Kalamazoo Sessions 2018

*note: abstracts for Enchanted Environs I and II may be found here.

Learning in Action: Geometry and Cathedral Design (A Demonstration)

Thursday 3:30 PM
Intramural Fields Near Valley Apartments

Organizer: Jennifer M. Feltman, University of Alabama

We will layout the floor plan of a medieval cathedral using stakes, strings, and geometric principles. All are welcome to watch. There will be room for a few extra volunteers; first come, first serve. A demonstration with George Brooks, Valencia College; Maile S. Hutterer, Univ. of Oregon; Jennifer Borland, Oklahoma State Univ./Material Collective; Jennifer Lyons, Ithaca College; Ellen M. Shortell, Massachusetts College of Art and Design; and Karlyn Griffith, Cal Poly, Pomona.

Experiential Pedagogy (A Panel Discussion)

Friday 10:00 AM
Fetzer 2016
Presider: Sean M. Winslow, Karl-Franzens-Univ. Graz

  1. “Hands-on History of the Book Course,” Carol Neuman de Vegvar, Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; Sally Livingston, Ohio Wesleyan Univ.
  2. “Mapping the Global Middle Ages,” Chelsea Skalak, Dickinson College
  3. “In the High School Classroom,” Rachelle Friedman, Lycée Français de New York
  4. “Laying Out a Cathedral Plan on Campus,” Jennifer M. Feltman, Univ. of Alabama

Casting an International Congress on Medieval Studies Pilgrim’s Badge (A Workshop)

Friday 3:30 PM
Goldsworth Pond Gazebo
Organizer: Steven A. Walton, Michigan Technological Univ.
Presider: George Brooks, Valencia College

Sponsor: AVISTA and the Dark Ages Recreation Company

This hands-on workshop led by AVISTA allows attendees to learn the process of casting pewter tokens in a soapstone mold as was done in the Middle Ages. Attendees cast a pilgrim’s badge they can take away for a cost of $5.

Archaeology and Experiment: Moving beyond the Artifacts

Saturday 10:00 AM
Fetzer 2016
Sponsor: AVISTA and EXARC
Organizer: Neil Peterson, EXARC
Presider: Karen Davidson, Independant Scholar

  1. “Replicating the Material Culture of Medieval Food: Production and Consumption,” Scott D. Stull, SUNY–Cortland
  2. “Bringing the Middle Ages into the Biology Lab: Antimicrobial Properties of Non-hops Brewing Herbs,” Mary Elizabeth Sullivan, Univ. of Central Arkansas; Harleigh Robbins, Univ. of Central Arkansas; Ben Rowley, Univ. of Central Arkansas
  3. “Kicking Ash: Pilot Experiments in Viking Era Beads,” Neil Peterson

Enchanted Environs: Architecture, Automata, and the Art of Mechanical Performance I

Sunday 8:30 AM
Fetzer 2016
Organizer: Amy Gillette, Barnes Foundation; Zachary Stewart, Texas A&M Univ.
Presider: Amy Gillette, Barnes Foundation

  1. “Monstrous Machines: Mechanical Wheels of Fortune in Medieval Europe,” Oliver Mitchell, Courtauld Institute of Art
  2. “Res Vana sive Misticus Jocus?”: Mechanical Wheels of Fortune and Religious Automata,” Vincent Deluz, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte/Univ. de Genève
  3. “Like Clockwork: Fortune, Time, and Mimetic Mechanism in Guillaume de Machaut’s MS C,” Kathleen Wilson Ruffo, Univ. of Toronto; Royal Ontario Museum

Enchanted Environs: Architecture, Automata, and the Art of Mechanical Performance II

Sunday 10:30 AM
Fetzer 2016
Organizer: Amy Gillette, Barnes Foundation; Zachary Stewart, Texas A&M Univ.
Presider: Zachary Stewart, Texas A&M Univ.

  1. “The Park of Hesdin and Its Automata under the Early Valois (1384–1404),” Scott Miller, Northwestern Univ./Univ. Paris 8
  2. “Space, Light, and Liturgical Plays as Sources of Inspiration for Late Gothic Altarpieces,” Johannes Tripps, Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig
  3. “Late Medieval Angel Machines,” Amy Gillette

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AVISTA Reception

Friday 5:30 PM
Fetzer 2020
Reception with cash bar. All are welcome to attend; meet and mingle with fellow AVISTonians and learn more about the society.

AVISTA Business Meeting

Saturday 12:00 PM
Fetzer 2016
Annual meeting of the society.

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