Tag Archives: Courtauld Institute of Art

Lecture: ‘A Spectrum of Desires: Queering Medieval Art at The Met Cloisters’, with Nancy Thebaut, 17 Dec 2025, 17:30-19:00 (GMT), Courtauld Institute of Art

In this lecture, Dr Nancy Thebaut will discuss their co-curated exhibition “Spectrum of Desire” at The Met Cloisters, which explores medieval perspectives on love, sex, and gender, with a focus on a tapestry of the Queen of Sheba and Solomon.

Lecture: ‘Episcopal display and the English crozier around the time of the Norman Conquest’, with Sophie Kelly, 22 Oct 2025, 17:30-19:00 (BST), Courtauld Institute of Art

Join Dr Sophie Kelly for a lecture that explores the evolving design and significance of croziers in the context of ecclesiastical authority and political change in England during the 11th century.

International Two-Day Conference: ‘Tracing Jewish Histories: The Long Lives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture’, Courtauld Institute of Art, 19-20 May 2025

The Courtauld and Case Western Reserve University are delighted to jointly host the two-day symposium Tracing Jewish Histories on 19-20 May 2025. The international symposium brings together museum curators and academics to examine the afterlives of art and architecture made by and for Jewish communities in the Middle Ages.

Careers for Medievalists? British Archaeological Association and The Courtauld Institute of Art, 16 March 2024, 10am-5:30pm

This event aims to demonstrate the range of career options available to medievalists, especially those studying in Art History and adjacent disciplines such as History, Archaeology and Heritage Studies.

Lecture: ‘tannczen, helsen, kussen, vnd rawmen: Of Dancing and Dalliance in the Late Middle Ages’, with Nina Rowe, Vernon Square Campus, Courtauld Institute of Art, Wednesday 7 February 2024, 5.30-7pm (GMT)

Discover the dual nature of dance in late medieval Germany through art, revealing celebration & caution in Bavaria and Austria circa 1450-1500 with Professor Nina Rowe.

Lecture: ‘Chivalry, justice and love: Royal architecture in fourteenth-century Castile’, with Elena Paulino-Montero, Vernon Square Campus, Courtauld Institute of Art, Wednesday 6 March 2024, 5.30-7pm (GMT)

In this upcoming lecture, Dr Elena Paulino-Montero explores 14th-century Castilian architecture’s evolution, the influential roles of queens and Islamic models in shaping royal spaces and power images.

Lecture: ‘The House of Mirth: the ethics of laughter and ridiculous Gothic art’ with Alixe Bovey, Vernon Square Campus, Courtauld Institute of Art, 26 March 2024, 6-8pm (GMT)

Discover the role of laughter in medieval art in this upcoming lecture, which explores how witty and crude imagery reflects contemporary ethics.

Lecture: ‘Entanglement in Shared Cultural Spaces: Hebrew Book Art in Iberia, c. 1300’, with Katrin Kogman-Appel, Vernon Square Campus, Courtauld Institute of Art, 17 Jan 2024, 5.30-7pm (GMT)

Katrin Kogman-Appel explores how Hebrew Bibles from Tudela and Perpignan circa 1300 blend Islamicate and Gothic styles, and were influenced by diverse cultural encounters and urban settings.

Colloquium: Revisiting the Cloisters Cross: A One-day Colloquium, Courtauld Institute of Art, Vernon Square, London, Friday 12th May 2023, 10.30am-6.30pm (BST)

This one-day colloquium, jointly held by the British Archaeological Association and The Courtauld, will review and extend the debates about the origins and history of the Cloisters Cross.