Program

ACLS Fellowship Program, 2003

Project

The flow of blood in medieval Norwich

Abstract

Program

ACLS Fellowship Program, 2011

Project

Stories of Stone: Dreaming the Prehistoric in the Middle Ages

Department

English

Abstract

This project studies two forms of human encounter with stone in the Middle Ages: as a primordial natural substance that provokes wonderment about how the world’s materiality works; and as a seemingly timeless element in architectures that have long outlived their builders (e.g., Stonehenge and Neolithic graves). Stone invited medieval writers to think innovatively about time, materiality, the power of art, and the persistence of history.