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Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS) invites session and paper proposals for its annual interdisciplinary conference to be held February 4-6, 2016 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Scottsdale. We welcome papers that explore any topic related to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and especially those that focus on the general theme of « Marginal Figures in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance. »Proposals will be accepted on a rolling basis until midnight, MST on December 4, 2015. Responses will be given within a week of submission. Please submit an abstract of 250 words and a brief CV to ACMRSconference@asu.edu. Proposals must include audio/visual requirements and any other special requests; late requests may not be accommodated.Questions? Call 480-965-5900 or email acmrs@acmrs.org.CONFERENCE PUBLICATION:Selected papers focused on « Marginal Figures in the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance » will be considered for publication in the conference volume of the Arizona Studies in the Middle Ages and Renaissance series, published by Brepols Publishers (Belgium).PRE-CONFERENCE MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP:ACMRS will host a workshop on manuscript studies led by Professor Timothy Graham, Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies at the University of New Mexico. The workshop will be held on the afternoon of Thursday, February 4, and participation will be limited to the first 25 individuals to register. Email acmrs@acmrs.org with « Pre-Conference Workshop » in the subject line to be added to the list. The cost of the workshop is $50 ($25 for students) and is in addition to the regular conference registration fee.PRE-CONFERENCE EMIT SOCIETY MEETING:« Globalization and the Fourth Centennial of the Inca Garcilaso, Cervantes, Shakespeare 2016″ will meet Thursday, February 4, 2016 with keynote speaker Frederick de Armas, Andrew Mellon Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, University of Chicago. www.emitsociety.comKEYNOTE SPEAKER:Frederick de Armas, Andrew Mellon Distinguished Service Professor in the Humanities, University of Chicago. Frederick A. de Armas focuses on the literature of the Spanish Golden Age (Cervantes, Calderón, Claramonte, Lope de Vega), often from a comparative perspective. His interests include the politics of astrology; magic and the Hermetic tradition; ekphrasis; the relations between the verbal and the visual particularly between Spanish literature and Italian art; and the interconnections between myth and empire during the rule of the Habsburgs.PHOENIX ART MUSEUM EXHIBITION« Masterworks of Spanish Colonial Painting » – September 5, 2015 – March 6, 2016This landmark exhibition features a selection of remarkable paintings as well as a grouping of retablos (small-scale paintings on copper or tin) recently acquired by the Phoenix Art Museum as part of the Gerry S. Culpepper Bequest. http://www.phxart.org/exhibition/colonialmastersSite de l’Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies