Organizers: Philippa Jackson and Fabrizio Nevola

Speakers will include:

• Martina Schilling (University of Warwick)
  Altarpiece and Choir: The Liturgical Setting for Duccio's Maesta'

• Gerrit Schenk (University of Essen)
  'Enter the Emperor: Charles IV and Siena between Politics, Diplomacy and Ritual'

• Machtelt Israels (University of Amsterdam)
  ‘Altars on the Street: The Arte della Lana, the Carmelites and the Feast of Corpus Domini in Siena’

• Christine Shaw (University of Warwick)
  'Peace-making Rituals in Renaissance Siena'

• Philippa Jackson (Warburg Institute, London)
  ‘Pomp or Piety: the Funeral of Pandolfo Petrucci'

• Mauro Mussolin (Villa I Tatti, Harvard University)
  'The Cult of the Immaculate Conception and Sienese Religious Architecture'

• Karin Fuchs (University of Freiburg i. Ue.)
  ‘Palazzo Pubblico of Siena 1529-36 - the decoration of the Sala del Concistoro by Domenico Beccafumi and the long expected "venuta" of Charles V’

• Diana Norman (Open University)
  Discussion Chair