Public Lecture Series

In the spring of 2012, ACMRS established a new aspect of the center that will be entirely devoted to public programs. In this way, the center will serve as a bridge between the scholarly community and the general public. These programs are intended to bring the information and research from our affiliates to the lovers of history in our local community.

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The first series is entitled:

“Fearless Females: Audacious and Feisty Women of the Middle Ages and Renaissance”

ACMRS Public Programs will host a series of programs highlighting the life and times and legacy of a variety of outspoken and influential women from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Each program will be led by a recognized scholar discussing an audacious woman who made a significant contribution. Both famous and infamous and are worthy of study. Discussions will be informative, educational, and fun but geared to the general public. A Q&A will follow the program.

• "The Widow, the Prince, and the Book: How Christine de Pizan Rewrote History" Mark Cruse, Assoc. Prof. of French, School of International Letters and Cultures, ASU
• "Queen Anne Boleyn and Lady Leicester: Wicked Women of Tudor England" Retha Warnicke, Professor of History, School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, ASU
• "Sexual Sirens: Mayan and Andean Goddesses in Renaissance Latin American Literature” Sharonah Fredrick, PhD Candidate, Department of Hispanic Language & Literature, State University of New York, Stony Brook
• "Sisters of the Blood: Daoist Women in the Late Tang Dynasty Court" Stephen Bokenkamp, Professor of Chinese, School of International Letters & Cultures, ASU
• "Princesses, Courtesans, and Warrior Women: Italian Renaissance Women in Fantasy and Reality" Ian Moulton, Professor of English, School of Letters & Sciences, ASU
• "The Lady as Lord in the Crusader States" Sharan Newman, acclaimed author and medieval scholar
• "Catherine the Great and the Theater of Power" Hilde Hoogenboom, Asst. Prof. of Russian and Mark Cruse, Assoc. Prof. of French, School of International Letters & Cultures, ASU
• "Artemesia Gentileschi: Proto-Feminist?" Rachel Geschwind, Visiting Asst. Professor of Art History, Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts, ASU
• Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7:00pm: "The Mother of Ruin: Queen Morgause in the Arthurian Legend" Diane Facinelli, Honors Faculty Fellow, Barrett, The Honors College, ASU



• Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 7:00pm: "The Single Woman's Guide to Renaissance London: Isabella Whitney, a Very Early Female Poet" Cora Fox, Associate Professor of English, Department of English, ASU



• Date and Location To Be Announced: "'I know I am only a woman, but…’ Katerina Lemmel: Newly Discovered Art Patron, Renaissance Businesswoman and Nun” Corine Schleif, Professor of Art History, Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts, ASU