April 15, 2019, marked a moment of shock as fire consumed Notre-Dame’s wooden roof and charred its stone interior. In the years since, the restoration has created exceptional conditions for research. Scholars granted access to the site have been able to study the building in ways that were not previously possible, and the results of this work are only now beginning to appear as the cathedral reopens to the public.
These conditions have also prompted new approaches to documenting and analyzing the monument and its history, combining established methods of analysis with emerging tools, including artificial intelligence.
This bilingual IMS-Paris roundtable brings together three specialists of Notre-Dame with deep knowledge of the cathedral. Together, they will reflect on the findings emerging from the restorations, the new insights gained into the cathedral, and the broader implications of this work for their respective fields.
Speakers:
- Dr Caroline Bruzelius, Anne Murnick Cogan Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art and Art History at Duke University.
- Dr Darwin Smith, Emeritus Research Director at the Paris Laboratory of Western Medieval Studies, Paris University- 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
- Dr Lindsay Cook, Assistant Teaching Professor of Art History, Architectural History at Penn State University.
Event Details: April 23rd at 9am PDT / 12pm EDT / 6pm Paris CEST.
Advance registration is required. Please register below, and the zoom link will be sent to your inbox 24 hours before the event.
The IMS-Paris is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (French/English) organization that fosters exchanges between French and foreign scholars. For more than two decades, the IMS has served as a center for medievalists who travel to France to conduct research, work, or study. Sign up to join our mailing list.
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