Question: What year was the university, who sponsors the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies, established?

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Studia Evangelica: Studia evangelica is book containing a series of papers presented to the International Congress held at Christ Church (University of Oxford), Oxford, 1957.  The Congress followed immediately on the annual gathering of the "Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas" which had met at Birmingham.  The full title is: "Studia evangelica: papers presented to the International Congress on “The Four Gospels in 1957” held at Christ Church, Oxford, 1957".  This was followed by six more volumes containg papers presented at subsequent congresses.  the last being published in 1982.  All were in the series "Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur"; Bd.  73, 87, 88, 102, 103, 112 & 126.

Australian Early Medieval Association: The Australian Early Medieval Association (abbr.  AEMA; founded 2003) is a learned society established in the state of Victoria, Australia.  The Association was formed to promote and support early medieval studies in Australia.  Its membership is open to scholars with an active interest in early medieval studies, broadly defined as from the late Roman Empire to the Norman Conquest that is from approximately 400 CE to 1100 CE, and encompassing all regions of the world.  The Association members organise international conferences and publish an annual peer refereed journal Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association which is a key international scholarly journal in early medieval studies.

Society for Medieval German Studies: The Society for Medieval German Studies (SMGS, pronounced 'smugs') is an academic organization for scholars working in the fields of medieval German language and literature in the United States and beyond.  It was founded in 1985 particularly to provide a platform for German sessions at the annual International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo.  The society publishes a yearbook entitled "New Research in Medieval German Studies".

Jeffrey F. Hamburger: Jeffrey F. Hamburger (born 1957) is an American art historian specializing in medieval religious art and illuminated manuscripts.  In 2000 he joined the faculty of Harvard University, where in 2008 he was appointed the Kuno Francke Professor of German Art and Culture.  Hamburger received his B.A., M.A and Ph.D from Yale and has previously held professorships at Oberlin College and the University of Toronto.  Elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy in 2001, he has won numerous awards for his publications, among them: the Charles Rufus Morey Prize of the College Art Association (1999), the Roland H. Bainton Book Prize in Art & Music (1999), the Otto Gründler Prize of the International Congress on Medieval Studies (1999), the Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History of the American Philosophical Society (1998), the John Nicholas Brown Prize of the Medieval Academy of America (1994), and the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities of the American Council of Graduate Schools (1991).  His research has been supported by fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Philosophical Society, the Institute for Advanced Study, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.  In 2009 Hamburger was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 2010, of the American Philosophical Society.  In 2015 he was awarded an Anneliese Maier Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Julia Barrow: Julia Steuart Barrow, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 5 December 1956) is a British historian and academic, who specialises in medieval and ecclesiastical history.  Since 2012, she has been Professor in Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds and Director of its Institute for Medieval Studies.

Western Michigan University: Western Michigan University (WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States.  The university was established in 1903 by Dwight B. Waldo, and as of the Fall 2014 semester, its enrollment was 23,914.

Peritia: Peritia: Journal of the Medieval Academy of Ireland is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering Irish and Insular medieval studies in the context of the European Middle Ages and European medieval studies in general.  The editors-in-chief are Dáibhí Ó Cróinín (National University of Ireland, Galway) and Elva Johnston (University College Dublin).  The journal is published by Brepols Publishers.

International Medieval Congress: The International Medieval Congress (IMC) is an annual academic conference held for scholars specializing in, or with an interest in, the study of the European Middle Ages (c. 300-1500).  It is organised and administered by the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of Leeds and is held in early July.  The Congress is the largest annual conference in any subject in the UK, regularly attracting over 2000 registered participants.

International Congress on Medieval Studies: The International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual academic conference held for scholars specializing in, or with an interest in, medieval studies.  It is sponsored by Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan and is held during the first half of May.  The Congress is the largest annual gathering in the field, regularly attracting over three thousand registered participants.  The 50th annual conference took place in 2015.

Fields Medal Symposium: The Fields Medal Symposium is an annual event that honours one of the Fields Medal recipients from the most recent International Congress of Mathematicians.  The symposium is jointly endorsed by the International Mathematical Union and the Fields Institute for Mathematical Sciences.  The idea was conceived in preparation for the International Congress of Mathematicians 2010 (ICM2010) in Hyberdad, India.  Professor Edward Bierstone of the University of Toronto was the director of the institute during the inaugural symposium in October 2012.  All symposiums take place at the Fields Institute in Toronto, Canada.  The symposia include mathematical activity that explore work related to the honoured Fields Medallist.  They will include public lectures meant to spark interest in mathematics including public lectures and events for students.

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Answer: 1903