Author Archives: Roisin Astell

Call for Proposals: ‘Social Sculpture in the Middle Ages’, Different Visions journal, deadline 1 October 2023

This special issue of Different Visions seeks to address the methodological unity between sensory experience, reader response, and performance studies through the paradigm of “social sculpture.”

Conference: ‘Visualizing Drugs & Dyes. Art and Pharmacology in (Early) Medieval Worlds (600–1400)’, 4-6 Sep 2023, University of Basel

Attend online or in person this wonderful conference all about the role of plants within material practice and medicine.

New Publication: ‘Colors in Medieval Art: Theories, Matter, and Light from Suger to Grosseteste (1100–1250)’, by Alberto Virdis

This book argues that color is and was a central “cultural object” within art history, a fact first elucidated through an examination of the debates and difficulties of color in language, theology, science, and philosophy.

New Publication: ‘Paris: The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City’, edited By Alexandra Gajewski, John McNeill

Check out the new British Archaeological Association’s book on ‘Paris: The Powers that Shaped the Medieval City’.

Scholarship: Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain MA Scholarship, deadline 5 July 2023

The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain invites applications for their MA Scholarship. Deadline 5th July 2023.

Lecture: ‘Analysis of Pigments on Painted Byzantine & Japanese Manuscripts’, Kate Fulcher, Bodleian Libraries Oxford, 26 June 2023, 1:00–2:00 pm (BST)

Head to the Bodleian Library to hear the Library’s new Heritage Scientist speak about Byzantine manuscripts from the 10th to 13th centuries, and Japanese scrolls from the 17th century.

Study day: ‘The Invention of Greek origins in the textual and visual cultures of pre-modern Europe (1100-1600)’, University of Lille, 30th June 2023

Join the ERC AGRELITA for this study day at the University of Lille.

Invite to join the ‘Medieval Wall Paintings’ Research Group

Work on medieval wall paintings? Two PhD students are setting up a working group entitled the ‘Medieval Wall Painting’ Group to facilitate discussion, networking, and learning about wall paintings, and to promote research.

CFP: British Archaeological Association post-grad conference 2023, deadline 31 July 2023

The BAA invites proposals by postgraduates and early career researchers in the field of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology.