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From: Sam Turner <[log in to unmask]>
To: "'Dr J.H. Barrett'" <[log in to unmask]>
LIGHT: A Christmas Symposium
Friday 11th December 2009
The Research Beehive,
Newcastle University
Registration is free to all and includes a buffet lunch, tea and coffee.
All are welcome, including students and members of the public.
Places are strictly limited so early registration is essential.
To register please email Dr Sam Turner: [log in to unmask]
Programme
11.00am -- Registration and coffee --
11.40am Dr Mark Jackson, Newcastle University.
Introduction: lighting the darkness in the Middle Ages.
12.00pm Dr Claire Nesbitt, Durham University.
Seeing the light. The significance of light in the Byzantine Church.
12.35pm Dr Andrew Roach, University of Glasgow.
Lights and liturgy in western churches.
1.00pm -- Lunch --
Keynote:
2.00pm Prof Liz James, University of Sussex.
Light and colour in Byzantine mosaics.
2.40pm Dr Nadine Schibille, University of Oxford.
A metaphysical aesthetic of light.
3.15pm -- Tea -- 4.00pm Prof Jim Crow, University of Edinburgh. Lighting
the aniconic churches of Naxos. 4.35pm Dr Pam Graves, Durham University.
'The unspotted mirror'? Light, glass and self-examination in th epre- and
post-Reformation church. 5.10pm Concluding discussion.
5.20pm -- Close and drinks --
Sponsored by: The Centre for Byzantine Cultural History and the School of
Historical Studies: Landscapes and Monuments Research Strand, Newcastle
University
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