The Cliopatria Awards for 2007 have been announced, and In the Middle is very pleased to have won Best Group Blog. Here is the award citation:Best Group Blog: In the Middle
In the Middle is a medievalist blog, written by J. J. Cohen, Mary Kate Hurley, Eileen Joy, and Karl Steel. We were impressed by the blog's interdisciplinary approach, its consistently intelligent prose, its effective blend of wit and genuine scholarship, and its ability to follow the medieval wherever it might lead—from popular culture to high theory. In recent months, posts have ranged from Beowulf at the movies to the significance of animals in the middle ages. As one committee member remarked, this is, in many ways, a "model group blog."
Our gratitude to everyone who made this honor possible: our students, our teachers, our beloved readers, our families and friends and pets and hangers on ... and we especially thank the judges: Ancarett, Timothy Burke, Miriam Elizabeth Burstein, Rebecca Goetz, Paul Harvey, Sharon Howard, Elizabeth Klaczynski, Adam Roberts, and John Carter Wood. Merci mille fois Cliopatria!
