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

ACMRS Academic Programs:


ACMRS Faculty Fellows Program ASU Faculty may apply for a fellowship to receive a two-course teaching reduction during one semester. An ACMRS Visiting Distinguished Professor will bear the load of those two courses.

Cambridge, England Summer Study Abroad Program
Students spend five weeks at St. Catharine's College in the University of Cambridge.

NEH Summer Seminar
Disease in the Middle Ages is a five-week seminar for college and university teachers to be held July 5 - August 8, 2009 in London, England.

Summer Travel Course
Students are invited to explore medieval Europe during a summer travel course led by Professor Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona. Every year he is taking a group of max. 25 students on different routes through Europe, studying medieval architecture, art history, literature, history, philosophy, and religion. Students earn up to 6 credits. The course is based on regular classes every day at ever changing locations, on daily excursions into the various cities, castles, cathedrals, etc., on writing of a journal, and on the group experience. Any person who enrolls in the University of Arizona summer school for a nominal fee can participate.

Medieval and Renaissance Studies Certificate Program
ACMRS has established a certificate program for students interested in pursuing their studies at ASU. This program is open to both graduate and undergraduate students. To access a comprehensive list of courses offered this semester, please see our Medieval and Renaissance Studies Course Listing.

Graduate Travel Award
ACMRS offeres a travel award to a graduate student to present a paper at the International Medieval Congress, held every May at the University of Western Michigan, Kalamazoo.

Ductus: Introduction to Latin Paleography Internet Course (3 credit hours)- developed by Professor Bernard Muir of the University of Melbourne, this innovative course in codicology and paleography offers training in the transcription of thirty-six western European book hands representing the period AD 200-1500. For registration information see ASU's Distance Learning website.

Medieval and Renaissance Paleography Video Course (1 credit hour).