In 2019, Professor Paul Binski announced his retirement after twenty-four years at the Department of the History of Art. The Department is organising a symposium in his honour to mark his many and varied contributions to the University of Cambridge, the History of Art and to Medieval Studies more broadly.
Attendance is free of charge. To register your attendance, please email:
Reception@aha.cam.ac.uk by 9th March.
Programme:
10.00-10.15: Introduction/Welcome
10.15-11.15: Session 1
Chair: Julian Luxford
Beth Williamson: ‘Listening to Paul’
John Munns: ‘The Book of Binski: Between Patronage and Poetics’
11.15-11.45: Coffee break
11.45-13.00: Session 2
Chair: Laura Slater
Alixe Bovey: ‘Undisciplined’
Amy Jeffs: ‘Paul and Paidea- A Story of Adventure’
William Kynan-Wilson: ‘Comic Mnemonics’
13.00-14.15: Lunch
14.15-15.30: Session 3
Chair: Julian Luxford
Lucy Wrapson: ‘What can be done to save England’s neglected rood screens?’
Christina Faraday: ‘Gothic Plunder: Eloquence and Fictionality in Very Late Medieval England’
15.30-15.45: Coffee break
15.45-17.00: Session 4
Chair: Polly Blakesley
Robert Hawkins: ‘Ineffable Craft: Paul and What Can’t Be Said’
Anya Burgon: ‘Making and Making Sense: Poetics of Craft in the Twelfth Century’