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CANCELLED - "Material Devotion"

* The seminar has been canceled * This seminar will focus on “material devotion” at the intersection of disciplinary fields, materials, and regions spanning Denmark and northern Italy in their broader European context, thus inviting cross-regional comparison and reflection.

Info about event

Time

Wednesday 30 November 2022,  at 14:00 - 17:00

Location

Aarhus Universitet, Nobelparken, bygning 1463-515

Organizer

Sarah Croix og Mads Vedel Heilskov

For the past twenty years, the material dimension of Christian medieval religiosity has been under intense scrutiny from the perspective of various, and sometimes overlapping research traditions. While focus has often been on the practices involving religious objects, the complex interplay between materiality and the experience of religion finds its roots in the artistic and artisanal processes through which such objects cam to be. By virtue of its physical and tactile dimension, the materiality of religious practice offers an entryway to the medieval mind-set and an occasion for history, art history, theology and archaeology to engage in an interdisciplinary dialogue.

See poster for the seminar.

Program

14:15. Mads Vedel Heilskov & Sarah Croix: Welcome

14:25. Mads Vedel Heilskov, Aarhus University / University of Glasgow: TBA

15:00. Stephanie Azzarello, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence: Angels Above, Monks Below: Liturgical Objects and Sacred Rituals at San Mattia di Murano

16:00. Wine reception