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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture The Beauty of Romance: A Symposium Thursday June 2nd 2011 Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Lecture Theatre, 0915-1430 http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/our-museums/burrell-collection/Pages/home.aspx Speakers: Prof. Roberta Krueger, Hamilton College, NY Dr Bettina Bildhauer, University of St Andrews Prof. Simon Gaunt, King's College London Dr Maud Pérez-Simon, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle (Paris III) Organisers: Prof. Elizabeth Robertson, School of Critical Studies Dr James Simpson, School of Modern Languages and Cultures Delegate fee: £25 (includes tea/ coffee and buffet lunch) From Charlemagne to The Tudors, from Byzantium to Paris to Linlithgow, the courts of medieval Europe owed their fame to their proclaimed status as centres of cultural activity, as places for the 'beautiful people' of the age to congregate and enthral their spectators, the charismatic magnificence of kings and queens, lords and ladies amplified by a massive display of artistic production and collective entertainment, not least tales of the deeds of Arthur and his knights, of classical heroes such as Alexander the Great and of other great figures whether mythical or mythologised. Commemorating one of Arthur's favoured feasts, Ascension Day (June 2nd) and taking as its venue Glasgow's splendid Burrell Collection, this 'round table' brings together a group of internationally renowned scholars to explore how the medieval literary genre of romance reflects the place of aesthetics in court cultures, whether in terms of material and literary production, as well as in social performance of all kinds, from food to fashion, from combat to conversation. The programme consists of a mix of speaker presentations followed by a guided tour of the collection focusing on relevant artefacts. Programme 0915-0945 Registration and coffee 0945-1000 Elizabeth Robertson Welcome and introduction 1000-1045 Roberta Krueger Beauty and the Book: Teaching Courtly Culture in Le Conte du Graal and Le Petit Jehan de Saintré 1045-1130 Simon Gaunt Sleeping Beauty and the Courtly Beast 1130-1145 Tea and Coffee 1145-1230 Bettina Bildhauer The Magic of Beauty: Objects as Agents in German Romance 1230-1330 Lunch 1330-1415 Maud Pérez-Simon Alexander the Great in Late Medieval Court Miniatures: Beyond Beauty 1415-1430 Concluding remarks 1430-1530 Guided tour of the Collection Close Sponsors University of Glasgow Chancellor's Fund, School of Modern Languages and Cultures, School of Critical Studies and Glasgow Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies For further information, contact [log in to unmask] School of Modern Langauges and Cultures website http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/mlc/ ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html