Musicology at Kalamazoo is sponsoring a session on “Music and the Visual Arts” for the 2026 International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 14-16, 2026).

This session focuses on the connections between medieval music and the visual arts. Scholars may adopt a wide range of approaches and methodologies drawn from musicology, art history, and elsewhere. We welcome papers that either consider specific and direct relationships (e.g., art that depicts musicians or instruments; marginalia in music books; music that describes handicrafts) or papers that investigate more abstract connections between sound and sight (e.g., philosophical/epistemological approaches). This session offers a space for cross-disciplinary discussion among art historians, musicologists, and others with the aim of enriching our understanding of the medieval period.

Abstracts are due on September 15, 2025, and may be submitted at this website.

Source : Medieval Art Research