Barcelona, 13-14 October 2022

Facultat de Geografia i Història, Sala Jane Addams; Museu Monestir de Santa Maria de Pedralbes

Conference on “Performance, Perception and Devotional Experience in Medieval Sacred Spaces”.

Organized by Zuleika Murat, Núria Jornet and Fabio Massaccesi

The conference, jointly organized by Zuleika Murat (University of Padua) Fabio Massaccesi (University of Bologna) and Núria Jornet (Universitat de Barcelona), brings together international scholars working on diverse topics and materials connected to medieval sacred spaces, the performances that were enacted there, and the devotional experiences lived by the faithful.

Sponsored jointly by the ERC-StG Project “The Sensuous Appeal of the Holy. Sensory Agency of Sacred Art and Somatised Spiritual Experiences in Medieval Europe (12th-15th century) – SenSArt”, P.I. Zuleika Murat. This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 950248); Universitat de Barcelona – Monastic Landscape PG2018-095350-B-100; Università di Bologna.