Ever wondered how a medieval palace chapel was built? St Stephen’s Chapel, Westminster (constructed 1292-1363) was one of the most influential buildings of its age, and extensive records of its creation survive in the National Archives, London. From 21st November 2015, we will be using Twitter to post a live feed of a whole yearContinue reading “St Stephen’s Chapel live”
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Upcoming Event: London Medieval Society Meeting- Forging Ahead (November 14, 2015)
The first London Medieval Society Colloquium of the new academic year welcomes Dr Alfred Hiatt as the Society’s new President. To celebrate the program explores themes central to his research: – Medieval Forgeries, Medieval Maps, Places and Spaces Speakers are: Catherine Delano-Smith on understanding medieval maps; Leonie Hicks on medieval voyaging; Marianne O’Doherty on medieval ideas of the Indian Ocean;Continue reading “Upcoming Event: London Medieval Society Meeting- Forging Ahead (November 14, 2015)”
CFP: University of North Texas Medieval Graduate Symposium (March 3/4, 2016)
The annual graduate symposium on Medieval Studies at the University of North Texas provides a platform for graduate students of any discipline to present their work on any aspect of the Middle Ages. This year’s theme is “The Technical Details of Everyday Life.” Submissions for papers on any topic from the Late Antique to theContinue reading “CFP: University of North Texas Medieval Graduate Symposium (March 3/4, 2016)”
CFP: Performance (Medieval Graduate Conference at the University of Pennsylvania)
8th Annual Medievalists @ Penn Graduate Conference: Performance (3/18/16) Keynote Speaker: Theresa Coletti Professor of English, University of Maryland Papers are encouraged to address any aspect of the performances, whether planned or improvised, exceptional or everyday, which formed an integral part of medieval culture. While the rich tradition of mystery cycles, saints’ plays, and moralityContinue reading “CFP: Performance (Medieval Graduate Conference at the University of Pennsylvania)”
Pardon our Dust: Reassessing Iconography at the Index of Christian Art (Kalamazoo 2016 sessions)
The International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS) at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12 – 15, 2016 Deadline: Sep 15, 2015 Pardon our Dust: Reassessing Iconography at the Index of Christian Art 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 12-15, 2016 Deadline: September 15, 2015 Organizers: Catherine Fernandez and Henry Schilb (Index of Christian Art, PrincetonContinue reading “Pardon our Dust: Reassessing Iconography at the Index of Christian Art (Kalamazoo 2016 sessions)”
Material Processes and Making In Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2016 session)
The International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS) at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12 – 15, 2016 Deadline: Sep 15, 2015 Art historians traditionally focus on the finished work, yet attention to the creative process of making allows us to consider how medieval builders and artisans constructed monuments, made objects, and planned workflow for large-scale projects.Continue reading “Material Processes and Making In Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2016 session)”
“Reassessing Kantorowicz’s The King’s Two Bodies: Representations of Secular Power in Word and Image” (Kalamazoo 2016)
Since its publication in 1957, Ernst Kantorowicz’s The King’s Two Bodies has achieved canonical status in the field of medieval history. This sweeping account of medieval political theology describes how the king came to be perceived as a gemina persona, possessing both a “body natural” (material and mortal) and a “body politic” (immaterial and immortal).Continue reading ““Reassessing Kantorowicz’s The King’s Two Bodies: Representations of Secular Power in Word and Image” (Kalamazoo 2016)”
Crossing the Hanseatic Threshold and Beyond: Making Connections in Medieval Art, c. 1200-1500 (Kalamazoo 2016)
The Hanse, also known as the Hanseatic League, was a trade network of merchants and cities across the Northern and Baltic Seas that flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Due to its geographic reach, the Hanse provided a framework to connect distant towns, peoples, cultures, ideas, and materials together. This session aims to exploreContinue reading “Crossing the Hanseatic Threshold and Beyond: Making Connections in Medieval Art, c. 1200-1500 (Kalamazoo 2016)”
Picturing the present: Structuring the medieval beholder’s relation towards time (Kalamazoo 2016)
Armin Bergmeier (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich) Andrew Griebeler (University of California, Berkeley) “What then is time?” asks Augustine, the fourth-century bishop of Hippo, “If no one asks me, I know, but if I wish to explain it, I do not know.” Although intimately familiar, time eludes simple description. For Augustine, it is a single, ever-moving point ofContinue reading “Picturing the present: Structuring the medieval beholder’s relation towards time (Kalamazoo 2016)”
New Perspectives on Medieval Rome (2 sessions at Kalamazoo 2016)
Digital, environmental, material, Mediterranean, sensory, spatial: these are among the recent “turns” taken by the medieval humanities, including art history. The new perspectives on the past opened by these approaches, many of which are informed by interdisciplinary research and contemporary cultural interests in the natural and built world, are fundamentally reshaping how we conceive ofContinue reading “New Perspectives on Medieval Rome (2 sessions at Kalamazoo 2016)”
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