When she was younger, Lauryn Smith used to get into spirited debates with her grandfather over Martin Luther and other topics relating to the Protestant Reformation. It’s very fitting that she now specializes in that time period.
Please visit The Daily to read more about Lauryn Smith.
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.
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.
Celebrate the end of the spring semester with UCITE and engage with Glennan Fellows and Nord Grant recipients — including Prof. Gertsman who received the Nord grant for her innovative course on medieval Jewish art — to learn about their projects and how they are empowering people to learn. Our virtual Teaching & Learning Colloquium will take place Friday, May 14 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Register HERE for the event.
Join us for the many papers presented by the CWRU graduate students and alumni at the International Congress for Medieval Studies! Among them are Reed O’Mara, Ben Levy, and Julia LaPlaca (MA, 2020), speaking about medieval Hebrew manuscripts, and Kristen Herdman (MA, 2016) presenting on Medingen Prayer Books. Click below to learn more about their papers or go directly to see the full program here.
Click here to register for Prof. Gertsman’s lecture, “Animal Affinities,” which will considers a striking Hebrew manuscript as a nucleus of images and ideas that coalesce around medieval Jewish identity. Professor Gertsman is recipient of the 2021 Baker-Nord Center Award for Distinguished Scholarship in the Humanities, which recognizes outstanding achievement in a field of humanistic scholarship.
