Material Worlds – The virtual Salon at IMAREAL

As of late, the IMAREAL offers a virtual venue to enhance communication on material culture: the Virtual Salon. In the aftermath of the Coronavirus pandemic, we wanted to offer an online lecture series in order to broaden the opportunities of scholars to exchange new ideas on questions of material culture without having to travel around.

The single lectures are highly interactive, offering the chance to discuss ideas and hypotheses either directly after the talk or at individual ‘coffee tables’ in a breakout room on wonder.me. Every participant may attend one or more coffee tables according to their personal preferences and the time they are willing to spend in the salon. Filled wineglasses or coffee cups welcome!

Upcoming:

07. June 2023 Johannes Deibl (Stift Melk) zu „Liber pulcherrimus“: Eine Reflexion über Materialität und Klosterbibliothek am Beispiel von Stift Melk”.

29. November 2023 Marianne Mödlinger (Imareal) zu  „Bronzetüren des 11.-12. Jahrhunderts in Europa: Dokumentation, Analyse und Auswertung”.

10. January 2024 Laura Jacobus (University of London) zu „Fictive Materiality and Real Presence in the Arena Chapel, Padua“.

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Archive:

Material Worlds VII:
Jakub Sawicki (Institute of Archaeology/ Department of Historical Archaeology, Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague) United Europe of Medieval Small Finds: Production and consumption of late medieval dress accessories. 26. April 2023.

Material Worlds VI:
Judith Utz (Imareal) Das Material als Medium: Exultet-Rollen und multisensoriale Wahrnehmung in der Osterliturgie. 18. January 2023.

Material Worlds V:
Katherine Wilson (Chester University) Telling Stories from Medieval Objects: The Mobility of Objects across Boundaries. 9. November 2022.

Material Worlds IV:
Daniel L. Smail (Harvard University) Household Containers and Their Uses: Marseille and Lucca, 1250-1450. 8. June 2022.

Material Worlds III:
Bettina Bildhauer (University of St. Andrews) Die intra-aktive Wahrnehmung glänzender Dinge im ‚Herzog Ernst‘ und in ‚Salman und Morolf‘: Ästhetik, Erotik und Materialität der Oberfläche. 27. April 2022.

Material Worlds II:
Rainer Atzbach (University of Aarhus) Aristokratischer Wertstoffhof: eine spätmittelalterliche Burg in Dänemark als Paradoxon. 10. November 2021.

Material Worlds I:
Aden Kumler (University of Basel) The curious case of the wax lamb: what were medieval agni dei? 13. October 2021.