Carrefour des Arts et des Sciences C-1017-2 Université de Montréal Pavillon Lionel-Groulx 3150, rue Jean-Brillant, Montréal, H3T 1N8 Inscription/Registration : ccmah2015@gmail.com Droit d’inscription : $15 étudiants ; $25 régulier (payable en espèces ou par chèque) Registration fee : Students $15 ; Regular $25 (payable by cash or cheque) Mercredi 18 mars / Wednesday, March 18thContinue reading “Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (Montréal, 19-20 March 2015)”
Author Archives: J.A. Cameron
Call for Papers: The Senses and Visual Culture from Antiquity to the Renaissance (Bristol, 8-9 June 2015)
Where does the recent sensory turn in the Arts and Humanities leave the study of Visual Culture? Can the viewer/object model incorporate the full sensorium without imposing ocularcentrism? How has vision’s relation to the other senses been expressed and explored through the visual arts from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period? How have the sensesContinue reading “Call for Papers: The Senses and Visual Culture from Antiquity to the Renaissance (Bristol, 8-9 June 2015)”
Fellowships: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at Koç University, Turkey (Deadline 1 March 2015)
Koç University – Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Center For Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (CLABS) will grant two post-doctoral fellowships in Byzantine Art History and Archaeology. Fellowships include accomodation, travel, field trips and stipend. Fellows will be able to take advantage of the university facilities and the libraries connected to the university. Fellowships will be forContinue reading “Fellowships: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at Koç University, Turkey (Deadline 1 March 2015)”
Call for Papers: Power of the Bishop in Western Europe 1000-1300: Episcopal Personalities
Cardiff University is pleased to announce the up-coming symposium on the episcopal office in the Middle Ages, to be held 10-12 June 2015. There is tendency in modern historiography to approach the episcopal office, its associated duties, and episcopal power and authority abstractedly, detaching the office from the personalities which brought it to life. The conference aims toContinue reading “Call for Papers: Power of the Bishop in Western Europe 1000-1300: Episcopal Personalities”
Call for Papers: Darkness and Illumination: the Pursuit of Knowledge in the Medieval and Early Modern World (Durham, 15-17 July 2015)
Medieval and Early Modern Student Association, Durham University Ninth Annual Postgraduate Conference 15-17th July 2015 “Darkness and Illumination: the Pursuit of Knowledge in the Medieval and Early Modern World” The pursuit of knowledge has had an essential and constant influence upon the shaping of society. The means of its acquisition, interpretation, and dissemination informs the wayContinue reading “Call for Papers: Darkness and Illumination: the Pursuit of Knowledge in the Medieval and Early Modern World (Durham, 15-17 July 2015)”
Call for Papers: Religious identities in conflict? Coexistence, Exchanges and Confrontations in the Mediterranean in the 12th-18th centuries (University of Valencia, 7-8 May 2015)
The question of “identity”, as well as the integration of minorities under a specific legal, political and religious framework is one of the most relevant topics in international research. This conference will focus on the multidisciplinary analysis of the evolution of this trans-cultural reality, specifically on the mechanisms for integration and exclusion existing during theContinue reading “Call for Papers: Religious identities in conflict? Coexistence, Exchanges and Confrontations in the Mediterranean in the 12th-18th centuries (University of Valencia, 7-8 May 2015)”
Sister Act: Female Monasticism and the Arts across Europe ca. 1250 – 1550
London, The Courtauld Institute of Art, March 13 – 14, 2015 Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN 13.45 – 18.30, Friday 13 March 2015 (with registration from 13.15) 09.30 – 16.30, Saturday 14 March 2015 (with registration from 09.00) Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld InstituteContinue reading “Sister Act: Female Monasticism and the Arts across Europe ca. 1250 – 1550”
Call for Papers: Monastic Sciences: Medicina, Mechanica, Philosophia (Leeds University, 8-9 May 2015)
The religious of medieval Europe were in a privileged position for studying humanity’s interaction with the natural world, whether this was considering the nature of celestial bodies and the cosmos, or deepening their pharmaceutical knowledge to aid patients in the infirmary. This conference asks what unique contributions the religious made to the applied arts andContinue reading “Call for Papers: Monastic Sciences: Medicina, Mechanica, Philosophia (Leeds University, 8-9 May 2015)”
Call for papers: Graduate Student Conference on Byzantine Studies (Brookline, MA, 18 April 2015)
The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Michael G. and Anastasia Cantonis Chair of Byzantine Studies at Hellenic College invite proposals for the 2015 Graduate Student Conference on Byzantine Studies, which will be held at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA on April 18, 2015. Brookline is located just outsideContinue reading “Call for papers: Graduate Student Conference on Byzantine Studies (Brookline, MA, 18 April 2015)”
Call for Papers: Urbanity and Society in the Medieval World (York, 22-23 May 2015)
Urbanity and Society in the Medieval World: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Urban Society and Life Across the Medieval Period c.600-1500 King’s Manor, University of York 22nd -23rd May 2015 Urban Studies is a sub-field with a long and distinguished history of its own. Those who investigate urban environments have, however, largely been seen as workingContinue reading “Call for Papers: Urbanity and Society in the Medieval World (York, 22-23 May 2015)”