Different Visions

Congrats to our student researcher Elise Braggs! She presented a paper on open-access publishing at NCUR this year, and will be an OSU Wentz Scholar next year. This competitive program will allow her continue her research. Great work, Elise! @OSU_Research @casresearchosu

Our next Issue 5 article discusses the infamous “Sheela-na-gig” sculpture depicting a naked woman, and how sculptures bearing her name fall into a tradition of family-founding, castle-buildings, self-assertive, and self-displaying women! Check it out: differentvisions.org/issue-five/201…

The ICMS conference in Kalamazoo is already next week! Please join us for the DV Reception on Thursday AND for this wonderful session on Saturday!! Can't wait to see you there. differentvisions.org/medieval-art-h…

In our first highlighted article from Issue Five, author Sarah Salih analyzes medieval women’s sexuality; coming to the conclusion that it is depicted as fraught, complicated, and an experience that separates body and soul along with God and humanity. differentvisions.org/the-trouble-wi…

Congrats @mediumaeveum for this HC Research Spotlight on your excellent essay in Different Visions!

New CFP: Introductions to the Middle Ages Through Medievalism -- through personal essays, interviews, and conversations, we welcome scholarly reflections on early introductions to the Middle Ages and medievalism. Proposals due 2/15/24! differentvisions.org/medievalism-sp…

Reminder that DV has a rolling issue actively accepting submissions until 2024! This issue features single essays that are published when ready. If you have a proposal, please contact the editors at differentvisionsjournal@gmail.com Find Issue 7 here! differentvisions.org/issue-seven-op…

New special issue CFP, Environmental Narratives and the Eremitic Turn, eds Denva Gallant and Amelia Hope-Jones! Proposals are due Nov. 30 - more info here! differentvisions.org/call-for-propo…

With this week's featured essay by Lindsay Cook we wrap up Issue 10 (Labor)! Cook's essay recovers as historical agents the medieval working class in the land of the Paris cathedral chapter, considering a wide variety of media. Don't miss it! differentvisions.org/traces-of-the-…

Our next featured essay is by Hallie Meredith! Her piece explores representations of unfinished work in the 4th-8th c. eastern Mediterranean. She argues that the strategic use of images of workers’ bodies were used to guide the viewer’s experience. differentvisions.org/shaping-viewer…

This week's featured essay is by Virginia Raguin! Exploring early-modern stained-glass windows commissioned by the prosperous working class, she considers these images as self representation and guild community. Check it out! differentvisions.org/windows-on-the…

This week's featured essay from our recent issue on Labor is by Selena Anders! She explores medieval residential porticoes in Rome, considering the cultural significance for city's working class. Check it out! differentvisions.org/housing-the-bu…

Time for another feature from Issue 10 on Labor! Deirdre Jackson considers representations of workers in Alfonso X’s Cantigas de Santa Maria. She argues that laborers featured in the miracle stories reflected ideals of social harmony. Don't miss it differentvisions.org/work-and-worke…

In this week's featured essay from Issue 10 on labor, Anna Russakoff explores medieval images of bakers. She argues for the significant social and culture impact of bread, bakers, and bakeries in medieval France. Don't miss it! differentvisions.org/images-of-bake…

We are thrilled to share this call for proposals for a new forthcoming special issue of Different Visions! Social Sculpture in the Middle Ages will be edited by @krisrac and @ArielaAlgaze . Proposals are due Oct. 1. More info here: differentvisions.org/proposals-soci…

This week's featured essay is by Barbara Crostini, who considers depictions of plasterers and their tools in late antique and medieval imagery. She argues for better recognition of this workforce that drove society’s cultural achievements. Don't miss it! differentvisions.org/gypsum-and-mor…

This week's featured essay from Issue 10 (on labor) is by Kathleen E. Kennedy @TheMedievalDrK, who focuses on the work of three artists with tremors and their potential for helping us understand medieval disabilities. Be sure to check it out! differentvisions.org/aging-artists-…

Welcome Mya Frieze, our new content manager! She is Assoc. Course Director of Art History at Full Sail University, specializing in early Irish art and library/information science. She will improve indexing and discoverability for DV (supported by our recent Kress grant)!

This week's featured essay from Issue 10 is by Layla Seale. She argues that just as the human working classes were essential figures of medieval social orders, demon workers are vital to the economy of Hell. Please take a look! differentvisions.org/work-is-hell-d…