College of Arts and Sciences

We are delighted to announce a series of lectures on eco-criticism and medieval art, slated for spring semester of 2022! The lectures will take place on Zoom; please register here. Our speakers will include Achim Timmerman (University of Michigan), Danielle Joyner (Lawrence University), and Benjamin Tilghman (Washington College). Click below for details — and save the dates of March 18 and April 13 for the lectures presented by Philippe Cordez (German Center for Art History, Paris) and Herbert Kessler (Johns Hopkins University), respectively.

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The last of the talks in the series of St. Catherine's webinars was dedicated to the Sinai library. To watch the recording, click here.

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WHEN: Friday, December 3, 2021 10:15 am-5pm WHERE: Gartner Auditorium at the CMA For the 2021 symposium, “Monumental Conversations: City Stories,” CWRU and the CMA are collaborating with Monument Lab, an internationally recognized public art and history studio that cultivates and facilitates critical conversations around the past, present and future of...

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Congratulations to Professor Gertsman on the review of her Absent Image in the venerable Times Literary Supplement, where the book is lauded for its "wonderful novelistic sensibility"! Read it here!  

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Our first Medieval Reading Circle on November 19 was a great success! We learned many important things about divine love, ghosts, vengeful saints, and the dangers of consuming sage. We look forward to seeing you at our next reading circle during spring semester!

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"Discerning the Artist's Hand: Machine Learning on Surface Topography" was published in Heritage Science. The article is the result of the collaboration between CWRU Physics Department and Department of Art History and Art.  The article is available here.

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On November 13, Professor Elizabeth Bolman and Professor Helen Evans, Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator of Byzantine Art Emerita, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, gave the talk about icons of Sinai. The recording is available here. The last talk will be dedicated to St. Catherine's library and will be...

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Free Public Lecture as part of a series looking at Lost Narratives: Materiality, Marginalization, and Women’s Agency in Museums. Mary Jo Bole: Recent Work.  When: November 19, 7.00 pm Where: CMA, Recital Hall Mary Jo Bole is currently an artist-in-residence in the Video/Film lab at the Wexner Center for the Arts. Bole has made her...

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Graduate Association of Medieval Studies (GAMS) invites faculty, staff, students (undergrad and graduate) to join a Medieval Reading Circle on November, 19. WHEN: November 19, 7.00 pm WHERE: Bottlehouse Brewing  (2050 Lee Rd.) Bring along a medieval text to share and discuss over a glass of mead, or just stop by to...

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We are very excited to be hosting this year’s Vagantes Conference in Medieval Studies here at CWRU and the Cleveland Museum of Art! The conference will be held from March 24–26, 2022. Activities will include an opening recital, a banquet, and various workshops. Keynote lectures will be given by...

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