The Texas Medieval Association
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The Texas Medieval Association (also known as TEMA) is an organization for medieval studies in Texas
.
Since 1986, it has served medievalists not only throughout the state of Texas
, but also nationally and internationally through its conferences and publications.
A regional affiliate of the Medieval Academy of America
, the Association holds an annual conference each fall somewhere in the state of Texas.
TEMA also sponsors sessions each May at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan
, as well as each July at the International Medieval Conference in Leeds, England.
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
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Since 1986, it has served medievalists not only throughout the state of Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, but also nationally and internationally through its conferences and publications.
A regional affiliate of the Medieval Academy of America
Medieval Academy of America
The Medieval Academy of America is the largest organization in the United States promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts...
, the Association holds an annual conference each fall somewhere in the state of Texas.
TEMA also sponsors sessions each May at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan
Kalamazoo, Michigan
The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...
, as well as each July at the International Medieval Conference in Leeds, England.