Speculum (journal)

Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies is a quarterly academic journal published by University of Chicago Press on behalf of the Medieval Academy of America. Established in 1926 by Edward Kennard Rand, it is widely regarded as the most prestigious journal in medieval studies.^[1] The journal's primary focus is on the time period from 500 to 1500 in Western Europe, but also on related subjects such as Byzantine, Hebrew, Arabic, Armenian and Slavic studies. As of 2019^[update], the editor is Katherine L. Jansen.

Speculum

Discipline	Medieval studies
Language	English
Edited by	Katherine L. Jansen
Publication details
History	1926–present
Publisher	University of Chicago Press
Frequency	Quarterly
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ISO 4	Speculum
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ISSN	0038-7134 (print) 2040-8072 (web)
LCCN	27015446
JSTOR	00387134
OCLC no.	35801878
Links
Journal homepage Online access

The organization and its journal were first proposed in 1921 at a meeting of the Modern Language Association, and the journal's focus was interdisciplinary from its beginning,^[2] with one reviewer noting a specific interest in Medieval Latin.^[3]