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Ph.D. Student Reed O’Mara Named a Recipient of the CWRU Graduate Council of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Endeavors Grant

December 14, 2022

Third-year Ph.D. student Reed O'Mara was recently named a recipient of the CWRU Graduate Council of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Endeavors Grant (GCAS GSSCE). Reed's project includes a trip to the United Kingdom where she will examine medieval manuscripts at the British Library and Bodleian...

Professor Elizabeth S. Bolman Awarded the Tsiter-Kontopoulou Foundation Prize

December 10, 2022

The Tsiter-Kontopoulou Foundation has awarded their 2022 Prize to Elizabeth S. Bolman for outstanding research in Byzantine studies. This Prize is given out once every two years.

Congratulations to Nikki DeLuca!

December 9, 2022

Congratulations to Dominique (Nikki) DeLuca (PhD 2020) who has accepted a full-time teaching position at the University of Vermont, one of the so-called Public Ivies! Nikki will be teaching courses in ancient and medieval art in the Art & Art History Department at the university's School of the Arts....

Marina Savchenkova Accepted to the Newberry Library Workshop on Interactive Books

December 7, 2022

Congratulations to Marina Savchenkova, an MA student in medieval art, who was accepted to the research methods workshop, “Hands-On with Interactive Books,” which will take place at the Newberry Library in May! The workshop will provide hands-on experience with the study of books and other printed materials with movable...

Reed O’Mara Named the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities Graduate Student Affiliate

December 6, 2022

PhD student Reed O'Mara was recently named one of the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities Graduate Student Affiliates for Spring 2023! Reed will present her research on Hebrew word panels and erased images in the medieval biblical commentary known as the Munich Rashi, which was created in Germany in...

Medieval Ivory Stars in a Mixed-Reality Project

November 30, 2022

How does 3D printing help scholars better understand a 700-year-old object? This medieval ivory triptych was recently 3D scanned in the #CMAConservation labs with colleagues from @cwruarthistorystudents and @cwruthinkbox. The ivory will star in Prof. Elina Gertsman's mixed reality project on medieval spaces, in development at the CWRU's Interactive Commons,...

CONGRATULATIONS to PhD student Sam Truman who just published her first peer-reviewed article in Athanor!

November 24, 2022

The article, "The Reader in the Cosmos: Maps and Mnemonics in a Manuscript of Goussoin de Metz's L'image du monde ," considers how the manuscript’s many maps and diagrams work as mnemonic devices that simultaneously construct and reinforce the reader's place within the system of creation. You can read the article...

CANCELLED Julius Fund Lecture in Ancient Art. Kimberly Cassibry (Wellesley College): “A Colonial Monument: Remembering an Ancient Triumphal Arch in France”

November 28, 2022

On December 2, Kimberly Cassibry (Associate Professor of Art, Wellesley College) will present "A Colonial Monument: Remembering an Ancient Triumphal Arch in France." December 2, 5 pm Tinkham Veale Center, Ballroom A Current debates about imperialism, commemoration,CWRU_JuliusFund_103022 and cultural heritage have profound implications for ancient art history. This talk focuses on a...

Angie Verduci to Present at the Newberry Library Conference

November 18, 2022

Congratulations to Angie Verduci who has been selected to participate in the 2023 Multidisciplinary Graduate Conference in Premodern Studies at the Newberry Library! Angie will present her paper, "Reading Mors Triumphans as An Allegory of Plague," in the Affect, Emotion, Matter session. The hybrid conference will involve two parts:...

Graduate Association of Medieval Studies

November 12, 2022

The CWRU Graduate Association of Medieval Studies was established only last year, but it has quickly become an excellent place for bringing together medievalists from departments across the university. Led by graduate students in both the Departments of Art History & Art and Music, the group has already hosted five...

Medieval / Modern, Narration / Abstraction

October 26, 2022

We are delighted to announce the publication of "Narration / Abstraction," a conversation between specialists in medieval and contemporary art that features Professor Elina Gertsman alongside Yve-Alain Bois (Princeton), Manuel Fontán del Junco (Fundación Juan March), and Aden Kumler (Universität Basel), prefaced by Vincent Debiais (EHESS). The piece appeared...

Graduate Medievalists at the Newberry

October 24, 2022

This week, PhD students Reed and Sam participated in the Newberry Library’s Center for Renaissance Studies seminar “Uncovering Medieval Manuscripts in Early Modern Books.” The two were able to handle and examine fragments, leaves, codices, and bindings from the 800s through the 1600s held in the Newberry’s collection.

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Ph.D. Student Reed O’Mara Named a Recipient of the CWRU Graduate Council of Arts and Sciences Graduate Student Scholarship and Creative Endeavors Grant

Professor Elizabeth S. Bolman Awarded the Tsiter-Kontopoulou Foundation Prize

Congratulations to Nikki DeLuca!

Marina Savchenkova Accepted to the Newberry Library Workshop on Interactive Books

Reed O’Mara Named the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities Graduate Student Affiliate

Medieval Ivory Stars in a Mixed-Reality Project

CONGRATULATIONS to PhD student Sam Truman who just published her first peer-reviewed article in Athanor!

CANCELLED Julius Fund Lecture in Ancient Art. Kimberly Cassibry (Wellesley College): “A Colonial Monument: Remembering an Ancient Triumphal Arch in France”

Angie Verduci to Present at the Newberry Library Conference

Graduate Association of Medieval Studies

Medieval / Modern, Narration / Abstraction

Graduate Medievalists at the Newberry

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