Thursday, Jan. 26
Opening Lecture
4 pm | Rehm Library
Dr. William Purkis, Department of History, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Bringing the Holy Land Home: Crusaders, Relics, and the Transformation of Latin Christendom’s Sacred Material World
View the video of the lecture
5:30pm, Cantor Gallery. Opening Reception.
Monday, January 30
Gallery Talk
12.15 | Cantor Art Gallery
Amanda Luyster, Guest Curator
The Chertsey Tiles: Context and Reconstruction
Monday, February 13
Lecture
4 pm | Media Lab Prior PAC
Dr. Chad Leahy, University of Denver
Bringing the Holy Land Home to Spain: Jerusalem and the National Imagination, 1095-2022
Tuesday, February 21 & Monday, February 27
Student Presentations
12.15 pm | Cantor Art Gallery
Saturday, March 25, 2023
8:30am-7pm. “Bringing the Holy Land Home” Conference, held in association with the NEMC (New England Medieval Consortium). Register here on Eventbrite.
Speakers include:
Lloyd de Beer, the British Museum
Paroma Chatterjee, University of Michigan
Paul Cobb, University of Pennsylvania
Matthew Gabriele, Virginia Tech
Sarah Guerin, University of Pennsylvania
Cynthia Hahn, Hunter College & Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Eva Hoffman, Tufts University
Richard Leson, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Amanda Luyster, College of the Holy Cross
Suleiman Mourad, Smith College
Nicholas Paul, Fordham University
Matthew Reeve, Queen’s University
Euan Roger, National Archives, Kew
Naomi Speakman, the British Museum
Elizabeth Williams, Dumbarton Oaks
Tuesday, April 4
Gallery Talk
4 pm | Cantor Art Gallery
Meredith Fluke, Director Cantor Art Gallery
Bringing the Chertsey Tiles to Holy Cross: What We’ve Learned
A series of related musical performances by Holy Cross musical ensembles
Thursday, February 16
12.30 pm| Prior PAC Beehive
Holy Cross Chamber Music Ensemble
When Cultures Clash: Destruction and Synthesis
Wednesday, February 22
8 pm | Prior PAC Beehive
Holy Cross Orchestra
Orchestra Pop-Up Concert Exploring Cross Cultural Connections
Thursday, March 23
5:30 pm | Prior PAC Beehive
Holy Cross Chamber Singers
Title TBD
Wednesday, March 29
1 pm | Prior PAC Beehive
Gregorian Chant Ensemble
Chants of a Medieval Abbey