ICMA AT THE INTERNATIONAL MEDIEVAL CONGRESS, LEEDS 2023: SPONSORED SESSIONS ON 5 AND 6 JULY 2023

ICMA at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds 2023

The Concertina-Fold Book Across Pre-Modern Cultures
Session 1347, Parkinson Building - Room B.11
Wednesday 5 July 2023, 16.30-18.00


Social Agency of Secular Goldsmiths' Work in the Late Middle Ages I: Production
Session 1545,  Esther Simpson Building - Room 2.09
Thursday 6 July 2023, 9.00-10.30

Social Agency of Secular Goldsmiths' Work in the Late Middle Ages II: Use
Session 1645, Esther Simpson Building - Room 2.09
Thursday 6 July 2023, 11.15-12.45


THE CONCERTINA-FOLD BOOK ACROSS PRE-MODERN CULTURES

Wednesday 5 July 2023, 16.30 - 18.00
Session 1347
Parkinson Building - Room B.11

Organiser: Megan McNamee, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Moderator: Sarah Griffin, Lambeth Palace Library

A Folded Genealogy of Edward IV
Sonja Drimmer, Department of the History of Art & Architecture, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Going Up, Coming Down: Landscape, Verticality, and Time in the Mixtec Screen-Fold Manuscripts of Pre-Hispanic Mexico 
Jamie Forde, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh

Tibetan Buddhist Concertina-Fold Books in Qing-Era Beijing
Ben Nourse, Department of Religious Studies, University of Denver

Sponsored jointly by the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) and the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, Rare Book School.  

Virtual attendance of this event is free and open to the public; advance registration required: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-concertina-fold-book-across-premodern-cultures-tickets-608348575967


SOCIAL AGENCY OF SECULAR GOLDSMITHS’ WORK IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES, I: PRODUCTION

Thursday 6 July 2023, 9.00-10.30
Session 1545
Esther Simpson Building - Room 2.09

Organiser: Masha Goldin, eikones - Zentrum für die Theorie und Geschichte des Bildes, Universität Basel and Hila Manor, Department of Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moderator: Hila Manor

A Late Medieval Goldsmith’s Workshop 
Jack Ogden, Independent Scholar, London

‘Made with the gold that the Londoners gave to the King’ 
Alison Wright, Department of History of Art, University College London 

Secular and Sacral Entanglements: The Shrine of St Simeon in Zadar as a Mirror of Late Medieval Society 
Mandy Telle, Sonderforschungsbereich 933 ‘Materiale Textkulturen’, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg 


SOCIAL AGENCY OF SECULAR GOLDSMITHS’ WORK IN THE LATE MIDDLE AGES, II: USE

Thursday 6 July 2023, 11.15-12.45
Session 1645
Esther Simpson Building - Room 2.09

Organiser: Masha Goldin, eikones - Zentrum für die Theorie und Geschichte des Bildes, Universität Basel and Hila Manor, Department of Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Moderator: Masha Goldin

Richard II and the Coronation Regalia: A Case of Duplicated ‘Object-Conversion’ 
Rowanne Dean, Department of Art History, University of Chicago, Illinois

14th-Century Nested Beakers from a Jewish Context: Profane Drinking Vessels or Ritual Objects?
Maria Stürzebecher, Museum Alte Synagoge, Erfurt

Respondent: John Cherry, Independent Scholar, Ludlow 



ICMA RECEPTION 
Wednesday 5 July 2023, 18.30-20.30

Join us for complimentary drinks following the ICMA sponsored session on Wednesday at The Dry Dock, about a 10 minute walk from the Parkinson Building. Look for the ICMA sign! 

All are welcome! Please invite colleagues!

The Dry Dock
Woodhouse Lane
Leeds LS2 3AX

https://www.crafted-social.co.uk/dry-dock-leeds