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
Humanity and the Natural World
in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
11 - 13 February 2010
Four Points by Sheraton
Tempe, Arizona
Registration:
The conference registration fee is $90 ($45 for students) if you register by 16
January 2009; after that date the registration fee increases by $10. The fee
includes welcoming and farewell receptions, two days of concurrent sessions
(Friday and Saturday), and keynote address. Please note that there will be an
opening reception Thursday evening, but there will be no sessions that day.
The conference registration form is now available in Word or pdf. Please send registration form and payment to:
ACMRS
Conference Registration
Arizona State University
PO Box 874402
Tempe, AZ 85287-4402
Fax: 480-965-1681
Lodging:
The conference will be held at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel, Tempe,
Arizona: www.fourpointstempe.com.
Please make your reservations early if you would like to stay there by calling
1-800-368-7764. Tell them you will be attending the ACMRS Conference to get the
special rate beginning at $135.00 plus tax.
Program Schedule:
Please check back for the conference program schedule
Pre-conference Manuscript
Workshop:
February 12, 1:00p.m. -
4:30p.m.
Before the conference, ACMRS will host a workshop on manuscript studies to be
led by Timothy Graham, Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the
University of New Mexico. The workshop will be Thursday afternoon, and
participation will be limited to 25 participants, who will be determined by the
order in which registrations are received. Email acmrs@asu.edu
with "conference workshop" as the subject line to be added to the
list. The cost of the workshop is $20 and is in addition to the regular
conference registration fee.
Post-conference Tour:
A post-conference Grand Canyon Tour is offered for Sunday, 15 February 2009.
Please contact the Open Road Tours Company directly for more information and
registration:
Tour Information Page
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Tour Registration Registration
Form
Plenary Session:
The conference keynote speaker will be Stephen G. Nichols, James M. Beall
Professor of French and Humanities and Chair of the Romance Languages and
Literatures Department at The Johns Hopkins University. Among his many
publications are Rethinking the Medieval
Senses: Heritage / Fascinations / Frames, ed. with Andreas Kablitz and
Alison Calhoun (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007), Mimesis: From Mirror to Method, Augustine to Descartes, ed. with
John D. Lyons (The Davies Group, 2005), and Romanesque
Signs: Early Medieval Narrative and Iconography (Yale University Press,
1985). His two current publications are Seeing Voices: On Reading Troubadour Poetry
(forthcoming), and Laughing Matters: The
Enigma and Exasperation of Laughter (University of Chicago Press, in
progress).
Conference Publications:
Selected papers related to the conference theme 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).
Questions? Call 480-965-9323 or email acmrs@asu.edu.