Elisabeth (Lisa) Trischler
University of Leeds, Institute for Medieval Studies, Graduate Student
- Art History, English Literature, Monasticism, Medieval illuminated manuscripts, Byzantine Studies, Byzantine Art and Archaeolgy, and 25 moreByzantine art, Medieval Studies, Medieval Art History, Medieval Art, Medieval Mediterranean Art and Architecture, Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts, Art and Art History, Interior Design, Italian Studies, Italian art, Medieval Italian Literature, Byzantine Portraits, History, Philosophy, Literature, Education, Dante Alighieri, Dante Studies, Medieval Literature, Manuscripts and Early Printed Books, Manuscripts & Material Culture, Manuscript Studies, Cultural Studies, Architecture, and Dante Society of Americaedit
- I received my BA from the University of Toronto in Art History and English and my MA from the University of Leeds in ... moreI received my BA from the University of Toronto in Art History and English and my MA from the University of Leeds in Medieval Studies. I am currently working on PhD at the University of Leeds. My research project investigates how the representation of architectural space is employed and manipulated in Dante’s <i>Commedia</i>. Specifically, I apply art historical concepts related to spatial and architectural theory to the <i>Commedia</i>. My supervisors are Matthew Treherne (Head of School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, Professor of Italian Literature) and Emilia Jamroziak (Professor of Medieval Religious History, Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies). My research questions are: How was space experienced, thought about, and negotiated in the <i>Commedia</i> and to what extent was it influenced by medieval intellectual practices related to memory, spatial theory and spiritual development? How does spatial interpretation in Dante allow for alternative readings of the text?
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My interest in Dante Aligheri began in a first-year survey course where I was exposed to literature from the ancient world until the present day. I always wanted to merge the fields of art history and literature and medieval manuscripts was a great way to do this. While at UCL, during my third year of undergrad, I took part in the Warburg Institute’s workshop on Dante where a close reading of a single canto each week made Dante’s main arguments palpable. I volunteered for the workshop, assisting with the selection of manuscripts to display, discussion topics, and gave a lecture on Dante’s influence on nineteenth- and twentieth-century art. During the final year of my BA I took two graduate seminars on pilgrimage and diagrams. I became fascinated with memory practices within the medieval period and how people moved within space and their interpretation of it. Dante’s <i>Commedia</i> became my first attempt at testing theories of how art is described and mediated in literature.
My MA began by considering the labyrinthine structure of the text and some of the illuminated manuscripts associated with the <i>Commedia</i>. However, I soon moved away from this and began applying spatial and architectural theory to the text in order to understand how Dante moved within the spaces as well as the different architectural spaces he encountered. Dante employs contrasting examples of architecture as literary devices, such as the gate of Hell versus the gate of Purgatory, or the Cluniacs’ opulent sculptural programmes compared with the Cistercians’ plain spaces. By placing the same architectural form in both Hell and Paradise, Dante not only understands architecture’s ability to generate particular ideologies but also teaches the reader to interpret the physical form in order to understand the ideology being conveyed – providing learning tools for the poem and life. By exploring case studies of how the city and cloister influenced Dante’s pedagogy, I opened up new ways of thinking about the poem by considering how space itself was experienced and negotiated in the <i>Commedia</i> and how this was influenced by Dante’s own lived experience and understanding of space.
I am also interested in medieval plays, specifically The Castle of Perseverance as well as performance, religion, medieval practises of memory, and philosophy.edit - Matthew Treherne (Head of School of Languages, Cultures and Societies, Professor of Italian Literature) , Emilia Jamroziak (Professor of Medieval Religious History, Director of the Institute for Medieval Studies)edit
Scholars have explored the rise of far-right reactionary political parties in Europe over the last decade. However, social movements reflecting similar political orientations have rarely been conceptualized as "reactionary." To better... more
Scholars have explored the rise of far-right reactionary political parties in Europe over the last decade. However, social movements reflecting similar political orientations have rarely been conceptualized as "reactionary." To better understand the political orientations of reactionary transnational social movements such as the Identitarians and the Defence Leagues, we explore how and why ethnonational symbols derived from the medieval period are utilized by adherents. This interdisciplinary investigation argues that, through processes of mediated political medievalism, ethnonational symbols are used as strategic framing devices to reimagine an idealized "golden age" of distinct European nations, to assign blame for the erosion of ethnonational identity through multiculturalism, immigration and "Islamization," to establish an intergenerational struggle against the supposed incursion of Islam in Europe, and to proscribe and justify the use of violence as a means of re-establishing the primacy of European nations.
