Inspiration from The Cloisters Museum: From Interns to Scholars I

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Special Session

Organizer Name

Leslie Bussis Tait

Organizer Affiliation

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Presider Name

Leslie Bussis Tait

Paper Title 1

Jews with Swords: Mapping A Violent "Other"

Presenter 1 Name

Asa Simon Mittman

Presenter 1 Affiliation

California State Univ.-Chico

Paper Title 2

A Jew in the Cloister(s)

Presenter 2 Name

Adam S. Cohen

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 3

The View from the Tower: Jews, Vision, and Surveillance in the Unicorn Tapestries

Presenter 3 Name

Sara Lipton

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Stony Brook Univ.

Start Date

9-5-2013 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard Brown & Gold Room

Description

As part of the celebration of the 75th anniversary of The Cloisters Museum, this session (one of two) brings together former Cloisters Interns to present their current research and recognize connections with their intensive summers of learning at The Cloisters Museum. All papers in this session concern interaction of Jews and Christians in medieval society as witnessed in works of medieval art.

Leslie Bussis Tait