It is with great excitement that we can announce that the BLAGO Fund sponsored session, "Digital Methods in Preservation of Medieval Cultural Heritage: New Approaches and Technologies", at the 57th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo will take place Monday, May 9, 3:00 p.m. EDT (9:00 p.m. CET). 

Each year, the Congress in Kalamazoo brings together a great number of medievalists from around the world, being the largest scholarly gathering of its kind. As the two previous ones, this year's Congress will take place online.

The BLAGO Fund sponsored session will be presided by Professor Ida Sinkevic (Lafayette College).

Session Participants 

Vulnerable Treasure: Experiences in Digitization of Serbian Medieval Monuments

Ivana Lemcool, Univ. of Belgrade/BLAGO Fund

Manuscripts and Virtual Reality: An Embodied 3D Experience of a Flemish Illuminated Book of Hours at the University of Southern California

Sabina Zonno, Early Modern Studies Institute, Univ. of Southern California; Lynn Swartz Dodd, Archaeology Research Center, Univ. of Southern California; Mats Borges, Univ. of Southern California

Medieval Serbian Library and Archive Material: Field Research and Digitization

Maja Aćimović, Univ. of Belgrade; Zoran Ranković, Univ. of Belgrade

 Image Database: Visualization and Material Cultures of the Heavens in Eurasia and North Africa, 4000 BCE–1700 CE

Stamatina Mastorakou, Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte

The Mathematical Institute SANU's Approaches to Digitizing Cultural Heritage of Multicultural Communities in the Republic of Serbia

Dejan M. Vukelić, Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Maja I. Novaković, Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts; Marija S. Šegan-Radonjić, Mathematical Institute, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Below, you will find the full schedule of the Congress: