Upcoming Events

AVISTA Fall 2025 Business Meeting
Sep
11

AVISTA Fall 2025 Business Meeting

Please join us for the AVISTA Fall Business Meeting on Thursday, September 11th, 2025 from 12:00-1:00pm (ET). We will have a discussion of the ICMS Kalamazoo 2026 Bill Clark sessions and the distribution of grant funding. All members of the board are strongly encouraged to attend, and all AVISTA members are welcome to do so.  We will record the meeting for those who are otherwise engaged at this time.

Please review the meeting notes here.

If there are agenda items in addition to the ones mentioned above please email our president, George Brooks at: gbrooks@valenciacollege.edu

Zoom link: https://valenciacollege.zoom.us/j/6905330132?omn=98156023135

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AVISTA Annual Reception
May
9

AVISTA Annual Reception

Please join us for the Annual AVISTA Reception at the 59th Annual International Congress on Medieval Studies! The reception will be held off-campus at Waldo’s Campus Tavern at 1408 W. Michigan Ave. in Kalamazoo, MI. We will have hearty finger foods and a limited number of FREE DRINKS! Please see George for a drink ticket.

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AVISTA at ICMS Kalamazoo
May
9
to May 10

AVISTA at ICMS Kalamazoo

The 59th International Congress on Medieval Studies takes place Thursday, May 9, through Saturday, May 11, 2024. AVISTA will be sponsoring three sessions on the topic of Notre Dame in Color.

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AVISTA at Medieval Academy of America
Mar
15

AVISTA at Medieval Academy of America

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Moving Through Sacred Medieval Interiors I: Processing Through Space

Friday, March 15th, 2024 | 2:30–4:00 PM ET

Session Chair: Maile Hutterer (University of Oregon)

  • “From Battlefield to Sacred Space and Back Again: The Deeds of Julius Caesar Tapestries in Lausanne,” Cara Nordengren (University of Kansas)

  • “Rustle and Bustle: An Exploration of Embodied Experience in Trecento Siena,” Tania Kolarik (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

  • “Sacred Interiors on (Exterior) Display: The Material Furnishings of Marian Pilgrimage Displays in the Later Middle Ages,” Claire Kilgore (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

Moving Through Sacred Medieval Interiors II: Motion Through Interiors

Friday, March 15th, 2024 | 4:30–6:00 PM ET

Session Chair: Tania Kolarik (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

Respondent: Maile Hutterer (University of Oregon)

  • “Function during Construction: A case study in 14th century Toulouse Cathedral,” Gabriela Chitwood (University of Oregon)

  • “The French Commandery Chapel: Embodying Urban Power and Crusader Memory Inside and Out,” Abby Armstrong Check (University of Wisconsin–Madison)

  • “The Architecture of Healing: An Examination of Hospital Architecture in the Global Middle Ages,” Brittany Forniotis (Duke University)

These sessions were organized by Abby Armstrong Check, Gabriela Chitwood, and Tania Kolarik.

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