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Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation&#160;Department of the Arts, Ben Gurion University of the Negev&#160;In collaboration and with support from The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy&#160;&#160;May 14-17, 2007&#160;To be held at The Marcus Family CampusBen Gurion University of the Negev, Beer ShevaConference Hall Rotem ("Ulam Rotem"), Student Building&#160;&#160;Monday, May 14, 2007&#160;9:30-10:30OpeningGreetings: Haim Finkelstein, Chair, Department of the Arts Yoram Meital, Chair, The Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy&#160;IntroductionAvital Heyman, Ben Gurion University of the Negev&#160;&#160;11:00-12:30Mapping the WorldChair: Mary Carruthers, New York University&#160;Conrad Rudolph, University of California, RiversideThe Requirements for Salvation: Hugh of Saint-Victor, Abelard, and The Mystic ArkAndreina Contessa, Hebrew University of JerusalemA Possible History: Exploring a Presumed Map of Theodulphe of OrleansCorinna Bottiglieri, Universit&#224; degli Studi di Roma &#8220;La Sapienza&#8221;Texts Becoming Images: the carmina figurata between Christian Symbolism and Panegyrist Tradition in the Carolingian Empire&#160;&#160;14:30-16:00Shrines and Liturgy: East and West Chair and Correspondent: Erica Cruikshank Dodd, University of VictoriaMichele Bacci, Universit&#224; di SienaSome Remarks on "Mixed" Shrines in the Levant during the Late Middle AgesYiska Harani, Independent ScholarThe Holy Light Ceremony and the Easter Pilgrimage to Jerusalem: Reflecting and Molding of IdentitiesSara Offenberg, Ben Gurion University of the NegevThe Deer Hunt in the Worms Mahzor: The Illustration of a Liturgical  Poem and Jewish-Christian Polemics&#160;&#160;16:30-18:00Art and History on the CrossroadsChair: Paula Gerson, Florida State University&#160;Simona Cohen, Tel Aviv UniversityPainted Chapels in the Mountains of Savoy: Artistic Documents on the CrossroadsErica Cruikshank Dodd, University of VictoriaCrusader Painting in the LevantAvraham Ronen, Tel Aviv UniversityAn Attempt on the Life of King Ferrante I of Aragon: its Depiction on the Bronze Doors of the Castelnuovo [Naples] and its Meaning&#160;Tuesday, May 15, 2007&#160;9:30-11:00Saints: Cult and HistoryChair: Conrad Rudolph, University of California, Riverside&#160;Nirit Ben-Aryeh Debby, Ben Gurion University of the NegevSaint Antoninus of Florence: Giambologna's San Salviati ReliefsDaniel Unger, Ben Gurion University of the NegevA Message to the King of France: A Political Interpretation of the St. Petronilla Altarpiece in St. Peter's &#160;&#160;11:30-13:00Muslim Imagery: Historical OverviewChair: Yoram Meital, Ben Gurion University of the Negev&#160;Rachel Milstein, Hebrew University of JerusalemThe Portrait of the Muslim Ruler as the Image of his TimeHousni Alkhateeb-Shehada, Levinsky College of EducationIllustrated Medieval Treatises on Islamic Veterinary Medicine&#160;&#160;15:00-16:30Jewish Imagery: Historical OverviewChair: Katrin Kogman-Appel, Ben Gurion University of the Negev&#160;Ephraim Shoham-Steiner, Ben Gurion University of the NegevThe Slaughter of the Innocents: Medieval Jewish Representations of Pharaoh's Blood Bath, Texts and illustrationsSimha Goldin, Tel Aviv UniversityVisible Language, Prose, Liturgical Poems and Illustrations: Means of Remembering and Commemoration in Medieval Jewish CommunitiesRam Ben-Shalom, Open University, Ra'ananaArtistic Imagery in Jewish Medieval Exempla and Biblical Interpretations&#160;&#160;17:00-18:30Time and LiturgyChair: Michele Bacci, Universit&#224; di Siena&#160;Margo Strumza-Uzan, Ben Gurion University of the NegevWhat has the Legend of the True Cross to do with Gender Issues?Renana Bartal-Cohen, Hebrew University of JerusalemThe Pepys Apocalypse: A Case of Visual TranslationElizabeth Valdez del Alamo, Montclair State University, New JerseyThe Ascension from Head to Toe&#160;&#160;Wednesday, May 16, 2007&#160;8:30-10:00The Pilgrimage Roads RevisitedChair: Elizabeth Valdez del Alamo, Montclair State University, New Jersey&#160;Paula Gerson, Florida State University&#160;Painting Romanesque Monumental Sculpture: Essential or Skeen-Deep?Manuel Casti&#241;eiras Gonz&#225;lez, MNAC - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, BarcelonaHistorical Context or Liturgical Background? The Making of Romanesque PortalsStephen Lamia, Dowling College, OakdaleProgram or Pastiche: The Sculptural Enigma at the Tumba di Rotari&#160;&#160;10:30-12:00Heretics and Saints in the Christian ChurchChair: Simona Cohen, Tel Aviv University&#160;Alessia Trivellone, Universit&#233; de NiceHeresy and the Iconography of Heretics in Medieval Europe (11th -13th Centuries)Debra Higgs Strickland, University of GlasgowChristus contrarius: &#160;Antichrist, the Pope, and the JewsSharon Roubach, Hebrew University of JerusalemGolden Twin Stars: Peter Damian and the Martyrs Pergentinus and Lauretinus&#160;&#160;13:30-15:00Mediterranean ConvergencesChair: Ora Limor, Open University, Ra'anana&#160;Galit Noga-Banai, Hebrew University of JerusalemVisual Contacts between Jewish Communities in the Diaspora and&#160;  Palestine during the Fourth CenturyAvriel Bar-Levav, Open University, Ra'ananaScenes of Death: Christian Images and Jewish Texts&#160;&#160;15:30-17:00Art, Society, and Collective MemoryChair: Avital Heyman, Ben Gurion University of the Negev&#160;Sarit Shalev-Eyni, Hebrew University of JerusalemReality and Fantasy: Nobility in Jewish ContextMary Carruthers, New York UniversityThinking in Images: Invention, Memory, and Place&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;17:30Beer Sheva &#8211; Jerusalem&#160;19:30 Dinner in Jerusalem&#160;&#160;Thursday, 17 May, 2007&#160;Jerusalem: Mount of OlivesAttendance of all workshop's participants in the Catholic and Orthodox celebration of the Feast of the Ascension&#160;&#160;