Join the second Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar of 2025, Krisztina Ilko (Queens’ College, University of Cambridge) will speak on her new research project on medieval chess pieces.
Category Archives: Seminars & Lectures
Murray Seminar: ‘Leonardo and Melzi: the role of illustrations in the composition and creation of meaning in the Libro di pittura’ with Juliana Barone, 12 February 2025 (5-6.30pm GMT)
This month’s Murray Seminar is with Dr Juliana Barone, who is presenting their research on Libro di pittura di M. Lionardo da Vinci pittore et scultore fiorentino.
Online lecture: ‘Golden Wreaths for Hippocrates: Art, Learning, and Lineage on a Medieval Cup’ with Dr Mary Franklin-Brown, 4 February 2025 (5:30 – 7pm GMT)
Join this lecture on a medieval cup made for Humfrey & Eleanor, Duke & Duchess of Gloucester, and owned by Lady Margaret Beaufort.
Murray Seminar: ‘Charles of Luxembourg as a visitor at the papal court in Avignon’, Dr Alexandra Gajewski, 21 January 2025 (5-6.30pm GMT)
The next Murray Seminar at Birkbeck University is given by Dr Alexandra Gajewski, focusing on the Charles of Luxembourg at the papal court in Avignon.
Online Lecture: ‘Inscribing Sacred Matter: Reading and Writing Inscriptions on Byzantine Relics’, with Brad Hostetler, 5 December 2024, 12:00 PM (EST)
This online lecture brings together literary and material sources that speak to the act of reading and writing inscriptions in situ, focusing on those that were attached to relics and reliquaries.
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.
