To further our mission to advance the study and practice of art history, the Association for Art History offer grants of up to £1,000 which provide support to aid scholarly research, to develop professional practice and to further the teaching and learning of art history at all education levels. Find out more about the recipients ofContinue reading “Grants & Bursaries: Grants for Art History, Association for Art History, deadline 31 March 2021 17.00 (GMT)”
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Online Lecture: ‘Let it fake bleed: Medieval Objects and Vegan Meat Substitutes’ with Kathryn Rudy, University of St Andrews, 23 March 2021, 17.15-18.15 GMT
What do animated medieval crucifixes have to do with Greggs’ vegan sausage rolls? In this illustrated talk, medievalist Kathryn Rudy considers diverse approaches to fake blood and flesh. Ideas to be discussed include jousting vegetarians, shepherdess pies, and medieval roasts served under a layer of feathers. Please register to receive the event link (MS Teams).
Virtual Tour: ‘Medieval Women: Subjects and Makers of Art’ (Sam Fogg, online, 25 February – 31 March 2021), London Art Week, 23 March 2021, 17.00-18.00 GMT
Arranged with Sam Fogg in conjunction with their online exhibition, Medieval Women: Subjects and Makers of Art (25 February – 31 March 2021), enjoy a tour of the exhibition in its gallery setting, accompanied by commentary and an in-depth look at select individual works. With Dr Jana Gajdošová of Sam Fogg, curator of the Medieval Women exhibitionContinue reading “Virtual Tour: ‘Medieval Women: Subjects and Makers of Art’ (Sam Fogg, online, 25 February – 31 March 2021), London Art Week, 23 March 2021, 17.00-18.00 GMT”
Online Lecture: ‘Fiction and Motivation in Medieval Art’ with Paul Binski, University of Michigan, 24 March 2021 14:30- 16:00 (ET)
Since the Ancient World, engagement with visual art has recognized that perception has tremendous powers to reconfigure ‘stuff’ imaginatively. Aquinas, for example, stated that it is possible to separate representation and configuration. Later aestheticians, informed by analytical philosophy, referred to this capacity as ‘aspectual seeing’: seeing something ‘in’ a configuration, or more radically seeing theContinue reading “Online Lecture: ‘Fiction and Motivation in Medieval Art’ with Paul Binski, University of Michigan, 24 March 2021 14:30- 16:00 (ET)”
Call for Journal Submissions: ‘Image and Devotion’, Revista Cultura, Espaço e Memória (CEM), vol. 14 (2021), deadline 30 April 2021
The Transdisciplinary Research Centre for Culture, Space and Memory (CITCEM) invites the submission of article proposals for its journal Cultura, Espaço e Memória (CEM), vol. 14 (2021). The fourteenth volume of CEM is dedicated to the theme of image and devotion and thus is framed within the scope of CITCEM ́s Tangible and Intangible HeritageContinue reading “Call for Journal Submissions: ‘Image and Devotion’, Revista Cultura, Espaço e Memória (CEM), vol. 14 (2021), deadline 30 April 2021”
Online Conference: ‘Testi e contesti. Fonti liturgiche e produzione artistica e tra Salerno e l’Europa nel Medioevo’, University of Salerno, 25-26 March 2021
On 25-26 March 2021, the international conference entitled “Texts and contexts. Liturgical sources and artistic production between Salerno and Europe in the Middle Ages ”, curated by Maddalena Vaccaro, Researcher of Medieval Art History at DISPAC (Dipartimento di Scienze del Patrimonio Culturale dell’Università degli Studi di Salerno), and Gionata Brusa, Researcher of Musicology at the University of Würzburg,Continue reading “Online Conference: ‘Testi e contesti. Fonti liturgiche e produzione artistica e tra Salerno e l’Europa nel Medioevo’, University of Salerno, 25-26 March 2021”
CFP: ‘Art and Death in the Netherlands’, Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art 2022, deadline 15 April 2021
In premodern times, death was a more visible phenomenon than now, due to high mortality rates, but also to the fact that dying and death and the subsequent phases of deposition, bereavement and remembrance – more so than today – were collectively experienced, publicly performed, and commemorated in enduring monuments. Remembrance was held to extendContinue reading “CFP: ‘Art and Death in the Netherlands’, Netherlands Yearbook for History of Art 2022, deadline 15 April 2021”
Call for Blog Posts: ‘Liturgy, Literature & History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the High Middle Ages’, deadline 9 April 2021
On 5 & 6 August 2021, University College London will be holding an online conference, in collaboration with the British Academy and Peterborough Cathedral, which uses the cult of Oswald of Northumbria as a case study to examine the mechanisms by which saints’ cults spread and also the manner in which veneration of the saintsContinue reading “Call for Blog Posts: ‘Liturgy, Literature & History: Oswald of Northumbria and the Cult of Saints in the High Middle Ages’, deadline 9 April 2021”
Online Conference: 2021 Medieval Studies Student Colloquium, Cornell University (online), 26-27 March 2021 (EST)
We are pleased to announce the thirty-first annual Cornell Medieval Studies Student Colloquium which will be taking place virtually March 26th-27th, 2021 on the theme of “Movement”. We welcome all to attend. This year’s event has two distinguished keynote speakers as well as thirty presenters. You will receive the full conference program as a downloadableContinue reading “Online Conference: 2021 Medieval Studies Student Colloquium, Cornell University (online), 26-27 March 2021 (EST)”
Online Lecture: ‘Ps-Ptolemy’s Ὁ Καρπός and Byzantine Astrological Practice’, Darin Hayton, 1 April 2021, 16.00-17.00 (ET)
The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA, is pleased to announce its final lecture for 2020–2021: “Ps-Ptolemy’s Ὁ Καρπός and Byzantine Astrological Practice.” Dr. Darin Hayton, Haverford College, will explore ps-Ptolemy’s Ὁ Καρπός to elucidate the culture of astrology in the later Byzantine empire. ThisContinue reading “Online Lecture: ‘Ps-Ptolemy’s Ὁ Καρπός and Byzantine Astrological Practice’, Darin Hayton, 1 April 2021, 16.00-17.00 (ET)”
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