Kleiman Pens Article on Reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral
Irit Kleiman, Associate Professor of Romance Studies, recently wrote a piece for The Conversation on the restoration and reopening of the Catheral of Notre Dame in Paris, five years after a devesating fire heavily damaged the iconic building. Kleiman writes,
“The cathedral’s 21st-century restorers have masked the seams between old and new. More than 1,000 people from across the world have worked on the project. They include artisan carpenters, glassmakers, painters and stonemasons. Q-tips in hand, restoration experts have painstakingly wiped away soot and grime. Together, they have rediscovered and recreated layers of the cathedral’s history within its resurrected form.”