Notre-Dame Cathedral de Paris: five years on
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Monday 12 February 2024
(6-7pm) - Online Zoom Event, link details will be emailed to attendees on the morning of the event
- Lecturer: Alexandra Gajewski
The fire that took hold in the early evening of 15 April 2019 in the roof space of Notre-Dame de Paris, was watched by millions around the globe. By the time the fire was extinguished, the cathedral’s spire had collapsed, most of its roof had been destroyed, and its upper walls were severely damaged. In the five years since a massive programme of cleaning, reconstruction and renewal has taken place, the results of which are now being revealed to the public.
This online lecture will be recorded and available to ticketholders for one week after the event.
Lecturer
Dr Alexandra Gajewski is a specialist in mediaeval architecture. She read Art History, Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology at Münster University, Germany, followed by an MA and PhD (1996) in Gothic architecture in northern Burgundy from the Courtauld Institute of Art. Reviews Editor of the Burlington Magazine and lives in France, also currently leading tours with a number of organisations. She has taught at various London universities, at the V&A Museum, London, and as Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Dr Gajewski’s research concentrates on art and architecture in medieval Europe between the twelfth and fourteenth century, she has published widely on Cistercian architecture in France, the Empire and Bohemia and has been engaged on an international project at the Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales, Madrid, part of a research team investigating ‘The Roles of Women as Makers of Medieval Art and Architecture’. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
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