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Hot off the press!

Angie Verduci and Prof. Elina Gertsman are delighted to announce that their first collaboration has been published. Their article on late medieval Dance of Death murals in northern Italy has just appeared in Source 41, no. 3 (2022). It focuses on an extraordinary fresco cycle in Nosate, bringing it...

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Professor Elina Gertsman Lectures at the École des hautes études in Paris

In May and June of 2022, Elina Gertsman was the invited professor at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) in Paris, where she offered several lectures, participated in the seminars of the international project « Arts et Intelligences du Silence », and led discussions with doctoral students in the Groupe d’anthropologie historique du long Moyen Âge. She used this occasion to do extensive research at the Bibliothèque nationale de France; travel to Bourges, Tours, and Amiens; and hold meetings with curators and conservators at several key museums, including the Louvre.

The EHESS (School of Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) is a graduate-only research institution that has a unique standing in the world of research and higher education in France. It hosts scholars from all over the world, trains students up to PhD level in all disciplines of the humanities and social sciences, and — as part of an extensive global academic network — occupies a central position in French intellectual life. Prof. Gertsman will return to the EHESS as an invited professor for two more years.

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Prof. Elina Gertsman to be Honored with an Award for Distinction at the CAA Convocation

Please join us at the College Art Association’s Convocation on February 16 to celebrate Professor Elina Gertsman’s 2022 Charles Rufus Morey Award! CAA will convene the 110th Annual Conference  in virtual format. Convocation will be held on Wednesday, February 16, from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. EST and will feature the official presentation of the Awards for Distinction. With these awards, CAA honors individual artists, art historians, authors, curators, and critics whose accomplishments transcend their individual disciplines and contribute to the profession as a whole and to the world at large.

The event is open to the public; please RSVP to development@collegeart.org.

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Congratulations to Professor Elina Gertsman on being named a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America!

Professor Elina Gertsman was elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America. According to the MAA press release, it is the highest honor that the Academy can bestow upon North American medievalists.  Fellowships acknowledge scholars' notable lifelong contributions to Medieval Studies through their scholarship, teaching, and service. New...

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The Now of the Rose

Join us on October 20 for the virtual colloquium sponsored by the Center for Medieval Studies, Fordham University, with the participation of Les Enluminures. Specialists in medieval art and literature--Elina Gertsman, Sandra Hindman, Meradith McMunn, Christine McWebb, Jonathan Morton, Stephen G. Nichols, and Melanie Garcia Sympson--will hold a series...

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Announcing The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books

Congratulations to Prof. Gertsman whose newest book, The Absent Image: Lacunae in Medieval Books, was just published by Penn State Press! The book was made possible by the American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship and the Millard Meiss Publication Grant from the College Art Association as well as by support from her friends, colleagues, and students at CWRU and the CMA.

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Medievalists reconvene at the CMA

At long last, the CMA is opened for small special tours, and the first such tour was offered by Dr. Gerhard Lutz to CWRU medievalists, who convened today at the Treasures from Münster Cathedral. The extraordinary collection of reliquaries is on display through 8/14/2022 and will form an integral part of the next course in the Global Middle Ages series, which will be co-taught by Prof. Gertsman and Dr. McCormick next spring.

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Professor Elina Gertsman to join l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris as the professeure invitée

Congratulations to Professor Elina Gertsman who will be the professeure invitée at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales in Paris in 2022 and 2023! Each year, EHESS invites outstanding researchers from around the world to give talks and seminars in Paris within the framework of international scholarly...

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