"Writing a New Illustrated History of Medieval Fashion"
Sarah-Grace Heller is an Associate Professor in the Department of French and Italian specializing in French and Occitan medieval literature. Her book Fashion in Medieval Francewas published in Suffolk, England by Boydell and Brewer in 2007. She has written articles on the Roman de la Rose, sumptuary laws, and the popular literature of the crusades. She is currently working on an Illustrated History of Medieval Fashion.
"Material and Visual Culture: Sights, Signs & Significance"
Deborah Smith-Shank is a Professor and Department Chair of Arts Administration, Education and Policy at OSU specializing in Semiotics, Feminist Theory, and Material Culture. She is also co-leader of the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) Working Group of the Humanities Institute. Her research is involved with artifacts of visual culture and social justice examined through semiotic and feminist lenses. She has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters, and edited the 2004 book, Semiotics and Visual Culture: Sights, Signs, and Significance. Smith-Shank currently serves as elected Vice President of the International Society for Education Through Art (http://www.insea.org/) and is co-editor and founder of the journal ofVisual Culture & Gender, an international, freely accessed, multimedia juried journal (http://www.emitto.net/visualculturegender).
Sponsored by the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS) Working Group of the Humanities Institute.
