Sergio La Porta (California State University, Fresno) discusses the translation of the martyrology of St. Step‘anos Ulnec‘i and its place in the larger Mediterranean world.
Author Archives: Roisin Astell
CFP: ‘Self & Selves’, White Rose Medieval Graduate Conference (Virtual, 17-18 June 2021), deadline 1 April 2021
This conference explores how medieval people expressed and conceptualised the self and selves.
Call for Journal Submissions: ‘Sacred Spaces in Motion’, deadline 1 May 2021
The Review of Ecumenical Studies invites submissions for their upcoming issue: ‘Sacred Spaces in Motion’. Deadline for submissions is 1 May 2021.
CFP: Water in towns in North-West Europe in the early Middle Ages: an agent of urban spatial transformation (4th−12th centuries), University of Tours (France) (21-23 October 2021), deadline 1 March 2021
This conference will assess the role of water in the early Middle Ages, as an agent of urban spatial transformation.
Online Lecture: Dr Zsuzsanna Gulácsi, ‘Sideways-Oriented Images of Manichaean and Armenian Liturgical Books’, East of Byzantium Lecture, 29 January 2021, 3pm (EST)
Join the East of Byzantium Lecture series for Dr Zsuzsanna Gulácsi’s presentation on ‘Sideways-Oriented Images of Manichaean and Armenian Liturgical Books’.
CFP: Reviving the Trinity: New Perspectives on 15th-Century Scottish Culture (27th March 2021), deadline 1 February 2021
Call for papers for Reviving the Trinity: New Perspectives on 15th-Century Scottish Culture (27th March 2021), deadline for proposals is 1 February 2021
Job: Research Associate in Hebrew Manuscripts, John Rylands Library, Manchester, deadline 25 January 2021
Applications are invited for the post of Research Associate in Hebrew Manuscripts, to produce an online catalogue, compliant with current cataloguing and metadata standards and to promote The University of Manchester Library’s Hebrew collection. The post is part-time and fixed term from 1 March 2021 to 30 June 2022.
Online Lecture: Dr Tom Nickson, ‘(Im)material Devotions: Light and lighting devices in devotional practice’, Warburg Institute, 9 February 2021, 17:30 – 19:00 (GMT)
As part of the Warburg Institute’s ‘A Material World: Devotion’ lectures, Dr Tom Nickson (Courtauld Institute) will examine the role of candles, lamps and natural light in shaping devotional spaces and experiences.
New Publication: ‘The Portal of Glory: Architecture, Matter, and Vision’ Edited by Francisco Prado-Vilar
To celebrate the start of the Santiago de Compostela Jubilee Year (Xacobeo 2021), the Complutense Foundation publishes an open-access digital edition of the book ‘The Portal of Glory: Architecture, Matter, and Vision’.
Online Lecture: ‘Living legends: the art of adventure in English manuscripts c. 1240-1340’ with Amy Jeffs, BAA Lecture, 3 February 2021, 5:00 PM (GMT)
The British Archaeological Association’s February Lecture will be by Dr Amy Jeffs who will be presenting ‘Living legends: the art of adventure in English manuscripts c. 1240-1340’.
Medieval Art Research 