Past Fora: 1980-1989
- 1989: 10th Medieval Forum
- April 14th & 15th
Theme(s): Adversity and Compromise: Church and State Relations; The Grand Tradition: Epics, Sagas and Story Cycles
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Theodore M. Andersson, Stanford University: “Chauvinisms in Epic and Saga”
- 1988: 9th Medieval Forum
- April 15th & 16th
Theme(s): Typological Programs and Signs in the Middle Ages; The Presence of the Middle Ages in the Modern Experience (19th-20th c.)
Keynote Speaker: C. Warren Hollister, University of California: “St. Anselm on Lay Investiture”
- 1987: 8th Medieval Forum
- April 10th & 11th
Theme(s): The Capetian Millennium: 987-1987; Research and Teaching of King Arthur in Fact, Legend, and Myth—Medieval and Modern
Keynote Speaker: Stephen G. Nichols, University of Pennsylvania: “Images of Arthur”
- 1986: 7th Medieval Forum
- April 11th & 12th
Theme(s): Heroic Theme; Medieval Hispanic Studies in the US; Teaching of the Middle Ages
Keynote Speaker: Marion Meade: “Writing the Lives of Medieval People: Can It Be Done?”
- 1985: 6th Medieval Forum
- April 25th & 26th
Theme(s): Medieval Ages on the Move: Crusades, Pilgrimages; Reconquista; The Many Faces of Satire
Keynote Speaker: Charles T. Wood, Dartmouth College: “A Pilgrimage for Religion’s Sake: Satire, Crusade, and Pilgrimage in Medieval Thought”
- 1984: 5th Medieval Forum
- April 13th & 14th
Theme(s): Alfonso X: 700 Years Since the Death of the King
Keynote Speaker: Frances C. Gies: “Joanophobia: Hostilities Toward Joan of Arc”
- 1983: 4th Medieval Forum
- April 22nd & 23rd
Theme(s): No Theme
Keynote Speaker: Larry D. Benson, Harvard University: “Medieval Prudery”
Dedication of Regalia, a wall hanging by John Downs
- 1982: 3rd Medieval Forum
- April 16th & 17th
Theme(s): No Theme
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Luke Wenger, Medieval Academy of Cambridge, MA: “Mirror of Medieval Studies”
Honorary Degree: John Esten Keller
- 1981: 2nd Medieval Forum
- April 24th & 25th
Theme(s): No Theme
Keynote Speaker: Professor Joseph F. O’Callaghan, Fordham University: “Alphonso The Tenth of Castille”
- 1980: 1st Medieval Forum
- April 18th & 19th
Theme(s): No Theme
Keynote Speaker: Dean John Leyerle, University of Toronto
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