Author Archives: Roisin Astell

Online lecture: ‘The Winter Sun in Capricorn: Portal Imagery in Chaucer & Chartres Cathedral’ with Shelley Williams, American Friends of Chartres, 25 October 2024 (19.30-21.00pm EDT)

Join the American Friends of Chartres to find out how Chaucer’s poetic description inspired by the Labors of the Month matches the art of the north porch and portail royal.

Online conference: British Archaeological Association Post-Graduate Online Conference, Thursday 28th November 2024, 12.20pm-17.30pm (GMT)

The British Archaeological Association are excited to present a diverse conference which includes postgraduates and early career researchers in the fields of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology. The British Archaeological Association postgraduate conference offers an opportunity for research students at all levels from universities across the UK and abroad to present their research and exchange ideas.

Zoom talk: ‘Claus Sluter’s Well of Moses for the chartreuse de Champmol, Philip the Bold and the battle of Nicopolis’ with Susie Nash and Alexandra Gajewski, Wednesday 16 October, 5pm (BST)

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, 16 October 2024, at 5 PM for an exciting discussion on Claus Sluter’s ‘Well of Moses’, a monumental sculpture recognised as the masterpiece of the Dutch artist, at the monastery at the Chartreuse de Champmol.

Online seminar: ‘Trans Theory as Method in Manuscript Studies’ with J. D. Sargan, 15 October 2024, (5:30PM – 7:00PM (BST))

Join Dr J. D. Sargan for a seminar that explores the work of trans studies as Method in Manuscript Studies.

Conference: Southeast European Silversmithing: Artisans, Donors, and the Concept of Piety during the Early Modern Period, Sofia, Bulgaria, 17-18 October 2024

On 17th and 18th October 2024 in Sofia (Bulgaria) will be held the international scientific conference “Southeast European Silversmithing: Artisans, Donors, and the Concept of Piety during the Early Modern Period.”

Lecture: Entangled Objects of Eurasia: Persian Metalwork along the Silk Road (Vienna /online, Wednesday 16 October 2024, 15:00-17:00 CET)

Coinciding with the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo, this international research forum invites three distinguished art historians with particular expertise in non-European arts who will examine the modes and modalities of portable objects, other than silk textiles, from fresh perspectives.

Seminar series: IHR seminar in European History 1150-1550, 2024-2025

We are pleased to announce this year’s programme for the IHR seminar European History 1150-1550. All seminars take place on Thursdays at 5.30pm.