Paul Cobb (Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania), Crusade, Captivity, and Wonder: Johannes Schiltberger's Traveler Tales. Co-sponsored by the Committee on Medieval Studies and the Harvard University Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
Rehm Library, The College of the Holy Cross, 1 College St., Worcester, MA
Bringing the Holy Land Home: The Crusades, Chertsey Abbey, and the Reconstruction of a Medieval Masterpiece, a daylong symposium exploring the cross-cultural impact of the Crusades upon medieval England and western Europe; featuring presentations by Amanda Luyster (College of the Holy Cross), Nicholas Paul (Fordham University), Lloyd de Beer (British Museum), Euan Roger (National Archives, Kew), Matthew Reeve (Queen's University), Cynthia Hahn (Hunter College/CUNY), Eva Hoffman (Tufts University), Paroma Chatterjee (University of Michigan), Richard Leson (University of Wisconsin... Read more about New England Medieval Conference
Robert Bork (University of Iowa), Applying CAD to Geometrical Research in Art History: Gothic Cathedrals and Beyond. Reception to follow. Co-sponsored by Harvard Arts & Humanities Research Computing (DARTH), the Department of the History of Art & Architecture, and the Committee on Medieval Studies.
Harvard Art Museums, Naumburg Room, 32 Quincy Street
The Gothic architectural tradition emerged in France around 1130, and it flourished spectacularly for the century and a half that followed. Scholars have long recognized that French builders made dramatic progress in this period largely because they were competing to produce structures taller and more daring than any seen before, but the details of this architectural arms race have remained rather obscure, because the...
Harvard Art Museums, Naumburg Room, 32 Quincy Street
The Gothic architectural tradition emerged in France around 1130, and it flourished spectacularly for the century and a half that followed. Scholars have long recognized that French builders made dramatic progress in this period largely because they were competing to produce structures taller and more daring than any seen before, but the details of this architectural arms race have remained rather obscure, because the geometrical character of the Gothic design process has rarely been considered in this context. In this workshop, Professor...