Past Fora: 1980-1989

1st Medieval Forum, 1980
  • 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