Performing Veronica: Image, Ritual, and Sacred Authority in Early Modern Spain

A seminar by Prof Mary B. Quinn (University of New Mexico) as a part of the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies Seminar Series (SLLCS).

The Veronica occupies an unusual place in the history of Christian images. Said to preserve the face of Christ through direct contact rather than artistic creation, it could be understood simultaneously as image, icon, relic, and acheiropoietic object. Yet in the early modern period, neither the status of the image nor the tradition surrounding it was fully settled. This talk explores that instability in early modern Spain.

The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies Seminar Series (SLLCS) promotes Literary and Cultural Studies, including political and social thought, narratology and imagology, film, textual and visual studies, questions surrounding language learning and translation studies, and also practice-led research. We encourage comparative, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research, as our intellectual inquiry is in the service of national and international debate and knowledge advancement, particularly on the construction of identity and otherness in literature and culture. The seminar series provides a forum for the dissemination and exchange of current and developing research from staff and postgraduate researchers within the school, and also from national and international guest speakers.

This event is run in accordance with Trinity’s Dignity and Respect policy, and its commitment to nurturing a respectful and inclusive research culture.
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