Call for Papers: Medieval Pilgrimage Art in Northern Europe and the British
Isles

Increasing evidence and scholarly scrutiny has emerged about major and minor
sites in northern Europe and the British Isles that attracted Christian
pilgrims
for various purposes and on many specific occasions. Works of art and
architecture may have served as surrogates or substitutions for the major
centers at Rome, Santiago, or the Holy Land, and they may have spiritually,
physically, and/or visually reflected features of those most-esteemed but
distant places but, in many instances, they clearly revealed specific local
cults and interests, either in conjunction with or instead of those exemplars.
Thus, many a northern site became an important visitation goal in its own
right. Proposals are welcome that are concerned with architectural layouts,
specific features and decorations or particular works of art that were
expressions of cult and/or attractions to pilgrims. They might also include
consideration of shrines, souvenirs, other cult objects, or those features
created for accommodations and control of crowds, as well as specific urban
facilitation or enhancement of the pilgrim cults.

Sponsored by the International Society for the Study of Pilgrimage Arts
for Kalamazoo, May 8-11, 2008 International Congress on Medieval Studies

Papers on related topics will be given consideration.

deadline: September 15th

Please submit to rtekippewestga.edu

Dr. Rita Tekippe
Art History/Department of Art
324 Humanities
University of West Georgia
Carrollton GA 30118
678-839-4953
http://www.westga.edu/~rtekippe/