On the Edge: Medieval Margins and the Margins of Academic Life

by J J Cohen

This looks interesting. Posted on behalf of Kelli Wood.

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On the Edge: Medieval Margins and the Margins of Academic Life

Symposium, Wednesday May 9^th, 2012

University of Chicago, Special Collections Research Center, The University of Chicago Library

1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637

Keynote: Lucy Freeman Sandler, Professor of Art History Emerita, New York University, “Outer Limits: Marginal Illustrations in Gothic Manuscripts”

Honoring the twentieth anniversary of Michael Camille’s Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art, the On the Edge symposium will accompany a special preview of the exhibit of the same name that pairs marginalia in illuminated manuscripts with photographs of life at the University of Chicago.  Camille’s groundbreaking work brought light to the confluence of the serious and the playful, the sacred and the profane in medieval manuscripts and architecture. The serious and the playful also converge at the university.  University life is defined not only by cutting edge research, but also by superstitions, protests, scavenger hunts, streakers in sneakers, social groups, and dance marathons. The papers at the On the Edge symposium explore the margins of medieval art and life. Lucy Freeman Sandler, Professor of Art History Emerita, New York University will give the keynote speech of symposium, “Outer Limits: Marginal Illustrations in Gothic Manuscripts.” Please contact kLwood@uchicago.edu for questions or comments. Open to the public.