Congratulations to Prof. Glenn Peers in our department for publishing his book, "Animism, Materiality, and Museums: How Do Byzantine Things Feel?" (Arc Humanities Press, 2021).

Byzantine art is normally explained as devotional, historical, highly intellectualized, but this book argues for an experiential necessity for a fuller, deeper, more ethical approach to this art. Written in response to an exhibition the author curated at The Menil Collection in 2013, this monograph challenges us to search for novel ways to explore and interrogate the art of this distant culture.

Open access: https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/43193

Available to order via https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9781942401735/animism-materiality-and-museums; and in the US via http://shop.btpubservices.com/Title/9781942401735.