Upcoming Seminars & Lectures
‘Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice’, Anna Christidou Memorial Lecture by Stefania Gerevini (Bocconi University), CEU – Vienna Campus & Zoom, 26 March 2026 (5:30–8:00 pm Central European Standard Time)
Join the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies for the Anna Christidou Memorial Lecture by Stefania Gerevini: ‘Facing Crisis: Art as Politics in Fourteenth-Century Venice’.
Lecture: ‘Grid as Ground: Ruled Lines and Manuscript Images’ with Hanna Vorholt, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, Friday 17 April 2026, (12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT)
Join the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies for Hanna Vorholt’s lecture: ‘Grid as Ground: Ruled Lines and Manuscript Images’.
Lecture: ‘Time, Body and Building: Architecture and Timekeeping in Late Medieval Italy’ with Giosuè Fabiano, 25 Mar 2026, 17:30-19:00 (GMT), Courtauld Institute of Art
In this lecture, Dr Giosuè Fabiano focuses on the interplay between architecture and timekeeping in late medieval Italy.
Murray Seminar: ‘Debating Sainthood: Didactic Images and the Construction of Colette of Corbie c.1470-75’ with Marisa Michaud, 3 March 2026, Birkbeck and online, 17:00—18:30 (GMT)
Join Birkbeck on 3 March 2026 for the Murray Seminar by Marisa Michaud. In this seminar, Marisa will share their research on ‘Debating Sainthood: Didactic Images and the Construction of Colette of Corbie c.1470-75’.
Lecture: ‘The Fabrication of Borders: Tailoring and Cartography in Early Modern Europe’, with Emanuele Lugli, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, 12 February 2026 (5:15 – 6:30 pm EST)
Join the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies for Emanuele Lugli’s lecture, “The Fabrication of Borders”. Professor Lugli will explore the interconnected evolution of fashion and cartography in early modern Europe.
Murray Seminar: ‘‘Lion Madonnas’ and Nations: Nationalising Late Medieval Art in Early-Twentieth-Century Silesia’ with Robert Maniura, 27 January 2026, Birkbeck, 17:00—18:30 (GMT)
Please join Birkbeck on 27 Jan for the Murray Seminar by Robert Maniura. In this seminar, Robert Maniura will share their research on ‘Nationalising Late Medieval Art in Early-Twentieth-Century Silesia’
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Upcoming Lecture Series
Online lecture: ‘Mediating Touch: Ivory Pyxides and the Eucharist’, with Evan Freeman, 17 November 2025, 12–1:30 pm (EST, UTC -5)
In this lecture, Evan Freeman, Simon Fraser University, will consider the use of ivory pyxides for receiving Communion in church. A large body of these round ivory boxes survive from late antiquity. Several boxes display motifs associated with the Eucharist.
Online Lecture Series: ‘Participation through Prayer in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World’, 21 October 2025 – 10 February 2026, Tuesdays, 4–6 pm (CET)
Join PRAYTICIPYTE for this lecture series on prayer in the Late Medieval and Early Modern World, which takes place online.
Lecture Series: Oxford Medieval Visual Culture Seminar series 2025-2026
Check out the upcoming Oxford Medieval Visual Culture Seminar series. Please note all lectures take place in person.
Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association Programme of Meetings 2025-2026
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.
Murray Seminar: ‘Natural Disorder: Art and Unruliness in Norwich Priory’ with Dr Jessica Barker, Birkbeck, 7 May 2025, 17-18:30 (GMT)
Join the next Murray Seminar with Dr Jessica Barker, who will be presenting on representations of the natural world within a particular late-medieval monastic community.
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.
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Recorded Conferences and Seminars
Recorded Conference: British Archaeological Association Postgraduate Conference 2020
This year the conference took place online via Zoom across two days. Whilst we would have loved to have hosted the conference in-person, the silver lining is that we were able to have scholars and academics across the world attend and present their work. So fear not if you missed out – as we recorded…
Recorded Webinar: Race, Racism, and Teaching the Middle Ages
On 20 July 2020, The Medieval Academy of America hosted the webinar Race, Racism, and Teaching in the Middle Ages. In the wake of recent events and ongoing racially motivated violence, there have been many institutional responses to raise awareness of race and racism in the U.S. and beyond. This webinar focused on pedagogy and…
Conference recording: Secret Spaces: Medieval Sacristies, Vestries, Treasure Rooms and their Contents, Society of Antiquaries of London, 25 February 2019
On the 25th February 2019, the Society of Antiquaries of London hosted a one-day conference on Secret Spaces: Medieval Sacristies, Vestries, Treasure Rooms and their Contents. The aim of this conference is to introduce the subject of ecclesiastical treasure houses to both the academic world and the wider public. You can now watch the entire…
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