The Past as a Thing: History, Memory, and Objects in the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman World

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Haskins Society

Organizer Name

Carolyn Twomey, Aleksandra McClain

Organizer Affiliation

Boston College, Univ. of York

Presider Name

Carol Neuman de Vegvar

Presider Affiliation

Ohio Wesleyan Univ.

Paper Title 1

Raising an Issue? The Use of the Derrynaflan Chalice

Presenter 1 Name

Michael Ryan

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. College Dublin

Paper Title 2

Objects of Memory: Stone Commemoration in Anglo-Scandinavian and Anglo-Norman England

Presenter 2 Name

Aleksandra McClain

Paper Title 3

"Mighty and Barbaric": Baptismal Fonts and Social Memory in Early Norman Yorkshire

Presenter 3 Name

Carolyn Twomey

Start Date

12-5-2016 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1325

Description

This session explores the relationship between history, memory, material culture, and art, in particular how objects are shaped by and help shape medieval notions of the past in the Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman world.

Robert F. Berkhofer III