ACMRS Symposium

ACMRS is dedicated to community outreach programs, the core of which is an annual fall symposium. These symposia explore topics of interest to the general public. In past years they have dealt with subjects such as J. R. R. Tolkien, Robin Hood, Don Quixote, love and sex in medieval and Renaissance Italy, Arthurian legends, Jews, witch hunts, music and dance, and death and dying in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

• Fall 2010 – Medieval and Renaissance European Ballads
• Fall 2008 - Festivals to My Soul: Performance and Ritual in Celtic Cultures
• Fall 2007 - Men in Horns: The Fancied and Real World of the Vikings
• Fall 2006 - Chasing Windmills: In Search of Don Quixote
• Fall 2005 - The Robin Hood Legend
• Fall 2003 and January 2005 - The Many Faces of Elizabeth I
• Fall 2002 - J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Behind The Lord of the Rings
• Fall 2001 - Death and Dying in the Middle Ages and Renaissance
• Fall 1998 - Cultural Intersections: Jewish Religion, Art, and Science in the Old World
• Temple Beth Israel
• Fall 1997 - Music and Dance in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
  Kerr Cultural Center
• Fall 1996 - Love and Sex in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
  Scottsdale Civic Center Library Auditorium
• Fall 1995 - The Witch, the Child, and the Stake: Witch-hunts in Early Modern Europe and Modern America
  Scottsdale Civic Center Library Auditorium
• Spring 1995 - Runes, Swords, and Gold: A Reconsideration of Viking Culture
  Scottsdale Civic Center Library Auditorium
• Fall 1994 - Arthurian Tradition: Medieval Roots and Popular Culture
  Kerr Cultural Center