CLAMS Colloquium
The Senses in the Pre-Modern World
Tuesday 17th May, 14.00 – 20.00
Council Room, King’s College London
2pm
Arrival and registration
Welcome and introduction: Julia Crick & Sarah Bowden
2.15-3.15pm
Panel 1
Maria Grasso (Courtauld Institute), ‘The sentient soul:
appropriation, artistic whimsy or theological expression’
(835-1275)
Sarah Bowden (King’s College London), ‘Sin and the senses:
sensory sins in German confession formulae’
Hilary Powell (University of Durham), ‘Sensory decoupling
and the descent into daydreaming’
Chair: Francesca Brooks
3.15-3.45pm
Tea and coffee break
3.45-4.45pm
Panel 2
Mariana Lopez (Anglia Ruskin University), ‘Sound and
Hearing in Medieval Drama’
James Paz (University of Manchester), ‘Seeing beneath the
Surface: Fastitocalon and Franks Casket’
Lotte Reinbold (University of Cambridge), ‘Ways of Seeing:
Vision and Landscape in the Parliament of Fowls
Chair: Charlotte Rudman
4.45-5pm
Break
5-6pm
Plenary lecture: Heather Hunter-Crawley (University of
Swansea), ‘Past, present and future directions of sensory
archaeology’
6pm
Drinks reception & musical performance (introduced by
Simon Bate)
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