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Singing from Manuscripts: Introducing the Kalamazoo SoundWalk
May 8, 2025 — midnight
Western Michigan University
The Digital Analysis of Chant Transmission is sponsoring a SoundWalk at the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies. This SoundWalk accompanies and promotes a workshop at the Congress where participants will learn to read music and sing from digital images of medieval musical manuscripts. The SoundWalk will open with an informal demonstration on the gathering stairs in the Student Center at noon on Thursday, May 8. There will be with live singing where attendees will learn about the event and download the DACT app. Participants will then be directed to various locales on campus to encounter posters of digital images of manuscripts, coupled with recordings of their content, delivered to their cell phone.
60th International Congress on Medieval Studies
May 8, 2025 — midnight
Western Michigan University
Hosted by the Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University, the International Congress on Medieval Studies is an annual gathering of thousands of scholars interested in medieval studies. The Congress embraces the study of all aspects of the Middle Ages, extending into late antiquity and the early modern period, including—but not limited to—history, language, literature, linguistics, art, archaeology, religion, science, medicine, music, drama, philosophy, gender, sexuality, mysticism and technology, as well as medievalism. The 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies takes place Thursday, May 8, through Saturday, May 10, 2025.
Mining the Collection: A Virtual Visit to the Wyvern Research Institute, London
May 8
12 to 1 p.m.
The International Center of Medieval Art is sponsoring a virtual lunchtime session at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in which there will be a live viewing of selected medieval objects from the Wyvern Collection in London.
DISTAFF: Medieval Dress and Textile Arts Display and Demonstration
May 8
5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
On Thursday, May 8, DISTAFF (Discussion, Interpretation, and Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics, and Fashion) will hold an exhibition of members' work, open to view for all attendees of the 60th International Congress on Medieval Studies. This will be a display of reproduction textile and dress items, handmade using medieval methods and materials. Items will include textiles, decorative treatments, garments, dress accessories, and more. Exhibitors will demonstrate techniques and be available to discuss the use of historic evidence in reproducing artifacts of material culture.