Astronomers in a Medical-Astrological Miscellany (southern Germany, 1443), UPenn Libraries, Lawrence J. Schoenberg Manuscripts, MS 463, fol. 41v.
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It worked so well in 2024 and 2025, we’re doing it again in 2026!
Medieval Art History Tomorrow: A Whiteboard Session, 2026 edition
- 61st International Congress on Medieval Studies 2026, WMU, Kalamazoo, MI
- Saturday, May 16, 1:30pm, Waldo Library 1070
- Organized by Eliza Garrison and Nina Rowe and Sponsored by Different Visions
Workshop leaders and readings:
- Scott Miller (Princeton University Art Museum)
- Robin Wall Kimmerer, Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (2003), selections
- Anna Russakoff (American University of Paris)
- Serpil Oppermann, Blue Humanities: Storied Waterscapes in the Anthropocene (2023), selections
At “Medieval Art History Tomorrow” our Workshop Leaders will each offer short presentations on one critical text and an object or site, making the case for how these materials can steer the field, and move it forward. Breakout groups will discuss the readings and themes, and participants can reflect on the implications for their own research. Readings are linked to the titles above.
Please join us to brainstorm about the future of Medieval Art History. See you in Michigan!