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CRSBI Lectures

CRSBI Seminar Series

Between 1996 and 2004, CRSBI hosted a series of annual seminars featuring papers by members and friends of the CRSBI research team:

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1996Papers by Roger Stalley, Neil Cameron, Harry Sunley, Tessa Garton, Neil Stratford, and Ron Baxter
1997Papers by John Blair, Philip Heath, and Seamus Ross
1998No seminar
1999Papers by John Prentice, Frieda Anderson, and Richard Plant
2000Papers by Harold Short & John Bradley, Barbara Zeitler, and Ann Hilder
2001Papers by Sandy Heslop, and Rachel Moss
2002No seminar
2003Papers by Sandy Heslop, Tessa Garton, Ron Baxter, and Thomas Russo
2004Papers by Harry Sunley and Jill Franklin
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CRSBI Annual Lecture Series

In 2011, CRSBI launched its Annual Lecture, delivered by a leading scholar of Romanesque sculpture. The first CRSBI Annual Lecture was given by the late John McNeill (1957-2024), Secretary to the British Archaeological Association and long-time friend and supporter to the Corpus. Some lectures are available to view on YouTube and can be found by following the links below.

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2011 Mr John McNeillManpower, Ideology and Travel: Twelfth-Century Architectural Sculpture in Northern Spain
2012 Prof. Roger StalleyThe Mason and the Metalworker: Imitation and Status in the Romanesque World
2013 Dr Jennifer AlexanderSantiago de Compostela: new thoughts on the construction of the great pilgrimage church
2014 Prof. Eric FernieRomanesque Sculpture: Contexts and Perceptions from Lincoln and Pavia to Moissac and Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines
2015 Prof. Tessa GartonEvidence set in stone? Twelfth-century sculptors and workshop practices in northern Palencia, Spain
2016 Prof. Jane GeddesThe Aberdeen Bestiary and Bridlington Priory: a fascination for animal lore?
2017 Prof. Deborah KahnNorth and South of the Loire: The Culture of Copying and the Rebirth of Sculpture
2018 Prof. Malcolm ThurlbyEnglish Romanesque Sculpture in its Architectural Context
2019 Dr Ron BaxterThe Surviving Architecture and Sculpture of Reading Abbey
2020 Prof. Neil StratfordCluny and Vézelay: The Paradox of the Romanesque Capital in Burgundy
2021 Dr Xavier DectotParadise found: Romanesque tombs in Western Europe, 1000-1150
2022 Dr Alex WoodcockImage, Pattern, Repetition: The Craft of Romanesque Sculpture in Southwest England
2023 Dr Richard PlantReflections on the Cushion Capital
2024 In place of the Annual Lecture a day of short papers in memory of the late Dr Jill Franklin was co-organised by CRSBI, the British Archaeological Association, and the Society of Antiquaries of London.
2025 Dr Michele Luigi VescoviRomanesque Sculpture and Water: The Art of Carved Vessels
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