International Conference: Reassessing the Roles of Women as Makers of Medieval Art and Architecture
Organizer: Therese Martin
Research Line: Social History of Power
26 - 28 May 2010
All sessions will be held at the Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas), Albasanz 26-28 — 28037 Madrid.
Sala Menéndez Pidal (ground floor, module E)
Wednesday, 26 May
9.00 - 9.30 Registration.
9.30 – 10.00
Opening remarks
Eduardo Manzano, Director, Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales
Therese Martin, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Madrid (therese.martin@cchs.csic.es)
10.00 – 10.30
Mere Embroiderers? Women and Art in Early Medieval Ireland
Jenifer Ní Ghrádaigh, University College, Cork (J.NiGhradaigh@ucc.ie)
10.30 – 11.00
Women and the Architecture of al-Andalus: A Historiographical Analysis
María Elena Díez Jorge, Universidad de Granada (mdiez@ugr.es)
Discussion: 11.00 - 11.30
Break: 11.30 – 12.00
12.00 - 12.30
The Non-Gendered Appeal of Vierge Ouvrante Sculpture: Audience, Patronage, and Purpose in Medieval Iberia
Melissa R. Katz, Brown University (Melissa_Katz@brown.edu)
12.30 - 13.00
Gardens, Books, and Law-suits: Intersections of Power in the Strategies of Mahaut d'Artois (d. 1329)
Judith K. Golden, Index of Christian Art, Princeton University (jkgolden@princeton.edu)
Discussion 13.00 - 13.30
Lunch 13.30 – 15.00
15.00 - 15.30
Women in the Making: Medieval Signatures and Self-Portraits of Women Artists
Pierre Alain Mariaux, Université de Neuchâtel (pierre-alain.mariaux@unine.ch)
15.30 - 16.00
Women as Builders and Decorators of Churches: ca. 500-1100
Jane Tibbetts Schulenburg, University of Wisconsin-Madison (jschulenburg@dcs.wisc.edu)
16.00 - 16.30
Recognizing Women’s Agency in the Borders of the Bayeux Embroidery
Tricia Amato, Independent Scholar, Richmond, Virginia (amatotricia@gmail.com)
Discussion: 16.30 - 17.00
Break: 17.00 - 17.30
17.30 - 18.00
Asia in Aragón: Carpet Production in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain
Heather Ecker, Detroit Institute of Arts (ecker@dia.org)
18.00 - 18.30
‘Planters of Great Civility’: Female Patrons in Medieval Ireland
Rachel Moss, Trinity College, Dublin (rmoss@tcd.ie)
Discussion: 18.30 – 19.00
Thursday, 27 May
9.30 - 10.00
Women as Conceivers, Donors, Artists, and Embroiderers of Illustrated Textiles in Liturgical Furnishings and Church Decoration in the 13th and 14th Centuries
Stefanie Seeberg, Universität zu Köln (sseeberg@uni-koeln.de)
10.00 - 10.30
A Widow’s Court: Elisenda de Montcada, the Poor Clares, and an Imperial Vision of Queenship
Eileen McKiernan Gonzalez, Berea College (Eileen_MckiernanGonzalez@berea.edu)
10.30 - 11.00
The Owners of the Medieval Haggadot
Katrin Kogman-Appel, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva (katrin@woobling.org)
Discussion: 11.00 - 11.30
Break: 11.30 – 12.00
12.00 - 12.30
Signa et insigna nobilitatis. Women as Patrons of Medieval Art and Architecture and “Makers” of Aristocratic Consciousness: The Case of Sicily under Norman and Hohenstaufen Dynasties (12th-13th centuries)
Bérangère Soustre de Condat-Rabourdin, Université catholique de Louvain (berangeredecondat1@yahoo.fr)
12.30 - 13.00
Eleanor of Vermandois, the Widows of Saint-Quentin, and the Making of a Collegiate Church 1192-1214
Ellen M. Shortell, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (ellen.shortell@massart.edu)
Discussion 13.00 - 13.30
Lunch 13.30 – 15.00
15.00 – 15.30
The Patronage of Isabel, Princess of Portugal and Duchess of Burgundy (1397-1471)
Marisa Costa, Universidade de Lisboa (costa.misc@gmail.com)
15.30 - 16.00
Blandy-les-Tours (Seine-et-Marne): Women´s Interventions in the Castle and Village
Marie-Claire Coste, Conseil Général de Seine-et-Marne (marie-claire.coste@cg77.fr)
16.00 - 16.30
Performing Piety: Medieval Welsh Women and the Patronage of Prayer
Karen Eileen Overbey, Tufts University (karen.overbey@tufts.edu)
Discussion: 16.30 - 17.00
Break: 17.00 - 17.30
17.30 – 18.00
Humbrina’s Artistic and Spiritual Project: Medieval Nuns-Artists in the Monastery of Santa Maria at Pontetetto (Lucca)
Loretta Vandi, Istituto Statale d’Arte – Scuola del Libro, Urbino (loretta@hi-net.it)
18.00 – 18.30
Emma of Blois: Affective Politics and Emotional Patronage
Mickey Abel, University of North Texas (Mickey.Abel@unt.edu)
Discussion: 18.30 - 19.00
Friday, 28 May
9.30 – 10.00
Nimble-fingered Maidens in Scandinavia: Women as Artists and Patrons
Nancy L. Wicker, University of Mississippi (nwicker@olemiss.edu)
10.00 – 10.30
The First Queens of Portugal and the Building of the Realm
Miriam Shadis, Ohio University (shadis@ohio.edu)
10.30 – 11.00
Queenship and the Power of Death: Blanche of Castille and the Twin Foundations of Maubuisson and Le Lys
Alexandra Gajewski, Independent Scholar, Nice (eremburg@talk21.com)
Discussion 11.00 – 11.30
Break 11.30 – 12.00
12.00 – 12.30
Religious Reform and Cultural Patronage in Fifteenth-Century Burgos: The Case of Mencía de Mendoza
Felipe Pereda Espeso, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (felipe.pereda@uam.es)
12.30 – 13.00
Women and City Pageants in Late Medieval England
Nicola Coldstream, Independent Scholar, London (nicola.coldstream@btopenworld.com)
Discussion 13.00 - 13.30
Lunch 13.30 – 15.00
15.00 – 15.30
Women, Palaces, and Castles in Northern France (9th-10th and 12th-13th c.)
Annie Renoux, Université du Maine (Annie.Renoux@univ-lemans.fr) 15.30 – 16.00
The Treasuries of Isabel, Beatriz, Elisenda and Leonor. The Art Patronage of Some Queens of Portugal and Aragón in the 13th and 14th Centuries.
Ana Maria Seabra de Almeida Rodrigues, Universidade de Lisboa (anarodrigues@fl.ul.pt)
16.00 – 16.30
Concubines, Eunuchs and Other Aristocrats in Early Islamic Córdoba: A Case Study for Women’s Patronage in a Caliphal Court
Glaire D. Anderson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (glaire.and@gmail.com)
Discussion and Concluding Remarks: 16.30-17.00 |
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