The 22 ACMRS Conference in Arizona 2016 focus on Marginal Figures in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance
The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) is a lively research centre. It was founded in 1981 as a state-wide research unit charged with stimulating the interdisciplinary exploration of medieval and Renaissance culture. Its activities cover a period roughly from AD 400 to 1700. ACMRS coordinates programs at ASU, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, and the University of Arizona in Tucson. Among the activities and programs the center sponsors are a semi-annual distinguished lecture and ad hoc lecture series, an annual distinguished visiting professorship, an annual conference, a public symposium, and summer study-abroad programs in the United Kingdom and Italy. The Center also awards undergraduate and graduate certificates in medieval and Renaissance studies to students completing required coursework. The Centre publishes a series of journals and reports from conferences –
- Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies
- Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance (Brepols Publishers)
- Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, an online bibliography and digitized library
- Late Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Brepols Publishers)
- Studies in Medieval and Renaissance History, an interdisciplinary journal (AMS Press)
- Oxford Dictionary of the Middle Ages, a resource of first resort, completed in 2010
ACMRS Conference 2016
22nd Annual ACMRS Conference
Embassy Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale Hotel, 4415 E Paradise Village Pkwy S, Phoenix, AZ 85032
04.02.2016 – 06.02.2016
Call for Papers
ACMRS invites session and paper proposals for its annual interdisciplinary conference to be held February 4-6, 2016 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Scottsdale. We welcome papers that explore any topic related to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and especially those that focus on the general theme of “Marginal Figures in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance.”
Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis until midnight, Mountain Standard Time on December 4, 2015. Responses will be given within a week of submission. Please submit an abstract of 250 words and a brief CV to ACMRSconference@asu.edu. Proposals must include audio/visual requirements and any other special requests; late requests may not be accommodated.
Questions? Call 480-965-5900 or email acmrs@acmrs.org.
Conference Publication:
Selected papers focused on “Marginal Figures in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance” will be considered for publication in the conference volume of the Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance series, published by Brepols Publishers (Belgium). The most recent conference-report Negotiating the Political in Northern European Urban Society, c.1400–c.1600 and was ed. by Sheila Sweetinburgh (Book series: Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, 38, Turnhout: Brepols Publishers, 2013).
Keynote Speaker:
Frederick de Armas, Andrew Mellon Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, University of Chicago. Frederick A. de Armas focuses on the literature of the Spanish Golden Age (Cervantes, Calderón, Claramonte, Lope de Vega), often from a comparative perspective. His interests include the politics of astrology; magic and the Hermetic tradition; ekphrasis; the relations between the verbal and the visual particularly between Spanish literature and Italian art; and the interconnections between myth and empire during the rule of the Habsburgs.
Pre-Conference meetings
- Pre-conference manuscript Workshop:
ACMRS will host a workshop on manuscript studies led by Professor Timothy Graham, Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico. The workshop will be held on the afternoon of Thursday, February 4, and participation will be limited to the first 25 individuals to register. Email acmrs@acmrs.org with “Pre-Conference Workshop” in the subject line to be added to the list. The cost of the workshop is $50 ($25 for students) and is in addition to the regular conference registration fee.
- Pre-Conference Emit Society (Early Modern Image and Text) Meeting
“Globalization and the Fourth Centennial of the Inca Garcilaso, Cervantes, Shakespeare 2016” will meet Thursday, February 4, 2016 with keynote speaker Frederick de Armas, Andrew Mellon Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, University of Chicago. www.emitsociety.com
- Pre-Conference Rekn, Mesa, Iter meetings:
The 2016 gathering will also feature workshops sponsored by the Medieval Electronic Scholarly Alliance (MESA) and Renaissance Knowledge Network (ReKN), working in conjunction with the Advanced Research Consortium (ARC). Both MESA and ReKN are also sponsoring a small number of panels during the gathering, and ReKN will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, February 3-4, 2016. To have your work considered for presentation on the MESA and ReKN conference panels, please send your proposals to Daniel Powell (ReKN: daniel.j.powell@kcl.ac.uk) and Dot Porter (MESA: dorp@upenn.edu).
Other Events
- Les enfans sans abri:
Since 1989, the ad hoc medieval/Renaissance drama troupe Les enfans sans abri (LESA) has been performing comedies all over the country and even in Europe.
- Phoenix Art Museum Exhibition:
“Masterworks of Spanish Colonial Painting” – September 5, 2015 – March 6, 2016
This landmark exhibition features a selection of remarkable paintings as well as a grouping of retablos (small-scale paintings on copper or tin) recently acquired by the Phoenix Art Museum as part of the Gerry S. Culpepper Bequest. http://www.phxart.org/exhibition/colonialmasters
