Scholars and curators of medieval and early modern Jewish art, museology, and provenance convened in London two weeks ago to participate in the international two-day symposium Tracing Jewish Histories: The Long Lives of Medieval Hebrew Manuscripts, Judaica, and Architecture. The symposium took place in London at The Courtauld Institute of Art and was co-organized by Reed O’Mara (Mellon Fellow and PhD candidate at CWRU) and Laura Feigen (PhD candidate at The Courtauld). As a part of the program, speakers were invited to handle Judaica from the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum with V&A curator Alice Minter. The symposium covered a wide array of subjects, from synagogue architecture to manuscript illumination to the curation and collecting of Judaica, uncovering the complex histories of studying historic Jewish objects and spaces. CWRU and Courtauld graduate students took on roles as chairs and moderators for sessions, and Professor Elina Gertsman served as the primary advisor to Reed and Laura throughout the course of their symposium planning. 
The symposium was sponsored by the Department of Art History and Art at CWRU, Sam Fogg, the Mellon Foundation, and The Medieval Academy of America Graduate Student Committee Grant for Innovation in Community Building and Professionalization. A recording of the symposium will go live on The Courtauld’s website in the next week! Please click below for more photos.
The symposium was sponsored by the Department of Art History and Art at CWRU, Sam Fogg, the Mellon Foundation, and The Medieval Academy of America Graduate Student Committee Grant for Innovation in Community Building and Professionalization. A recording of the symposium will go live on The Courtauld’s website in the next week! Please click below for more photos.