Join English Heritage at this major conference focused on Aelred, abbot of Rievaulx between 1147 and 1167.
Called ‘our Aelred’ by his monks, the abbot was one of the most important monastic leaders of the Middle Ages and remains an inspirational figure to this day.
Bringing together leading academics and heritage professionals, this conference provides a unique opportunity to examine Aelred’s impact on the architectural development of Rievaulx, his role in the Cistercian settlement of northern England and his activities as an author. Speakers will address the abbot’s impact in the wider monastic world and Aelred's legacy, including his veneration as a saint and how his extraordinary life and achievements can be interpreted for 21st-century visitors to Rievaulx.
The event also features a round-table discussion focused on debates about Aelred’s sexuality.
The international panel of speakers includes Professor Janet Burton, Dr Michael Carter, Dr Pat Cullum, Professor Marsha Dutton, Professor Peter Fergusson, Dr Elizabeth Freeman, Dr Alexandra Gajewski, Dr Brian Golding, Dr Stuart Harrison, Dr Katherine Harvey and Professor Emilia Jamroziak.
The registration fee includes entry to all the conference sessions, an evening drinks reception on 3 July and refreshments and lunch on 4 July.
The conference is timed to coincide with the Leeds International Medieval Conference (6-9 July), registration for which is separate.
£75 – £90
Fri, 3 Jul 2020, 16:00 – Sat, 4 Jul 2020, 18:00 BST
Michael Sadler Building
University of Leeds LS2 9DA
United Kingdom
REGISTER HERE
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
Friday 3 JULY
3:30-4:00: Registration
4:00-4:30: Michael Carter, ‘Our Aelred’: a Rievaulx interpretation for 2020’
4:30-5:30: Dominique Bouchard, Pat Cullum, Marsha Dutton and Katherine Harvey: ‘Aelred and Monastic Sexuality: a round table discussion’
5:30-7:00: Drinks Reception
Saturday 4 JULY
9:30-10:00: Registration
10:00-10:30: Janet Burton, ‘The Cistercian Settlement of Northern England’
10:30-11:00: Stuart Harrison, ‘Aelred’s Inheritance: the monastic buildings of Abbot William’
11:00-11:15: questions
COFFEE
11:45-12:15: Marsha Dutton, ‘Finding God in the Memory According to Aelred of Rievaulx’
12:15-12:45: Peter Fergusson, ‘The Context of Aelred’s Rievaulx Buildings and Precinct Development in the 1150s’
12:45-1:00: questions
LUNCH
2:00-2:30: Brian Golding, ‘Beyond Rievaulx: Aelred, monks, nuns and recluses’
2:30-3:00: Alexandra Gajewski, ‘Aelred, Rievaulx and the French Connections’
3:00-3:15: questions
TEA
3:45-4:15: Elizabeth Freeman, ‘Aelred of Rievaulx: the future looking historian’
4:15:4.45: Emilia Jamroziak, ‘Aelred of Rievaulx and other Cistercian Saints in the Late Middle Ages’
4:45-5:00: questions