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/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.

If accepted, an MMA team member will support you through the episode development process and post-production.