Call for Session Proposals Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture Sponsored Session 22 International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, 6-9 July 2015 Deadline: 31 August 2014 To encourage the integration of Byzantine studies within the scholarly community and medieval studies in particular, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposalsContinue reading “Call for Session Proposals: Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture Sponsored Session (IMC Leeds 2015)”
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Monumental and Miniature, Light and Sound: Pacino di Bonaguida at Santa Croce
Originally posted on The Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence:
Italian Renaissance churches and the museums connected to them house impressive but often overlooked treasures in a variety of media: paint, stone, textile, glass, parchment, and precious metals and gems. Within the walls…
Conference: Monuments of Power, Canterbury, 5-7 September 2014
This Symposium is to be held jointly by the Church Monuments Society and the Centre for Medieval and Modern Studies, University of Kent. The Symposium will focus on the monuments in the cathedral together with related high status tombs. We will begin on Friday afternoon with an optional visit to the cathedral’s mason’s yard and with anContinue reading “Conference: Monuments of Power, Canterbury, 5-7 September 2014”
Call for ICMA Sponsored Session Proposals (CAA 2016)
Call for ICMA Sponsored Session Proposals College Art Association, Washington DC, 3-6 February 2016 Deadline: 15 August 2014 The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) seeks proposals for sessions to be held under the organization’s sponsorship in 2016 at the annual College Art Association. Session organizers and speakers must be ICMA members. Proposals for ICMAContinue reading “Call for ICMA Sponsored Session Proposals (CAA 2016)”
CFP: The Cross in Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: The Cross in Medieval Art International Center of Medieval Art Sponsored Session (Kalamazoo 2015) Deadline: 15 September 2014 Recent art-historical research has brought us new understandings of the central symbol of Christianity, the Cross, in different places, at different times, in different media, and with different theoretical and conceptual foci. The Cross,Continue reading “CFP: The Cross in Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)”
Conference: Invention and Imagination in British Art and Architecture, 600-1500
Conference: Invention and Imagination in British Art and Architecture, 600-1500 London, The British Museum, 30 October – 1 November 2014 A collaborative event organised by the Paul Mellon Centre and The British Museum This conference will explore the ways in which artists and patrons in Britain devised and introduced new or distinctive imagery, styles and techniques,Continue reading “Conference: Invention and Imagination in British Art and Architecture, 600-1500”
Research School: Latin Paleography and Medieval Liturgy, University of Ghent, October 2014
Autumn School Latin Paleography and Medieval Liturgy University of Ghent, 20 – 22 October 2014 Application deadline: 31 August 2014 This Autumn School is organised for MA and PhD-students in Medieval Studies (art history, history, philosophy, literature, music, etc.) who are required to work with handwritten medieval documents in Latin or with liturgical sources and texts containingContinue reading “Research School: Latin Paleography and Medieval Liturgy, University of Ghent, October 2014”
Gothic Ivories News: Conference and Publication
I. Conference Reminder Gothic Ivories: Content and Context Saturday 5 July 2014, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London Sunday 6 July 2014, The British Museum, London Jointly organised by The British Museum and The Courtauld Gothic Ivories Project, this event follows on from the successful 2012 conference Gothic Ivories: Old Questions New Directions (V&A –Continue reading “Gothic Ivories News: Conference and Publication”
Petition: Save the Warburg Institute!
The Friends of the Warburg Institute have launched the following petition which may be of interest to those who know about the Warburg Institute and have benefited from its wonderful library: “The Times Higher Education recently reported that the University of London has taken legal action to challenge its own deed of trust concerning the care and integrityContinue reading “Petition: Save the Warburg Institute!”