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Dr Heidi Stoner

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Member of the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies  

Biography

Heidi Stoner's research is primarily focused on Early Medieval material culture of the Insular world. Her doctoral thesis was undertaken at the University of York and focused on Anglo-Saxon kingship and how it is signified through material culture in the visual traditions. She is particularly interested in iconography, historiography, monumental art and its use in the early Christian landscape.

Her current research project is a three-year Early Career Fellowship sponsored by the Leverhulme Trust entitled Sculpture in the Early Medieval Irish Sea c. 800-c.1000: Interlacing Traditions. This project explores the cultural significance of the early medieval stone sculptures produced in the Irish Sea Regions of Britain and Ireland in the ninth and tenth centuries. It challenges prevalent assumptions about state formation and national and ethnic exceptionalism as it has developed in Britain and Ireland, instead investigating their function as symbols of secular, religious and economic power within a culturally connected area. This will allow a nuanced narrative of cultural contact between the areas of ancient and modern northern Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man which will give greater understanding of the shared materiality in this region.

Research interests

  • Early Christian Art and Architecture
  • The Early Church in the North Atlantic
  • Late Antiquity
  • Insular Manuscripts
  • Visual Culture
  • Anglo-Saxon art and culture
  • Material Culture
  • Viking-age Christianity
  • Iconography
  • Manx Sculpture
  • Early Medieval Architecture and Sculpture
  • Insular Church Foundations

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Research Projects

  • Sculpture in the Early Medieval Irish Sea c.800-c.1000: Interlacing Traditions

Publications

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Edited book

  • Boulton, Meg, Hawkes, Jane & Stoner, Heidi (2018). Place and Space in the Medieval World. Routledge Research in Art History. Routlege.