1999/2000
The 32nd Annual Conference of the Association will take place at the Snowbird Resort outside Salt Lake City, May 11-14. The conference is being organized by Phebe Jensen, of Utah State University, Isabel Moreira, of University of Utah; local arrangements are being handled by Michael Walton. The conference will be sponsored by Utah State University, University of Utah and other Utah institutions. The theme of the RMMRA 2000 conference is "Millennium, Much Ado About Nothing?"
Papers and proposals on or related to the conference theme and in the fields of medieval and Renaissance literature, history, art, music, religion, or interdisciplinary studies are welcomed. The deadline date for individual and panel submissions is March 1, 2000.
Please send abstracts and proposals to either one of the conference
organizers:
Phebe Jensen, Utah State Univsersity Logan, UT 84322
Pjensen@english.usu.edu
or Isabel Moreira, University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Isabel.Moreira@m.cc.utah.edu.
All members are encouraged to disseminate this Call for Papers to individuals and departments who may be interested. Please notify organizers if there is someone not on the current mailing list who would like more information.
2000 Call for Papers: Salt Lake City, UT
In Memorium: Delno West
1999 Conference: Tempe, AZ
Breck Award for Best Paper
Quidditas
Invitation to Join
Web Address
RMMRA notes with sadness the passing in June, 1998, of one of the founding
members of the Association, Delno C. West. West, Professor of History at
Northern Arizona University (where he served for a time as chair of the
History Department and director of the Honor’s Program), was a president of
the Association and the general coordinator of three annual meetings that
were held in Flagstaff and at the Grand Canyon. His teaching centered
around medieval Europe and he published widely on the history of
Christianity. His numerous books and articles include The Librio de las
Profecias of Christopher Columbus (1991). He was a fine scholar and a
good friend. He will be missed.
The Association has established a Senior Scholar Award, in Del West’s
memory, for a paper delivered at the annual conference. The inaugural
award will be presented for a paper given the 2000 annual meeting.
1999 RMMRA Conference participants and Association members gathered for the
31st annual meeting in Tempe, Arizona on May 20-22. The theme of the
conference was "Marvels and Commonplaces in the Middle Ages & the
Renaissance." Plenary addresses included Asuncion Lavrin's "The New World
as Wonder: Physical and Spiritual Encounters in the New World" and Victor Skretkowicz's
"Philhellenic Shakespeare."
The conference included 37 panels and over 100 participants from North
America and Europe.
During the conference weekend, participants were entertained by medieval
and Renaissance music performed by Cantemus and many took advantage of the
natural beauty of the Grand Canyon and nearby museums and outdoor
activities in Phoenix, Sedona, and Tucson.
At the business meeting, President Nancy Gutierrez, (Arizona State
University) thanked Nancy K. Spatz (University of Northern Colorado) for
her tenure as President the previous 2 years. Susan Aronstein (University
of Wyoming) continued as Treasurer and Karen Robertson (Vassar College) as
Secretary. New executive board members were confirmed: Phebe Jensen (Utah
State University), Jean McIntyre (University of Alberta), Ann Scott
(Northern Arizona University), Charles Smith, Paul Thomas (Brigham Young
University), and Michael Walton.
Graduate students and assistant professors who present at the 2000
conference are eligible to submit their papers for the Allen D. Breck
Award.
The 1999 winner of the Breck Award was James Daybell (Reading University,
England) for his paper "'Ples acsep thes my skrybled lynes': The
Construction and Convention of Women's Letter Writing in England
1540-1603."
For the year 2000, the Award carries with it publication in Quidditas, the
Association journal, and a $300 monetary award. Submission guidelines
include that the participant submit the paper that was presented at the
1999 conference in Tempe, Arizona. The paper must be previously
unpublished and 4 copies must be sent for consideration by January 15.
Please note that the January 15 deadline date is an extension of the normal
deadline.
Submissions may be sent to
Quidditas, the Association journal, publishes articles of both national and
international scholarly interest. Interested parties should submit for
review 4 copies of their article by October 1st.
Please send submissions to:
If you join RMMRA now, your subscription to Quidditas will be entered for
the next available issue. Please note that all conference presenters need
to be members of the Association. Please address your request (with $20
dues) to:
Name ________________________________
You may also join the Association, get updates on the conference schedule,
and link to other relevant sites through the RMMRA web site:
Our thanks to Webmanager Jesse Swan for
maintenance of this site.
Nancy Gutierrez
English Department
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
Sharon Beehler, Editor Quidditas
English Department
Montana State University Bozeman
Bozeman, MT 59717-2300
Susan Aronstein
Department of English
P.O. Box 3353
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82072.
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