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Medieval Visual Culture Seminar
Seminars will take place in St Catherine’s College, unless otherwise stated.
If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Thebaut, Associate Professor, History of Art & Fellow, St Catherine’s College: mailto:nancy.thebaut@history.ox.ac.uk
Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser:
Nancy Thebaut
Timing: Thursdays 17:00-18:30, unless otherwise stated
Talks:
Thursday 30 October 2025
Seeing Double: Visualising La Cité des dames and La Cité de Dieu
Date: 30 October 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Hannele Hellerstedt (Oxford)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 13 November 2025
Abstract Figures and Bodily Change: Giving Form to Unseen Things in Late Medieval England
Date: 13 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Carly Boxer (Bucknell University)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Riverside Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 20 November 2025
New directions in the study of ivories from the Islamic world: A talk and handling session
Date: 20 November 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
s:
Mariam Rosser-Owen (V&A (London)),
Ashley Coutu (Pitt Rivers Museum)
Venue Details: Khalili Research Centre, 3 St John Street Oxford, OX1 2LG
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 December 2025
Seeing Anew: Digital Methods and the Return to the Medieval Object
Date: 4 December 2025, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Kristine Tanton (University of Montreal)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 29 January 2025
Wild Forms: Hermits, Saints and Rock Art in Medieval England
Date: 29 January 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Robert Mills (UCL)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 12 March 2025
Silver trees and pearl crosses: Franco-Mongolian diplomacy and cultural exchange in thirteenth-century Karakorum
Date: 12 March 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Emily Guerry
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 7 May 2025
Title TBC
Date: 7 May 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Cécile Voyer (Université de Poitiers)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 28 May 2025
The Many Lives of the Asante Ewers
Date: 28 May 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Lloyd Debeer (British Museum)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 4 June 2025
Contemporary Art Meets the Medieval Monastery
Date: 4 June 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Jessica Barker (Courtauld Institute)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Thursday 11 June 2025
Title TBC
Date: 11 June 2026, 17:00 - 18:30
Speaker
:
Meg Bernstein (University of East Anglia)
Venue: St Catherine's College, Manor Road OX1 3UJ
Venue Details: Mary Sunley Lecture Theatre
Organisers:
TBA
Hosts:
TBA
Editors:
Laura Spence,
Belinda Clark
