Arizona Center for Medieval
and Renaissance Studies
Arizona State
University, P.O. Box 874402, Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
Phone: (480) 965-5900 Fax:
(480) 965-1681
FALL 2010
Annual
ACMRS
Graduate Students & Affiliates Reception
August 27, 2010
3:00-5:00pm
Coor Hall 4457
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ACMRS
Lecture Series
September 22,
2010 – 2:00pm
Coor
Hall 4411
Between
Heresy and Authority: St. Augustine, the Bible, and the Lollards in Middle
English Soliloquies
Dr.
Robert Sturges
Professor of English, ASU
Free lecture open to the public
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ACMRS Friends and Affiliates Reception
September 25, 2010 6:00pm
Robert and Mary Bjork’s Residence
RSVP by September 21 audrey.walters@asu.edu
Invitation
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ACMRS
Lecture Series
October 4, 2010 – 1:30pm
Coor Hall 4403
The Assays of
Sir Walter Raleigh’s Ore from Guyana, 1595
Dr. Paul
Sellin
Distinguished
Professor Emeritus of English, UCLA
Dr. Don
Carlisle
Professor
Emeritus of Geology & Mineral Resources, UCLA
Free lecture open to the public
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4th Beowulf Symposium
October 9, 2010 – 1:30–5:30pm
Social Sciences 109
A Communal
Reading of Beowulf
All attendees
should bring a copy of Beowulf (an edition with line numbers and with Old
English and modern English translation on facing pages is recommended).
Refreshments
provided
Co-sponsors: ACMRS and the Department of English
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ACMRS Flagstaff Reception
October 15, 2010 6:00pm
Dr. Charles Connell’s Residence
RSVP charles.connell@nau.edu
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ACMRS Distinguished Lecture in Medieval Studies
October 28, 2010 – 7:00pm
Old Main, Carson Ballroom
The Great
Bibles of 12th-century England: A Study in Splendor
Dr. Rodney M.
Thomson
Emeritus,
Honorary Research Fellow, School of History and Classics
University of
Tasmania, Australia
ACMRS is pleased to invite you our annual
Distinguished Lecture in Medieval Studies and to the dedication of The Saint
John’s Bible. This copy of the Heritage
Edition of The Saint John’s Bible is a gift to ACMRS and ASU by George Berkner
of Phoenix.
Reception follows immediately.
Co-sponsor: The University Libraries
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3rd Annual ACMRS Undergraduate Conference
October 29, 2010 8:00am – 5:00pm
ASU West Campus – Sands 101, 103, 105
From Script
to Print: Reactions to a Technological Revolution
Plenary speaker:
Dr. Rodney Thomson
Emeritus,
Honorary Research Fellow, School of History and Classics
University of
Tasmania, Australia
For more information contact mary.bjork@asu.edu
Co-sponsors: New College of Interdisciplinary Arts
& Sciences at the West campus; ASU Jewish Studies, SHESC, SHPRS – Religious
Studies
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ACMRS Annual Fall Symposium
November 13, 2010 – 10:00am
West Hall 135
Medieval and
Renaissance European Ballads
Guest
speakers:
James
Massengale, Emeritus Professor of Scandinavian Studies, UC Los Angeles
Patricia
Fumerton, Professor of English, UC Santa Barbara
Samuel G.
Armistead, Distinguished Professor of Spanish, UC Davis
Ballad
performances by members of the ASU Early Music Chamber Choir
Co-sponsor: The Institute for Humanities Research
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Note: this
calendar is subject to change.
Watch for updates or call 480-965-9323 for more information.
All events are at the ASU Tempe campus unless otherwise noted.