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Atti del Convegno tenutosi a Firenze il 3 e 4 Giugno 2019.
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How does Dante speak to us today? And why are we still listening? This postgraduate/early-career conference, marking the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante's death in 1321, will examine how Dante's works, despite their cultural,... more
How does Dante speak to us today? And why are we still listening? This postgraduate/early-career conference, marking the seven hundredth anniversary of Dante's death in 1321, will examine how Dante's works, despite their cultural, linguistic, and historical remoteness, continue to reach us in new and unexpected ways. Dante has been an iconic figure from his time to the present day; 'Dante's Afterlives' will therefore explore how Dante's works, filtered through a variety of forms and contexts, have produced multiple interpretations (and misinterpretations). Rather than seeing the vast cultural diffusion of Dante's works (principally the Commedia) as an interpretive obstacle to be overcome, this conference will take a step back, focusing instead on how this process has shaped (and continues to shape) the ever-increasing ways in which Dante speaks to us today. The 2021 anniversary offers a perfect opportunity for considering such issues. By acknowledging and exploring the processes of mediation which stand between Dante's time and our own, we can gain a better understanding of the historical contingency of Dante's works. Furthermore, such a self-reflective approach will be useful for understanding how misunderstandings, (mis)representations, scholarly trends, and cross-cultural transformations all play a role in constructing the various 'Dantes' which have emerged over the centuries. 'Dante's Afterlives' will provide an opportunity for postgraduate and early-career researchers to explore these very pertinent questions and to reflect on how such issues relate to teaching and public engagement. Furthermore, 'Dante's Afterlives' will open up productive dialogues between postgraduate and early-career researchers working on Dante across different institutions in the British Isles and will provide opportunities for networking and future collaboration. Potential paper topics will include but are not limited to: • Representations (and misrepresentations) of Dante in popular culture • The material transmission of Dante's texts • Translations and publication across borders • (Mis)understanding Dante's language • Dante's afterlives across different media (art, literature, music, cinema, etc.)
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From the pseudo-Ciceronian Ad Herennium to Pietro da Ravenna's Phoenix, the vibrant intellectual climate of the Italian peninsula was the core of many important contributions to Europe's mnemonic traditions, bridging not only Eastern and... more
From the pseudo-Ciceronian Ad Herennium to Pietro da Ravenna's Phoenix, the vibrant intellectual climate of the Italian peninsula was the core of many important contributions to Europe's mnemonic traditions, bridging not only Eastern and Western cultures but also adapting the classical tradition to its own epoch. This panel aims to explore the variety of memory techniques developed and practiced in Italy during the medieval period. Medieval memory has become a key topic of discussion amongst contemporary scholars from many disciplines, our panel will therefore accept papers from a variety of fields, including but not limited to: art, history, literature, philosophy, and theology. Potential paper topics include but are not limited to: • the use of ars memoriae in Italian literature • the differences between theory and praxis • the influence or rejection of classical authors • illustrations as pedagogical tools and/or their absence • Ars memoriae and the sermo modernus • the practice in relation to different audiences • real and imagined architectural spaces and ars memoriae • the roles of affect and sensorial play • art and mnemonics: from manuscript decoration to cloister frescoes We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers on (but not limited to) the above-mentioned topics. In order to submit an abstract please find the paper session here: https://icms.confex.com/icms/2021am/cfp.cgi and upload your abstract by 15 September 2020.
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Scholars have explored the rise of far-right reactionary political parties in Europe over the last decade. However, social movements reflecting similar political orientations have rarely been conceptualized as “reactionary.” To better... more
Scholars have explored the rise of far-right reactionary political parties in Europe over the last decade. However, social movements reflecting similar political orientations have rarely been conceptualized as “reactionary.” To better understand the political orientations of reactionary transnational social movements such as the Identitarians and the Defence Leagues, we explore how and why ethnonational symbols derived from the medieval period are utilized by adherents. This interdisciplinary investigation argues that, through processes of mediated political medievalism, ethnonational symbols are used as strategic framing devices to reimagine an idealized “golden age” of distinct European nations, to assign blame for the erosion of ethnonational identity through multiculturalism, immigration and “Islamization,” to establish an intergenerational struggle against the supposed incursion of Islam in Europe, and to proscribe and justify the use of violence as a means of re-establishing t...