UMEA Exchange

QMUL/UMEA Research Collaboration Study Day

Robert Tong Room, The Queen’s Building, QMUL, Mile End Rd
28 October 2011

University of Umeå Project, part of the Premodern Research Group

Professor Jonas Carlquist, Scandinavian Languages
Dr Ann-Catrine Eriksson, Art History
Ms Emma Ewadotter, Art History - unable to attend
In January 2012 Dr Cecilie Lindhé, Medieval Literature, will join the Project

QMUL Group and Associates:

Mr Matthew Champion, PhD student, Medieval History and Music, Queen Mary, University of London
Professor Virginia Davis, Medieval Ecclesiastical History and Dean for Research, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Chiara Franceschini, Art History, Warburg Institute
Ms Kati Ihnat, PhD student, History, QMUL (kati_ihnat@yahoo.ca)
Professor Beat Kumin, Early Modern History, University of Warwick
Dr Antonella Liuzzo-Scorpo, Medieval Iberian History, Queen Mary, University of London
Professor Miri Rubin, Medieval History, Queen Mary, University of London
Ms Carole Sibson, PhD student, Medieval history, Queen Mary, University of London
Dr Rosa Vidal, Hispanic Studies, Queen Mary, University of London

The QMUL/Umeå Exchange has developed around the research Project Imitatio Mariae: The Virgin Mary as Model in Southern Medieval Swedish Society. It involved joint critical assessment of the materials – textual, material, architectural – collected by members of the project led by Professor Joan Carlquist. The workshop on 28 October 2011 took place at QMUL and discussed the first tranche of materials of extremely interesting and mostly unpublished. The QMUL members’ interests in liturgy, art, music and devotional literature fitted well with the regional expertise of the colleagues from Umeå. Future meetings will take place as the Project unfolds, and members also aim to apply jointly for funding to promote shared interests.

The Umeå Premodern Research Group also has contact with the Centre for the History of Emotions at Queen Mary, University of London.