Remembering Sally Livingston Remarks from: Linda Mitchell, current SMFS President Liz Herbert McAvoy, President Emerita of SMFS Melissa Ridley Elmes, Vice-President of SMFS   N.b. Sally’s family has established a permanent page where remembrances are being posted at http://www.legacy.com/guestbooks/masslive/sally-a-livingston-condolences/190434768?cid=full We also invite those SMFS members who would do so to submit their own comments and memories of Sally here on the SMFS website, using the “comment” function on this page, above.   To say that Sally Livingston was one of the most extraordinary leaders of SMFS is quite an understatement. Sally started her academic career in the 1960s, then went on to become one of the leaders of women’s empowerment…

It is time to begin the process of our annual elections to the Advisory Board of the Society for Medieval Feminist Scholarship. Here is a summary of elections-related activity occurring this year: Advisory Board Departures: Jessica Barr (2016-2018) Nicole Nolan Sidhu (moved into executive team position, 2018) Jessica Ward (graduate student representative, 2016-2018) The executive Team, on behalf of the Advisory Board and society membership, wishes to expressed our gratitude to these departing members of the ad board for your efforts in support of our organization’s many initiatives over the past several years. Thank you, Jessica, Jessica, and Nicole! We will be electing the following positions in the 2018 elections:…

A Message from Linda Mitchell, current SMFS President: We are all mourning the passing of Sally Livingston, president emerita of SMFS. She was a terrific teacher, scholar, and mentor and a champion of feminist causes both in and out of the academy. We will be posting a longer statement about Sally soon.