Junior Research Fellow @queens.cam.ac.uk and Affiliated Lecturer @camhistory.bsky.social. ~> Chess & Global Middle Ages.
Krisztina Ilko
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I had fun yesterday giving a paper at the 'Plant Lives: Sacred Interdependencies in the Arts of the Americas' conference at Yale.
I am thrilled to invite you to the book launch of The Sons of St Augustine taking place at 5pm on Wednesday 17th June in Old Hall at Queens', with a fantastic lineup of presenters! Followed by a drinks reception, too. All are welcome, and no registration is needed. Please share widely!
The talk was on nature and the Augustinians, connected to my new book. After the talks, we also planted a gourd garden at the Native Plant Garden, whose fruits will be used to make traditional musical instruments next year!
Proofs! My next article, 'Jefferson's Chess Set' will be published in The American Historical Review later this year. Having an article in this journal is a thing now off from my bucket list.
It's great to see this article in The Conversation up now! Link in the first comment.
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Today's featured title:
"The Sons of St Augustine: Art and Memory in the Augustinian Churches of Central Italy, 1256–1370," by Kristztina Ilko, Oxford University Press, 2026
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The medieval world was brutal. Fortunately, it had chess.
An award-winning study by @queens.cam.ac.uk Dr Krisztina Ilko reveals that chess promoted racial harmony in remarkable ways, celebrating intellectual prowess, irrespective of skin colour.
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Dans l’imaginaire médiéval, la couleur de peau était souvent associée à des hiérarchies sociales ou religieuses. Mais les échecs offraient un cadre singulier : sur l’échiquier, la victoire dépendait d...
