After the Flames: Uncovering Notre Dame’s Secrets
Schedule
Mon Nov 17 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Thompson Alumni Center | Omaha, NE
About this Event
After the Flames: Uncovering Notre Dame’s Secrets
A Public Talk by Caroline Bruzelius
Anne Murnick Cogan Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art History, Duke University
📍 Thompson Alumni Center, Bootstrapper Hall
Free and open to the public | Free Parking with registration
Hosted by the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
“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, brings us 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.
Join us for an evening that blends mystery, history, and discovery—as Bruzelius reveals how catastrophe opened a window into the secrets of the Middle Ages.
AFTER THE FLAMES: UNCOVERING NOTRE DAME’S SECRETS
A story of loss, revelation, and rebirth.
Sponsored by UNO History Department, Art & Art History, & the College of Arts & Sciences.
Funding was provided by Humanities Nebraska and the Nebraska Cultural Endowment.
Where is it happening?
Thompson Alumni Center, 6705 Dodge Street, Omaha, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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