Off Campus

2023 Nov 06

Mary Jaharis Center Lecture on Byzantine Arts and Culture

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom

Paroma Chatterjee (University of Michigan): Measuring Weather: The Windvane and the Nilometer in Byzantine Art and Texts

This lecture discusses the monumental scientific devices that appear in the Byzantine literary and pictorial tradition, particularly the windvane that stood for centuries in Constantinople before its destruction during the Fourth Crusade (1204 CE) and the Nilometer used for measuring the rising...

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2023 Oct 21

Walter Denny: A Symposium

2:00pm to 6:00pm

Location: 

Old Chapel, University of Massachusetts Amherst
A day-long conference celebrating the career of Walter Denny, Distinguished Professor of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, featuring contributions by Yael Rice (Amherst College), Laura Weinstein (Museum of Fine Arts Boston), Aimée Froom (Museum of Fine Arts Houston), Amanda Phillips (University of Virginia), Margaret Squires (Courtauld Institute of Art), and Sumru Krody (The Textile Museum, Washington D.C.). For a complete program, please click... Read more about Walter Denny: A Symposium
2023 Nov 10

Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Zoom presentation
Alexander Saminsky (Independent Scholar), Mid-Eleventh-Century Miniatures from Antioch and Constantinople, with response by Joe Glynias (Harvard Society of Fellows). Co-sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and departments of Classics and the History of Art. This talk will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; please register here. Read more about Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture
2023 Oct 13

Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Zoom presentation
Henry Maguire (Johns Hopkins University), “Fiery Light” of Majesty: Glass Mosaic and the Aesthetic of Silk in Byzantium, with response by Gudrun Buehl (Independent Scholar). Co-sponsored by the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and departments of Classics and the History of Art. This talk will take place on the Zoom meeting platform; please register here. Read more about Yale Lectures in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture
2023 Mar 25

New England Medieval Conference

(All day)

Location: 

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

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