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Every year, AVISTA organizes sessions at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Presently, some 15-20 papers are presented each year, below are each year's theme linked to that year's full listing of events. More recent years included paper abstracts.

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Kalamazoo
Conference
Schedule
2010

For the upcoming Conference, May 13-16, 2010, AVISTA will be offering sessions on the following topics:
  • Time and Place TBA
    Architecture & Glass I: In Memory of Anne Prache

    Organizer: William Clark (Queens College & The Graduate Center, CUNY)
    Presider: Charles Little (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

    "The Fusion of the Arts in the Gothic Era," Fabienne Joubert (University of Paris-Sorbonne)
    "Joseph’s Dream in the Infancy Window of Saint-Denis," Michael Cothren (Swarthmore College)
    "A New Glazing with Old Glass: François Debret’s Installations of Medieval Stained Glass at the Basilica of Saint-Denis," Mary Shepard (Friends University)"

  • Time and Place TBA
    Architecture & Glass II: In Memory of Anne Prache

    Organizer: Charles Little (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
    Presider: Nancy Wu (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

    "A Distinctive Approach to the History of Architecture," Dany Sandron (University of Paris-Sorbonne)
    "The Cathedral, the Palace, and the Hôtel: Paths of Architectural Description in Guillebert de Mets," Michael Davis (Mount Holyoke College)
    “Shifting Views: Arcade Screens and Chevet Chapels from Saint-Remi to Saint-Quentin," Ellen Shortell (Massachusetts College of Art)

  • Time and Place TBA
    Architecture & Glass III: In Memory of Anne Prache

    Organizer: Nancy Wu (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
    Presider: William Clark (Queens College & The Graduate Center, CUNY)

    “Flamboyant Glass in a Rayonnant Setting: The Virgin Chapel at Evreux Cathedral," Philippe Lorentz (University of Strasbourg)
    "Filiae Hierusalem: Female Statue Columns in Twelfth-century Champagne," Kathleen Nolan (Hollins University) and Susan Ward (Rhode Island School of Design)
    "Joseph at Chartres: Sculpture Lost and Found," Charles Little (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

  • Time and Place TBA
    Painted Architecture and Sculpture: General Problems and Issues

    Organizers: Paula Gerson (Florida State Univ.) and Harry Titus (Wake Forest Univ.)
    Presider: Kathleen Nolan (Hollins University)

    "The Hidden 11th Century Painted Façade of Santa Maria de Ripoll: A Prototype for the 12th Century Sculpted Portal?" Manuel Castiñeiras Gonzalez (Museo Nacional d'Art de Catalunya)
    "Painted Interior Surfaces: Goals and Reception," Harry Titus (Wake Forest University)
    "Color and Context: Comparative Study of the Use and 'Abuse' of Polychromy in Medieval Wooden Sculpture in the Museo Nazionale del Palazzo di Venezia, Rome," Grazia Maria Fachechi (University of Urbino)
    "Painted Façade Sculpture: Perception and Cognition," Paula Gerson (Florida State University)

  • AVISTA Reception - Time and Place TBA

  • AVISTA Business Meeting - Time and Place TBA
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