Discover how medieval Byzantium navigated life’s uncertainties through divine imagery, as Dr. Niamh Bhalla explores Eğri Taş’s Nativity in this lecture.
Yearly Archives: 2023
Online Lecture: ‘The Wall Paintings of Angers Cathedral’ with Professor Paul Binski, Dr Emily Guerry, and Dr Lucy Wrapson, Monday 27 November 2023 5-7pm (GMT)
Professor Binski, Dr Guerry, and Dr Wrapson will discuss their work on Gothic Wall Paintings in Angers Cathedral in this online lecture.
Online Lecture: ‘Chess and Skin Colour in the Global Middle Ages’ with Dr Krisztina Ilko, Wednesday 8 November 2023, 9am-10.30am (GMT)
In this online lecture, Dr. Ilko discusses chess’s role in mediating cross-cultural interaction in medieval times.
Lecture: ‘Seeing and being seen in an illuminated Tractatus Moralis de Oculo (c. 1274-1289)’, with Roisin Astell, British Archaeological Association, Wednesday 1 November 2023, 5pm (GMT)
Join Dr Roisin Astell for this month’s British Archaeological Association Lecture.
CFP: ‘Ecologies of Visual Culture in the Global Middle Ages’, Association for Art History 2024 Annual Conference, University of Bristol, deadline 10 November 2023
The Association for Art History plans its 50th anniversary 2024 conference on ecologies of visual culture during the Middle Ages in collaboration with the University of Bristol.
Lecture:’Towers, travel, and architectural habits’ with Dr Tom Nickson, Courtauld Institute of Art, Wednesday 25th October 2023, 5.30pm-7pm (BST)
Dr. Tom Nickson discusses the historical importance of tower climbing as an architectural experience in global contexts.
Online Workshop: Beginner’s Guide to the Index of Medieval Art Database, 14 November 2023
The Index of Medieval Art will host an online training session on November 14, 2023, to demonstrate advanced usage of their database.
CFP: ‘Owning Gothic Ivories: Buying, Giving, Circulating’, British Museum and V&A (25-26 October 2024), deadline 15 January 2024
Papers are invited for this conference that investigates the ownership history of Gothic ivories, focusing on how artefacts transitioned into new usage and ownership contexts.
Lecture Series: Medieval Visual Culture Seminar, St Catherine’s College Oxford
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, hosts a series of lectures on sacred spaces throughout October and November.
Conference: ‘Romanesque and the Monastic Environment’, British Archaeological Association and Universidad de Valladolid, 8-10 April 2024
The British Archaeological Association and Universidad de Valladolid will host a three-day international conference in April 2024, exploring material culture and monasticism in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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