This workshop will bring together new work on medieval religions, highlighting undiscovered materials, concepts and ideas.
Supported by the Susan Manning Workshop Fund from the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) at the University of Edinburgh.
A vast body of scholarship into medieval religious cultures has been built over the past century, yet the field as a whole tends to remain—with some notable exceptions—curiously fragmented. This workshop will bring together new work on medieval religions, highlight undiscovered materials, concepts, and ideas, and provide a space to discuss ways forward for medieval religious studies.
In particular, the workshop will seek to draw together researchers wishing to dismantle and move beyond traditionally Christocentric and Eurocentric scholarship on the Middle Ages, creating dialogues and fostering connections between researchers working on a range of medieval religions, and through discoveries of new sources that can change our understanding of previously well-studied religious contexts.
The workshop will include several speakers giving short papers on their recent work in medieval religious studies:
- Professor Heather Pulliam, University of Edinburgh
- Dr Bryony Coombs, University of Edinburgh
- Rosalie Gabay Bernheim, University of St Andrews
- Dr Amelia Hope Jones, University of Edinburgh
- W. R. Pierce, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Catherine S. Cox, University of Pittsburgh Johnstown
The precise schedule for the day is TBC and will be updated here in due course.
Lunch and refreshments will be included for in-person attendees. The day will run in a fully-hybrid format, with the online attendance option via Zoom.
This is a free event, which means we overbook to allow for no-shows and to avoid empty seats. While we generally do not have to turn people away, this does mean we cannot guarantee everyone a place. Admission is on a first come, first served basis.
Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-discoveries-in-medieval-religion-tickets-883228067927?aff=oddtdtcreator
Image: British Library Illuminated Manuscripts Online, BL MS Add. 47682, ‘The Holkham Bible Picture Book,’ 1327-35, detail from f. 10r, Abraham and Isaiah: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=add_ms_47682_f010r