Material Culture and Cultural Materialisms in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Material Culture and Cultural Materialisms in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance

Arizona State University, 18-20 February 1999

The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Arizona State University invites session and paper proposals for its fifth annual interdisciplinary conference on February 18 20, 1999. The Center welcomes papers that explore any topic related to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and especially those that focus on this year's theme of material culture. The latter may address, for example, specific artifacts and artistic commodities or the relationship between people's material world and the society around them.

PUBLICATION OPPORTUNITIES
Selected papers related to the conference theme are considered for publication in the fifth volume of the "Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance" series, published by Brepols Publishers (Belgium). Papers dealing with any facet of the Mediterranean region will be considered for publication in the journal Mediterranean Studies, sponsored by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, the Medieval and Renaissance Collegium (MARC) at the University of Michigan, and ACMRS at Arizona State University.

WORKSHOP
The conference will also host "The Medieval Book: A Workshop in Codicological Practice." This pre-conference half-day workshop led by Richard Clement, University of Kansas, will focus on the making of the medieval codex. Participants will discuss the production of parchment, paper, pens, and ink, and then will make several quires in preparation for writing. Note: This workshop does not cover scripts and is not calligraphic.

SETTING
The setting of the conference is the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel, a luxury resort featuring swimming pool, tennis courts, sauna, and proximity to numerous attractions in the Phoenix-Scottsdale-Tempe area. The hotel is
just two blocks from Arizona State University and 15 minutes from Phoenix International airport. The high temperature in the "Valley of the Sun" during February averages 70 degrees.

REGISTRATION
The conference registration fee is just $60 ($35 for students) and includes welcoming and concluding receptions, two days of concurrent sessions, and

DEADLINE
By October 1, 1998, send two copies of session proposals or one-page abstracts, along with two copies of your current c.v. and the audio visual request form (available on the web site), to Robert E. Bjork, Director, ACMRS, Arizona State University, Box 872301, Tempe, AZ 85287 2301. Email: acmrs@asu.edu. Phone: (602) 965 5900. Fax: (602) 965 1681. Access our web site http://www.asu.edu/clas/acmrs or contact ACMRS for more information.

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(PD 8 June 1998)