Special Events

The Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission is sponsoring a SoundWalk at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies. This SoundWalk accompanies and promotes a workshop at the Congress where participants will learn to read music and sing from digital images of medieval musical manuscripts. The SoundWalk will open with an informal demonstration on the gathering stairs in the Student Center at noon on Thursday, May 8. There will be with live singing where attendees will learn about the event and download the DACT app. Participants will then be directed to various locales on campus to encounter posters of digital images of manuscripts, coupled with recordings of their content, delivered to their cell phone.

The International Center of Medieval Art is sponsoring a virtual lunchtime session at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in which there will be a live viewing of selected medieval objects from the Wyvern Collection in London.

The International Center of Medieval Art is sponsoring a virtual lunchtime session at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS) in which there will be a live viewing of selected medieval objects from the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies.

On Thursday, May 8, DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion) will hold an exhibition of members' work, open to view for all attendees of the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies. This will be a display of reproduction textile and dress items, handmade using medieval methods and materials. Items will include textiles, decorative treatments, garments, dress accessories, and more. Exhibitors will demonstrate techniques and be available to discuss the use of historic evidence in reproducing artifacts of material culture.

Chris Vinsonhaler brings the gift of the bard to create a new approach to this ancient Old English poem about heroes and monsters in this 90-minute bardic performance in Modern English. Awarded a fellowship funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the performance has been hosted by schools, universities, and community groups.

The Microsoft HoloLens Art History Experience is a mixed reality experience where users wear a headset to explore an immersive medieval environment. Using Immersive Realms, an app developed by Dr. Elina Gertsman, participants can walk into a mixed reality space and see an array of holographic objects (e.g., laser-scanned reliquaries) that they can pick up, scale, and place throughout the space. This is an opportunity to interact with objects that are now behind glass in museums—tapestries, reliquaries, automata, and more—but which were meant to be lived with, touched, handled, and shared.

During the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies, we will be showcasing artisans and their work in experimental archaeology. They will have several recreated artifacts from early medieval England and Northern Europe. Our exhibitors will be Ken and Cynthia Koll of Nordik Kraft, George Carroll, and Dr. George Johnson. On display will be things such as artifacts from the seventh-century ship-burial site of Sutton Hoo, examples of early iron production, and everyday items such as utensils and game boards.