Â鶹´«Ã½ Sponsored Session
2025 International Congress on Medieval Studies
Kalamazoo MI, May 8–10, 2025
Historia Gothorum
Organized by Liz Wells, University of California Irvine, with Alison Locke Perchuk, CSU Channel Islands
These two linked sessions explore the past, present, and future of the Goths in Italy. We invite proposals from scholars of art history and allied fields who are engaged in the artistic and material culture and legacy of the Ostrogoths and Lombards in and beyond Italy.
Questions? mallorew@uci.edu
Historia Gothorum I: The Past and Present in Ostrogothic and Lombard Italy
Because of their unique geographic proximity to the heart of the former western Roman Empire, the relationship between the Roman past and the early medieval present was a fixture in Ostrogothic and Lombard conceptions of their own identities. The careful modulation and adaptation of historical motifs, images, and forms formed the building blocks of Ostrogothic and Lombard material and political culture. This panel invites speakers to consider the place of the historical past within the Ostrogothic and Lombard kingdoms, including studies in art and architecture, political discourse, the imagined or literal landscape of the peninsula. Submissions:
Historia Gothorum II: The Â鶹´«Ã½ Goths in a Post-Gothic World
This panel invites scholars to consider the “afterlife” of the Ostrogoths and Lombards. While these two kingdoms only lasted as geo-political entities for a few centuries, the art, architecture, and texts of these polities continued to impact the material and political culture of the Mediterranean for hundreds of years. Speakers for this panel can consider any aspect of the “afterlife” of the Ostrogoths and Lombards from the late eighth century onwards, including the depiction of these early medieval cultures in 20th- and 21st- century popular and political culture. Submissions:
Deadline for submissions: 15 September 2024
Speakers must be members of the Â鶹´«Ã½ at the time of the presentation; see www.italianartsociety.org for details