*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
- “Hands-on History of the Book Course,” Carol Neuman de Vegvar, Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; Sally Livingston, Ohio Wesleyan Univ.
- “Mapping the Global Middle Ages,” Chelsea Skalak, Dickinson College
- “In the High School Classroom,” Rachelle Friedman, Lycée Français de New York
- “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
- “Replicating the Material Culture of Medieval Food: Production and Consumption,” Scott D. Stull, SUNY–Cortland
- “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
- “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
- “Monstrous Machines: Mechanical Wheels of Fortune in Medieval Europe,” Oliver Mitchell, Courtauld Institute of Art
- “Res Vana sive Misticus Jocus?”: Mechanical Wheels of Fortune and Religious Automata,” Vincent Deluz, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte/Univ. de Genève
- “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.
- “The Park of Hesdin and Its Automata under the Early Valois (1384–1404),” Scott Miller, Northwestern Univ./Univ. Paris 8
- “Space, Light, and Liturgical Plays as Sources of Inspiration for Late Gothic Altarpieces,” Johannes Tripps, Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig
- “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.