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Art historians, historians and scholars of text and culture from Boston College and around the world will gather on campus to discuss the evolving relationship between Jewish and Christian visual culture, at the 2014 Corcoran Chair International Conference early next month.
“Jews, Christians & Visuality: New Approaches,” which is free and open to the public, will take place on March 9 from noon-6 p.m. in Gasson 305, and on March 10 from 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Corcoran Commons Heights Room. The event is hosted by BC’s Center for Christian-Jewish Learning.
According to organizers, the study of “Jewish Art” and “Jews in Art” has been expanding from antiquarian and philological aspects to comprehend theoretical perspectives that extend to historical, artistic, textual and cultural studies. Ties between Jewish and Christian visual culture in the medieval Latin West is “a signal element in this re-evaluation.”
Center for Christian-Jewish Learning Director James Bernauer, SJ, and Marc Michael Epstein, who is Corcoran Visiting Professor in Christian-Jewish Relations for 2013-14, will offer greetings at the beginning of the conference.
Other BC speakers at the conference include Prof. Pamela Berger (Fine Arts), Prof. Emeritus Matilda Bruckner (Romance Languages and Literatures), Christian-Jewish Learning Center Associate Director Prof. Rabbi Ruth Langer (Theology), and graduate student Emma O’Donnell.
Also appearing at the event are representatives from the University of Toronto, Oxford University, the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies, University of Zagreb and City College of New York, among others.
For more information on “Jews, Christians & Visuality,” see www.bc.edu/cjl.