Devotion and Identity in British Medieval Art: New Directions

This workshop sets a new agenda for the future of British medieval art and anticipates its development over the next quarter century.  In this workshop and its later associated publication, both established and emerging scholars explore medieval British art within its larger context of religious and ethical meaning, focusing on areas of current scholarly and popular interest, including eco-criticism, the significance of animals, emotion, and the mobility of people, resources, and objects.  The resulting volume will be published by Harvey Miller (London).

This workshop is sponsored by the McFarland Center and co-organized by Amanda Luyster (Holy Cross) & Matthew M Reeve (Queen's University). 

Participants & Workshop Topics

• Heather Pulliam, University of Edinburgh / British Art c. 600-1066: The State of the Field

• Ben Tilghman, Washington College / Making Kin in Early Medieval Art

• Meg Boulton, University of York / What Lies Beneath: Expanding the Material Mesh of the Early Medieval World through Unearthed Finds

• Millie Horton-Insch, Trinity College Dublin / Reconfiguring Figural Art in the Eleventh-Century

• Nancy Edwards, Bangor University / A Sense of Place: Early Medieval Carved Stones in Wales

• Matthew M Reeve, Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario) / The British Invasion(s)? Colonisation, Climate Change, and the Contours of Romanesque and Gothic Art 1066-1350

• Amanda Luyster, College of the Holy Cross / Reinterpreting British Art Using Byzantine and Islamic Silks

• Tadhg O'Keefe, University College Dublin / Building Ireland in the 12th century: ‘architectural iconography’ and the quest for meaning  

• Julian Luxford, University of St Andrews / Addressing British Art after the Black Death: Problems and Possibilities

• Eleanor Townsend, Oxford University / When is an Altarpiece not an Altarpiece? The Jesse Reredos at St Cuthbert’s, Wells

• Zach Stewart, Texas A&M / A National Style? The Polysemy of Perpendicular Architecture beyond England

• Sonja Drimmer, UMass, Amherst / Englishness and the Localist Turn: Beyond Exceptionalism

• Bryony Coombs, University of Edinburgh / Thinking on Parchment: Manuscript Illumination in Scotland - a distinct tradition?

• Steve Perkinson, Bowdoin College / Antoine Vérard and Continental (Mis)Perceptions of the Market for English Books, c. 1500-10