Yearly Archives: 2023

CFP: “Saints in Crisis: Emotional Responses to Sanctity in the Middle Ages,” International Medieval Congress (IMC 2024), University of Leeds, Deadline 12 September 2023

They were frightened and they hit in great pain their heads and hearts– How do people react when they encounter the sanctity of saints? How do they feel? Are they in crisis – crisis for whom? Does crisis change individuals? The proposed session focuses on the emotional responses of individuals/communities in relation to sanctity. SuggestedContinue reading “CFP: “Saints in Crisis: Emotional Responses to Sanctity in the Middle Ages,” International Medieval Congress (IMC 2024), University of Leeds, Deadline 12 September 2023″

CFP: New Perspectives on Personifications in Roman, Late Antique and Early Byzantine Art (200-800 AD), deadline 15 September 2023

This international workshop invites proposals exploring personifications in Roman, Late Antique, and Early Byzantine Art from 200-800 AD.

Virtual Conversation: Exhibitions, Museum Collections, and Environment, 27 July 2023

Join Heather Alexis Smith, Assistant Curator at the Pulitzer, and Dr. Julia Perratore, Assistant Curator at The Met Cloisters on Thursday, 27 July 2023 for a conversation about ecology-centered museum practices. Smith will describe the process of organizing the Pulitzer’s spring show The Nature of Things: Medieval Art and Ecology, 1100-1550 and will discuss howContinue reading “Virtual Conversation: Exhibitions, Museum Collections, and Environment, 27 July 2023”

CFP: “Landscapes of Sanctity,” Leeds International Medieval Congress 2024, Deadline 31 July 2023

The AHRC-funded project “Liturgical and Literary Landscapes” welcomes applications from Early Career Researchers to participate in panels on ‘Landscapes of Sanctity’ to be put forward for the Leeds International Medieval Congress 2024. The four successful applicants will each be given a bursary of £450 towards the costs of attending the conference. ‘Liturgical and Literary Landscapes’,Continue reading “CFP: “Landscapes of Sanctity,” Leeds International Medieval Congress 2024, Deadline 31 July 2023″

Call for Submissions: Metropolitan Museum Journal, Deadline 15 September 2023

The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection. The Journal publishes Articles and Research Notes. All texts must take works of art in the collection as the point of departure. Articles contribute extensive and thoroughly argued scholarship, whereas research notes areContinue reading “Call for Submissions: Metropolitan Museum Journal, Deadline 15 September 2023”

CFP: “Superficies – Surfaces, Skins and Textures,” deadline 30 September 2023

The research group “Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament” (https://textures-of-scripture.ch) and the Chair of Medieval Art History at the University of Zurich invite paper proposals for an international conference on “Superficies – Surfaces, Skins, and Textures. Sensory encounters with books and related multi-layered objects”. The conference, funded by the SwissContinue reading “CFP: “Superficies – Surfaces, Skins and Textures,” deadline 30 September 2023″

Scholarship: Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain MA Scholarship, deadline 5 July 2023

The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain invites applications for their MA Scholarship. Deadline 5th July 2023.

Lecture: ‘Analysis of Pigments on Painted Byzantine & Japanese Manuscripts’, Kate Fulcher, Bodleian Libraries Oxford, 26 June 2023, 1:00–2:00 pm (BST)

Head to the Bodleian Library to hear the Library’s new Heritage Scientist speak about Byzantine manuscripts from the 10th to 13th centuries, and Japanese scrolls from the 17th century.