IMEMS Lindisfarne Gospels Seminar Series 2013
In connection with the major loan exhibition of the Lindisfarne Gospels in Durham (1 July-30 September 2013), the seminar programme for 2013 explores the Lindisfarne Gospels and its world. With topics ranging from Holy Island and the culture of contemporary Northumbria, though different aspects of the Lindisfarne Gospels itself, to the place of the manuscript within broader traditions of book culture and illumination, the series showcases new work and offers fresh perspectives on a Northumbrian masterpiece, its contexts and implications.
Beyond Mimesis: Digital Aesthetics and the Pre-Modern Text
IMRS Lecture Series, 'Beauty in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance'
A series of 8-10 seminars, held fortnightly over Michaelmas and Epiphany Terms, and including internal and external speakers. The series will be interdisciplinary and trans-historical, exploring the origins of beauty in the classical period and its legacies, ideas of beauty in medieval vernacular writing in England and on the Continent, theological and philosophical concepts of beauty, medical and aesthetic theories, cultural practices, and architectural ideals. The aim will be to produce an edited collection of essays, but also to work towards further collaborative projects and funding bids, following the direction of the Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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