that comprise the fields of medieval studies.
We invite proposals from individuals and collaborators of all ranks and disciplines, including graduate students, for single podcast episodes aimed at fellow medievalists and the wider public.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Innovative methodological and disciplinary approaches to the Middle Ages
The future of Medieval Studies
Research on the multicultural, multiracial, and multiethnic Middle Ages
Discussions of recent scholarship
Archival discoveries
Academic activism and responses to misappropriations of the Middle Ages
Pedagogical approaches
Medievalisms
Medieval culture in contemporary political discourse
Cultural heritage and approaches to curating exhibitions of the Middle Ages
Possible formats may include narrative expositions, interviews, textual analysis, visual analysis, oral performances, and panel discussions.
No previous experience with podcasting is required. The Graduate Student Committee of the MAA has hosted several podcasting workshops, which are now available on the MAA YouTube channel. If accepted, an MMA team member will support you through the episode development process and post-production. If you would like our technical assistance to realize your episode, such as facilitating an interview, helping record the episode, or taking care of the audio editing, please make a note of it in your proposal.
Your application should include a brief description (500 words) of your proposed
episode, noting the following:
the chosen topic and its relevance;
the plan for adapting the topic to a podcast medium (we encourage 40-50 min. episodes, but also welcome proposals for shorter or longer episodes);
and the episode format (interview, narrative, etc.) with an overview of its structure a description of the support you’ll need (if any) from the MMA production team.
This information is not binding but will help the committee assess the potential of the project. Please include the name and CV of each author. Submit your proposals and any questions to mmapodcast1@gmail.com and to Loren Lee (lel7qsf@virginia.edu) by October 11, 2024.
For a PDF of the call for papers, click here.
For a JPG of the shortened-version of the call for papers, click here.
The Multicultural Middle Ages Podcast Series Production Team
Will Beattie | wbeattie@nd.edu
Jonathan Correa Reyes | jonatcr@clemson.edu
Loren Lee | lel7qsf@virginia.edu
Reed O’Mara | rao44@case.edu
Logan Quigley | quigleylogan@gmail.com
Website: https://multiculturalmiddleages.com/
X: @Podcast_MMA_MAA
Instagram: @MulticulturalMiddleAgesPod