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Congratulations to Dr. Bing Wang for the publication of her article, "Uncredited Hands: Labour, Branding and Collaboration at William Pryor Floyd’s Victoria Photographic Gallery in Nineteenth-Century Hong Kong," in the latest issue of the prestigious journal History of Photography! https://doi.org/10.1080/03087298.2026.2717662
Dr. Wang's article is adapted from her doctoral dissertation, "William Pryor Floyd: Art,...
We are delighted to announce the launch of our new program in Global Medieval Studies! Administered through the Department of Art History and Art in collaboration with Classics, English, Modern Languages and Literatures, and Music departments, the Graduate Certificate in Global Medieval Studies will offer students the opportunity to pursue rigorous interdisciplinary study of the medieval world. The program, free for degree-seeking graduate students in any of the participating departments, is geared towards those who wish to pursue the certificate as a complement to their primary field of study. The program leverages established partnerships with the Cleveland Museum of Art and existing performance ensembles. Each year, the Department of Art History and Art sponsors lectures by distinguished scholars and curators of medieval and Byzantine art, while the Graduate Association for Medieval Studies (GAMS) organizes multiple events every semester. The program is further enriched by robust colloquia hosted by English and Music departments, which regularly bring prominent medievalists to campus. For questions, please contact Prof. Elina Gertsman, the program’s director, or visit our page. Click below for a peek at this semester’s events!
Minerals as medicinal substances and pigments? As primary ingredients for the healing arts and the pictorial arts? The long tradition of the illustrated medieval herbal demonstrates how the two domains were entangled in word and image. It is the focus of Prof. Brigitte Buettner’s talk, which also shows how this form of bookish knowledge about inorganic matter was translated into practice; how “simple medicines”—lapis lazuli, ceruse, coral, verdigris, and the like—found their way onto the shelves of the premodern apothecary shop.
We are delighted to share that doctoral candidate Jillian Kruse has accepted a position as Catalogue Raisonné Researcher at the Wildenstein Plattner Institute! Based in New York City, the WPI is a non-profit foundation working in collaboration with the Fonds WPI in Paris and dedicated to publishing digital catalogues...
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Angie Verduci, who defended her dissertation on medieval Triumph of Death murals in 2023, has been appointed to teach in the International Curriculum at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy. Offered twice each year to students from around the world,...
Rachel Sweeney, third-year PhD student in medieval art, was this year's recipient of the Terence Barry Prize for Best Graduate Paper in Irish Medieval Studies from the American Society for Irish Medieval Studies. Her paper, "The Faddan More Psalter: Tangible Connections Between the Insular World and Byzantium," was originally written...
The Department of Art History and Art is delighted to announce the publication of Animalities and Humanities in Medieval Jewish Art, a special issue of Ars Judaica co-edited by Prof. Elina Gertsman. In addition to a broad range of articles, the volume features a roundtable discussion that explores historical and ecological spectra of...
Join us on May 27 for Reed O'Mara's lecture on the use of pseudo-Hebrew in late medieval prints! The talk is part of the lecture series organized by the Department of Jewish Art at Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Reed, a doctoral candidate in medieval art and a Mellon Fellow, is...
Congratulations to all the speakers, chairs, and organizers at the International Congress on Medieval Studies! Case Western Reserve--its faculty, its affiliates, its students, and its alumni--were amply represented this year. Thank you, as always, for making us proud, and for paving the way for the annual meeting of the...