Evaluating 2021: Race, Diversity, and Medieval Art History in the Classroom and the Museum, An ICMA Town Hall, Zoom, May 4, 2022, 12:00–1:30 pm (ET)

This Town Hall is envisioned as a continuation of the conversations begun at the November 2020 ICMA Town Hall on Diversity, Medieval Art History, and 2020. This first Town Hall, which over one hundred ICMA members attended, served as a productive forum for listening, brainstorming, and discussing issues of diversity and inclusivity and how they pertain to our practices and our work as medieval art historians. Following this event, the IDEA Committee collaborated with other ICMA committees to plan, develop, and implement many of the suggestions and requests voiced at the 2020 Town Hall.

At the 2022 Town Hall, scholars, teachers, and curators will have the opportunity to assess the diversity initiatives of the past few years, share triumphs and cautionary tales, and develop guidelines for best practices. What has worked, in the classroom, in the museum, in other spaces? What has proven to be challenging? What are things that we as a field still have to think through? Simply put: as we adjust to altered circumstances of research and teaching, how is it going?
 
The 2022 Town Hall will feature a panel of ICMA members who will share some of their own experiences engaging with diversity initiatives. We will then split into themed breakout rooms (e.g., Curating and the Museum, The Classroom, etc.) to continue the conversation in smaller groups. This Town Hall will serve as a space for sharing, listening, collaborating, and looking to new solutions as we move toward the future of medieval art history.

Advance registration required.