Professor Jeffrey Hamburger, Kuno Franko Professor of German Art and Culture at Harvard University, will be visiting the Warburg Institute as a Senior Visiting Fellow from 6 to 13 March 2012. During his visit Professor Hamburger will be giving a Public Lecture entitled “Medieval Hypertext: The Illuminated Manuscript in an Age of Virtual Reproduction” on 7 March at 16.30; speaking at the “Medieval Diagrams and Maps” workshop on 9 March; and consulting with staff and students about their research. For further information about Professor Hamburger’s visit please go to http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/senior-visiting-fellowship/
The lecture is free of charge and registration is not required.
We would also like to draw your attention to the range of conferences and public lectures being held at the Institute over the coming months (for details visit: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk/fileadmin/images/events/A5_Annual_Programme2011_12_SpringUpdate.pdf). Highlights include:
- Translating the Qur’an – The Launch Conference of the Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe (CHASE), 16 March 2012
- Visual Interests – The Intellectual Legacy of Michael Baxandall, 24-25 May 2012
- Warburg, Benjamin and Kulturwissenschaft, 14-15 June 2012
