Let’s get together and brainstorm about the future of Medieval Art History!
60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, MI, 2025
Western Michigan University
Thursday, May 8, 3:30-5:00pm
Sangren Hall 1720 [Session 95]
Sponsored by Different Visions
Organized by Eliza Garrison, Nina Rowe, and Ben Tilghman
Which theoretical approaches can best move the field of medieval art history into the future? How do we grapple with the challenges of working with a fragmentary archive? How can we work collectively and systematically to pursue research that is ethical and creative?
“Medieval Art History Tomorrow” will be a whiteboard session in which Workshop Leaders will 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. Attendees of the session will be part of a workshop through which we aim to ignite a dynamic discussion and inspire new debates.
Pre-registration and Preparation for the Workshop are encouraged but not required.
The Workshop will be the most productive if participants arrive having reviewed the three texts selected by our Workshop Leaders. And it will help with our preparations to know how many colleagues to expect.
So if you plan to attend, please register by sending an email to: medievalarthistorytomorrow@gmail.com, giving your name, student or professional status, and general field/s of scholarship (“art history,” “gender studies,” “environmental studies,” and the like – nothing more specific than that).
Workshop Leaders and their Readings
Laura Tillery:
Trish Luker, “Reading the Evidentiary Void: The Body as the Scene of Writing,” Griffith Law Review 18, no. 2 (2009): 298-313 [selections].
Emilela Thomas-Adams:
Maurizio Peleggi, “A Theory of Devotional Conservation: A Preliminary Proposal,” Academia Letters (2021): 1-6.
Meg Boulton:
Maggie Nelson, Bluets (Seattle, WA: Wave Books, 2009) [selections].
Come join the conversation!