The Resurrected Body

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Medieval Academy of America

Organizer Name

Bissera V. Pentcheva

Organizer Affiliation

Stanford Univ.

Presider Name

Cynthia Hahn

Presider Affiliation

Hunter College, CUNY

Paper Title 1

The Resurrected Body of Mary: The Assumption between the Eighth and Ninth Centuries

Presenter 1 Name

Francesca Dell'Acqua

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Univ. degli Studi di Salerno/Univ. of Birmingham

Paper Title 2

Resurrected Bodies in Living Color: Medieval Polychrome Tomb Effigies

Presenter 2 Name

Thomas E. A. Dale

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison

Paper Title 3

The Resurrected Body

Presenter 3 Name

Bissera V. Pentcheva

Start Date

10-5-2019 3:30 PM

Session Location

Sangren 1750

Description

This session explores the synergy between the theology of Resurrection and the material means through which the vibrancy of the imagined, inspirited, and glorious body was communicated. The papers draw upon research relating to materiality, relics, and phenomenology. Alfred Andrea