Category Archives: Seminars & Lectures

Murray Seminar: ‘The Market for Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts c. 1890-1929 and its Consequences’, with Dr Laura Cleaver, Birkbeck, 4 December 2024 (5-6.30pm GMT)

The next Murray Seminar at Birkbeck University is given by Dr Laura Cleaver, focusing on the The Market for Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts.

Lecture: ‘Hands That Heal, Looks That Kill: Towards a Fabulous History of Marian Architecture’ with Matthew Reeve, Paul Mellon Centre, London, 4 December 2024 (5pm–7pm GMT)

Join the Paul Mellon Centre for a lecture that focuses on Marian devotion during the Middle Ages with Matthew Reeve.

Mmmonk School 2024: Webinars on Medieval Books

Join Mmmonk and Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies (UGent) for their interdisciplinary practice-focused programme about medieval Flemish manuscripts. Experts introduce the main concepts, skills and methods of their given field of expertise. The lessons are online, free and open to everyone.

Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association Programme of Meetings 2024-2025

The British Archaeological Association holds regular monthly lectures on the first Wednesday of each month between October and May in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House and online.

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.

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.

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.