“When the spire fell, the world wept. But in the ashes, Notre Dame began to speak.”

In April 2019, the fire that engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral stunned millions around the world. Yet, as the smoke cleared, a new chapter began—one of revelation and rediscovery. Renowned art historian Caroline Bruzelius, a leading voice in Gothic architecture and consultant to the cathedral’s reconstruction, goes behind the scaffolding and beneath the stones of Paris’s most iconic monument to explore discoveries made possible only by the fire and its aftermath. Bruzelius reveals how catastrophe opened a window into the secrets of the Middle Ages.

This event, hosted by the UNO Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program in Bootstrapper Hall of the Thompson Alumni Center, is free and open to the public, with free parking available with registration. Click here to register.

Event sponsored by UNO History Department, Art & Art History, & the College of Arts & Sciences.

Caroline Bruzelius is the Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art, Art History, and Visual Studies at Duke University. She is a member of the American Philosophical Society, The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London, and the Medieval Academy of America. Her field of research is Gothic architecture, urbanism and medieval sculpture in France and Italy.