Whose Middle Ages? Medieval Art and the Political Moment

Friday, February 14, 2020: 6:00 PM
Lake Ontario (Hilton Chicago)
Nina A. Rowe , Fordham University, Bronx, NY
Nina Rowe is an Associate Professor at Fordham University and President of the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA). Her first book, The Jew, the Cathedral, and the Medieval City: Synagoga and Ecclesia in the Thirteenth Century(Cambridge UP, 2011) was shortlisted for CAA’s Charles Rufus Morey Prize (2012) and an article on related material won the Van Courtlandt Elliott Prize from the Medieval Academy of America (2008). Her forthcoming book, The Illuminated World Chronicle: Tales from the Late Medieval City, will be published by Yale UP in 2020. She is the recipient of fellowships from the NEH, the ACLS, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.