The senses, cognition and the body in medieval devotion practice, paper presented at the conference “The senses, cognition and the body in medieval devotion practice” (Padua, 5-7  June 2024)

«Sentimenti del corpo e sentimenti dell’anima»: sensi ed emozioni nei sermoni valdesi medievali, paper to be presented at the 63th congress of the Society for Waldensian Studies “Come si fa una letteratura. Lingue, testi e culture nell’auturnno del medioevo valdese” (Torre Pellice, 5-7 September 2024), organized by Andrea Giraudo (University of Turin). Scientific Comittee: Gabriella Ballesio, Andrea Giraudo, Debora Michelin Salomon,
Ottavia Niccoli, Giuseppe Platone, Aline Pons, Gian Paolo Romagnani

Materiality, Meanings and Agency of the Mitres of the Sainte Chapelle, Paris, paper to be presented at the 36th CIHA Congress “Matière, matérialié / Matter, Materiality” (Lyon, 23-28 June 2024), session: Dressing Bodies, Dressing Spaces: Challenges and New Approaches to Textiles and Adornment (300-1600) / Habiller le corps, Habiller l’espace: Enjeux et approches aux textiles et à l’adornement (300- 1600), organized by Patricia Blessing (Princeton University), Eiren Shea (Grinnell College), Elizabeth Dospel Williams (Dumbarton Oaks); chair: Maximilien Durand (Musée du Louvre).

Crowning the Mind: A Sensorial Approach of French Mitres (13^th-15^th century), paper to be presented at the conference “The Senses, Cognition, and the Body in Medieval Devotional Practices” (University of Padua, 5-7 June 2024).

“Warmth is the Grace of the Holy Spirit”: Handwarmers in Medieval Religious Practices, paper to be presented at the seminar “The Materiality of Art through the Senses: Perceptions, Experiences, Knowledge“, coordinated by Marta Battisti and Érika Wicky (Université Grenoble Alpes – LARHRA) Joint session of the ArtIS and Savoirs LARHRA’s research axis Lyon, salle Bollier (MSH) and online, 31 May 2024.

Sensory Agency and Multimodal Reception of Art in the European Middle Ages, paper to be presented at Universität Bern, Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities, at the workshop “Multisensory production and reception of artefacts in historic perspective” on 22 May 2024.

Touching the Ears, the Eyes, and the Soul: Sensory Experiences in Late Medieval Preaching in the Low Countries, paper to be presented at INOX, University of Sheffield, at the Conference “Senses, Emotions and Experience in the History of Education” on 17 November 2023.

Materiality, Memory and Devotion in the Medieval World (12^th-15^th c.), paper to be presented in  the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Seminar Series on 15 September 2023.

Knowing by Touching, Touching for Knowing. Haptic Experiences of Objects in the Spiritual Practices of Medieval Religious Communities, paper presented at the international conference “(Er-)leben von Spiritualität. Die fünf Sinne in religiösen Gemeinschaften des Mittelalters”, held (in-person) at the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Heidelberg, Deutschland (14-16 June 2023). 

Nuns’ Bodily and Sensory Experiences. The rituals of Holy Week in Lichtenthal, between shared performance and individual meditative practices, paper presented at the NetMAR international conference “Rituals of Gender Staging and Performance in the Middle Ages”, which took place (in-person) at the University of Bamberg, Bamberg, Germany (3-4 May 2023). 

Mind, Body and the Environment in Some Twelfth Century Augustinian Authors From Paris to Scandinavia, paper to be presented at the third workshop of the series The Order of St Victor in Medieval Scandinavia, entitled Victorine and Augustinian Influences in the North-East (Aula Magna, Stockholm University, 25–26 May 2023).

Performative Rites and Sensory Experiences: Practices of Dressing and Undressing Religious Images in Sacred and Secular Environments, paper presented at the international workshop “Art and Lived Religion: 800-1800”, which took place (in-person) at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland (9-11 May 2023).

Conceptualizing Kinesthesia as A Sense: Its Significance for Religious Experience in 12th & 13th Century Cloisters, paper presented on April 25 at the international conference “The Senses: Present Issues, Past Perspectives”, which will take place (in-person) at Monte Verità in Switzerland from Sunday 23 April to Wednesday 26 April 2023. This workshop, organized by Annette Kern-Stähler, Elizabeth Robertson, Will Brockbank, and Hannah Piercy, is funded by the Congressi Stefano Franscini/ETH Zurich, the SNSF, and the Burgergemeinde.

Embodiment and the Senses in the Devotional Practices of Medieval Children, paper presented at the Warwick History of Art Research Seminar Series, University of Warwick (online event), 8 march 2023.

Simulating the Body of Christ: Poly-Material Crucifixes from Italy and the Iberian Peninsula (14th-Century), paper presented at the conference “Sculptures polymatérielles du Moyen Âge et de la Renaissance en Europe et dans le bassin méditerranéen (v. 1200-1500)”, at Université de Picardie Jules Verne (Amiens), 10 november 2022.

Tactile Discourse: Material Transmission of Theological Ideas in 14th-Century Castile, paper presented at the conference “Performance, Perception, and Devotional Experience in Medieval Sacred Spaces”, at Universitat de Barcelona,  13 October 2022.

Sensing the Saint, Experiencing the Resurrection: The Shrine of Saint Lazarus in Autun, paper presented at the conference “Performance, Perception, and Devotional Experience in the Medieval Sacred Spaces”, Universitat de Barcelona – Università degli Studi di Padova – Università degli Studi di Bologna, Barcelona, 13 October 2022.

The Healing Power of Touch: Gestures, Objects, and Rituals of Salvation, paper presented at the conference “Forum Kunst des Mittelalters. Sinne/Senses”, Deutsche Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, 28 September 2022.

Bodily Interactions and Sensorial Engagement in the Performative Rites of Late-Medieval Santiago de Compostela, paper presented at the conference “The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies and Rituals”, at Università degli Studi di Padova, 21 September 2022.

El arte medieval a través de los sentidos: una aproximación sensorial a la cultura material de la Baja Edad Media, paper presented at the conference “MEDIEVO 5.0: Videojuegos, cine y tecnologización en el arte medieval”, at Universidad de León, 1 July 2022.

‘When the Bell Flies to Rome’. The Sounds of Darkness and the Liturgy of Tenebrae in the Middle Ages, paper presented at the conference “Rhythms and Resonances. Sounding Objects in the Middle Ages”, DFK – Deutsches Forum Für Kunstgeschichte/Centre Allemand d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris, 18 May 2022.

Medieval Performances at the Finis Terrae: Liturgical Dramatisations and Images in Galicia (Iberian Peninsula), paper presented online at the “57th International Congress on Medieval Studies – Kalamazoo”, hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University. Session: ‘Performance in the Global Middle Ages’, organised by Christopher Swift (New York City College of Technology, CUNY) and sponsored by Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society (MRDS). 9 May 2022.

Materiality, Naturalism, and Animation in the 14th-century Santos Cristos of Ourense and Fisterra (Galicia), paper presented at the conference “What Does Animation Mean in the Middle Ages? Theoretical and Historical Approaches”, 17 September 2021.