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
2nd Annual
Undergraduate Conference
Discipuli Juncti:
Students
Connected through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
Friday, 30 October 2009
Arizona
State University at the West campus
Glendale, AZ
Plenary Speaker:
Dr.
Anne Walters Robertson
Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Music and Humanities
University of Chicago
2009 Conference Program: Word pdf
Lodging
Information:
Recommended low-cost lodging near ASU West
Campus. Please make individual reservations:
·
Motel 6
Phoenix – Sweetwater #4474
Directions: driving directions to ASU West campus
Abstract Deadline: Deadline Extended
to September 16, 2009
If you are interested in
participating in this conference, please email a short abstract (200 words) for
a 15-20 minute presentation to Professor Mary Bjork at mary.bjork@asu.edu by September
16, 2009. Applicants will be informed of acceptance by September 21. Once
accepted, the deadline for registration is September 30. There are no
conference registration fees.
Conference Preparation Meeting:
Professor Rosalynn Voaden will be
conducting session on paper preparation and delivery to assist conferees. Students should bring the abstracts for their
papers, an outline and a copy of the Guidelines for Preparing a Conference
Paper (see link below). All sessions will be held on the Tempe campus in the
Languages and Literature Building, room 316.
Session times:
·
Wednesday, September 23: 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
·
Tuesday, October 6: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
·
Thursday, October 15: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Conference Forms:
· Conference Registration Form (Registration Deadline: 30 Sept)
·
Guidelines for Abstracts,
Panels, and Presentations
·
Guidelines
for Preparing a Conference Paper
Five $100
Travel Grants will be awarded:
All applications may be submitted:
·
Electronically to: mary.bjork@asu.edu or audrey.walters@asu.edu
·
Faxed to: 480-965-1681
·
Mailed to: ACMRS,
PO Box 874402, Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
For more
information contact:
mary.bjork@asu.edu or audrey.walters@asu.edu
Important links:
·
Discipuli
Juncti Online Publication (a selection of
papers presented at the annual ACMRS Undergraduate Conference)
·
Interactive
medieval pilgrimage webpage (interactively experience medieval
pilgrimage through various literary works).
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The New College of Interdisciplinary
Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University and ACMRS (the Arizona Center for
Medieval and Renaissance Studies) again invite all interested undergraduates to
propose papers or academic presentations in other creative media for “Discipuli
Juncti: Students Connected through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance,” our
second annual undergraduate conference on the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
The first Discipuli Juncti conference
took place on November 14, 2008. 30
students from ASU as well as from universities in Kansas, Ohio, Florida, Texas,
and Canada presented papers to audiences of, 25-30 people on topics ranging
from Beowulf to Milton. By vote the
three best papers were selected to be presented at ACMRS’s annual international
conference in February 2009, a practice that will continue for the three best
papers to come out of this year’s conference. The best conference presentations
will be published online on the ACMRS website (www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs).
On Friday, October 30, the conference
will give undergraduates who are interested in Medieval and/or Renaissance
culture another opportunity to present their research or project to a group of
their peers and others (Spring 2009 graduates are still eligible to
participate). In advance of the conference, the student will work with a
faculty mentor willing to advise and assist in developing his or her project
for a conference-level presentation (advanced graduate students are also
encouraged to serve as mentors). Paper proposals on all topics and in all
formats, including visual and aural media or any creative form of research, are
welcome. There are no conference registration fees.
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