Recently, The New Yorker published a highly problematic piece by Lawrence Wright, “How Pandemics Wreak Havoc and Open Minds.” Medievalists around the country responded to the article in a series of open letters. Click “Learn more” for one such open letter sent to the magazine by Prof. Elina Gertsman and her colleague at California State University, Prof. Asa Simon Mittman.
Congratulations to Reed, whose peer-reviewed article, “‘On Golden Tablets’: The Cleveland Museum of Art’s Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Manuscript as a Self-Referential Icon,” was just published in Religions, as part of the Special Issue Seeing and Reading: Art and Literature in Pre-Modern Indian Religions, guest-edited by Phyllis Granoff and Sonya Rhie Mace. Read it here: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/6/274/pdf
Throughout the history of art, wall painting has told stories, recorded myths and histories, and called groups to action. Read this post by Mackenzie Clark, who reflects on her participation in Painting on Walls, a collaborative art history and service learning course.
Huge congratulations to Angie Verduci for receiving the ICMA Student Travel Grant, which will support research for her dissertation on Northern Italian “Triumph of Death” imagery. Only three such awards are annually given.