For the first ‘Intermediality’ Graduate Research Seminar, organised by the Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge, we are joined by Fabio Barry (Stanford University) who will be discussing his recently published book ‘Painting in Stone: Architecture and the Poetics of Marble from Antiquity to the Enlightenment’.
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Online Lecture: ‘Between text and image, between writing and orality’ with Maria Chronopoulou, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham, 4 February 2021, 17:15 – 18:30 (GMT)
In this talk, Maria Chronopoulou (École Pratique des Hautes Études) discusses the ornate letters in the manuscripts of the XVI homilies of saint Gregory of Nazianzus from 11th to 13th century
Online Lecture: ‘What Did Medieval Slavery Look Like? Colour, Race and Unfreedom in Late Medieval Iberia’ with Dr Pamela Patton, Cambridge Medieval Art Seminars, 1 February 2021, 17:00 (GMT)
Join the upcoming Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar with Dr Pamela Patton (Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University), who will be presenting on: ‘What Did Medieval Slavery Look Like? Colour, Race and Unfreedom in Late Medieval Iberia’.
The British Archaeological Association Digital Tour Competition
Inspired by the difficulties in visiting churches and other historic sites during the pandemic, The British Archaeological Association is looking at ways of promoting the use of digital technology to allow them to be seen even during a lockdown, or for those far distant. The Association is therefore holding a competition to produce a short video/photographic presentation of a Roman or medieval site (a building, ruin, even a town) using remote mapping and imaging systems such as Google Earth, or Google Earth Studio. The prize is £300.
Job: Lecturer in Medieval History 1100-1500, University of Lancaster, deadline 22 February 2021
The Department of History at Lancaster University has recently advertised a new post: Lecturer in Medieval History 1100-1500. This is a twenty-four month post, at 0.9 FTE, geared to support the post-holder in developing their research alongside teaching.
Online Conference: ‘Remarkable women’: Female patronage of religious institutions, 1300-1550, Courtauld Institute of Art, 29 January 2021, 10:00 – 17:45 (GMT)
This conference seeks to explore the ways in which women patronised and interacted with monasteries and religious houses during the late Middle Ages, how they commissioned devotional and commemorative art for monastic settings, and the ways in which these donations were received and understood by their intended audiences.
Online Lecture: Dr Robert Mills’ LGBT History Month Lecture: ‘Recognising Wilgefortis’, Manchester Met, 24 February 2021, 17:30 – 19:00 (GMT)
The point of departure for Dr Robert Mills’ talk is a painting by Hieronymus Bosch depicting a crucified saint whose identity, including their gender identity, has sparked controversy.
Online Lecture: ‘The Great Church which is called Sophia’, with Alessandro Taddei, Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman & Modern Greek Studies University of Birmingham, 28 January 2021, 17:15 – 18:30 (GMT)
Join Alessandro Taddei (La Sapienza) for their talk on ‘The Great Church which is called Sophia’: The History and archaeology of the episcopal church of Constantinople before Justinian.
Online Lecture: ‘The stronghold of shields: Two 12th-century kite shields discovered in Poland’ with Keith Dowen, 4 February 2021 14:00 – 15:00 (GMT)
Although the kite shield was a key part of the early medieval warrior’s equipment, only two examples of the type survive. Keith Dowen, Royal Armouries’ Assistant Curator of Arms and Armour, will examine their design and construction as well as the circumstances of their discovery.
New Publication: ‘Emerging Naturalism: Contexts and Narratives in European Sculpture 1140-1220’ edited by Gerardo Boto Varela, Marta Serrano Coll & John McNeill
Artistic production in Europe between the mid-12th and early 13th centuries is notoriously difficult to categorise. ‘Emerging Naturalism: Contexts and Narratives in the Architectural Sculpture of the Latin Church 1140-1220’ offers a number of different perspectives on this question, while offering a panoramic analysis of the period as expressed in the medium of stone sculpture.
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