Lectures/Sep 23, 2021

An Ethiopian “Constantine” in the 12th Century: The Architecture of the Early Zagwe Dynasty and Monumental Ruins

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An Ethiopian "Constantine" in the 12th Century: The Architecture of the Early Zagwe Dynasty and Monumental Ruins, lecture by Mikael Muehlbauer (Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies), University College Dublin via Zoom, October 5, 2021, 4:00–5:15 pm (Dublin)

Mikael Muehlbauer is Wallace Fellow at Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies working on the project "Restoring Churches in Occupied Ethiopia: The Appropriation of the Middle Ages in Italian East Africa 1936-1941." He is a specialist in the architecture of medieval Ethiopia and Egypt.

Part of UCD School of Art History and Cultural Policy's new Late Antique and Byzantine seminar series. The series is organized by Sean Leatherbury and Lynda Mulvin.

Advance registration required.