ACMRS welcomed papers that explored any topic related to the study and teaching of the Middle Ages and Renaissance and especially those that focused on the general theme of “Paradigm Shifts during the Global Middle Ages and Renaissance.”

Keynote Speaker: Ronnie Po-Chia Hsia, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History, Pennsylvania State University. Professor Hsia's research has focused on the history of the Protestant Reformation, Catholic Renewal, anti-Semitism, and the encounter between Europe and Asia. His current book project, tentatively titled Translating Christianity: China and the Catholic Missions 1584-1780, is a study of the history of cultural encounter between Counter-Reformation Europe and the Ming and Qing empires.