Envisioning the Eucharist
Transcending the Literal in Medieval and Byzantine Art

Conference organized by the Association of Scholars of Christianity in
the History of Art (ASCHA)

Price Auditorium
The Art Institute of Chicago
111 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL

The symposium examines the assertion that Medieval and Byzantine art
functioned not as a mere supplement to or reduction of advanced
theological concepts, but as theology in its own right, and features new
scholarship exploring how developing Eucharistic doctrine was
translated—and transformed—visually.

The symposium is co-organized by Matt Milliner and James Romaine and is
free with museum admission, though advance registration is requested.
Email James Romaine at drjamesromainegmail.com.
Museum Opens to the Public 10:30


PROGRAMME

10:30am
Museum Opens to the Public

10:45 – 11:00
Welcome
Dr. James Romaine
President of the Board of Directors
Association of Scholars of Christianity in the History of Art
Associate Professor of Art History
Nyack College

Dr. Christina Nielsen
Assistant Curator, Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art
The Art Institute of Chicago

Dr. Matthew Milliner
Assistant Professor of Art History
Wheaton College

11:00 – 12:00
Keynote Address
Dr. Aden Kumler
Associate Professor of Art History and the College
University of Chicago
"Specific Objects: Eucharistic Literality in the Middle Ages"

12:00 – 12:10
Break

12:10 – 1:10
Morning Session
Nancy Thebaut
Ph.D Student
University of Chicago
"Hoc est Corpus Meum: Paint and the Eucharist in 11th-c. Evangeliaries
from Echternach"

Dr. Florian Wöller
Wissenschaftlicher Assistant
Universität Basel
"What is "hoc"?: Deixis According to Some Late-Medieval Eucharistic
Theories"

1:10-2:30
Lunch

2:30-2:40
ASCHA Announcements

2:40-4:20
Afternoon Session
Roland Betancourt
Ph.D. Candidate
Yale University
"Byzantine Virality: The Mechanics of Eucharistic Representation"

Dr. Corinna T. Gallori
Independent Scholar
Milan, Italy
"Holy Name, Holy Presence"

10-minute Break

Dr. Elizabeth C. Parker
Professor Emerita of Art History
Fordham University
"Envisioning the Eucharist in Antelami’s Parma Deposition"

4:20-4:40
Concluding Discussion

5:00 Museum closes