Funding: Klesch Collection (c.1400-1700), Deadline: 20th June 2023

The Klesch Collection offers grants towards the yearly cost of university fees to graduate students who have been accepted into a full-time Art History MA or PhD course of study worldwide, beginning the next academic year. PhD students are welcome to apply for any year in their programme. Applications will be considered from students whoContinue reading “Funding: Klesch Collection (c.1400-1700), Deadline: 20th June 2023”

Hybrid Lecture: Images of the Gospels through Ethiopian and European Eyes, Dr Dorothea McEwan, 23 May 2023, 5:30 – 7:30PM BST

Images of the Gospels, through Ethiopian and European Eyes – the Evangelium arabicumas vorlage for an Ethiopian tetraevangelium. An example of the new Gondärine style of painting in Ethiopia in the 17th century Dr Dorothea McEwan (Honorary Fellow, Warburg Institute, and Associate Fellow of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences) A John Coffin Memorial Lecture Illuminated gospel books suchContinue reading “Hybrid Lecture: Images of the Gospels through Ethiopian and European Eyes, Dr Dorothea McEwan, 23 May 2023, 5:30 – 7:30PM BST”

Funding Opportunity: The Murray Research Studentship in European Art or Architecture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Birkbeck, University of London, Deadline: 12th June 2023

Outstanding candidates for part-time postgraduate research in the field of European Art or Architecture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance are invited to apply for The Murray Research Studentship. This PhD studentship, based in the School of Historical Studies at Birkbeck and supported by the Murray Bequest, covers part-time home fees and offers a bursaryContinue reading “Funding Opportunity: The Murray Research Studentship in European Art or Architecture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Birkbeck, University of London, Deadline: 12th June 2023”

CFP: 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, University of Notre Dame, March 14–16, 2024, Deadline: 15th June 2023

The 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America will take place on the campus of the University of Notre Dame (South Bend, Indiana).  The meeting is hosted by The Medieval Institute, St. Mary’s College, Holy Cross College, and Indiana University, South Bend.  The conference will be entirely in person, though the plenary lectures and someContinue reading “CFP: 99th Annual Meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, University of Notre Dame, March 14–16, 2024, Deadline: 15th June 2023”

Hybrid Lecture: Gilded Suns and Peacock Angels: Theatrical Materiality and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence, Laura Stefanescu, Wednesday 14th June, 5pm BST

In fifteenth-century Florence, the phenomenon of religious theatre and ritual performance, promoted by adult and youth confraternities throughout the city, reached an unparalleled popularity, transitioning from the realm of devotion to that of the spectacular. The highlight of these performances was the materialisation of a multi-sensory heaven on stage and the appearance of its livingContinue reading “Hybrid Lecture: Gilded Suns and Peacock Angels: Theatrical Materiality and Art in Fifteenth-Century Florence, Laura Stefanescu, Wednesday 14th June, 5pm BST”

New Book Publication: Tudor Liveliness – Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England by Christina J Faraday

A groundbreaking approach to the problem of realism in Tudor art In Tudor and Jacobean England, visual art was often termed “lively.” This word was used to describe the full range of visual and material culture—from portraits to funeral monuments, book illustrations to tapestry. To a modern viewer, this claim seems perplexing: what could “liveliness”Continue reading “New Book Publication: Tudor Liveliness – Vivid Art in Post-Reformation England by Christina J Faraday”

CFP: Romanesque and the Monastic Environment, International Romanesque Conference, Deadline: 30th June 2023

The British Archaeological Association will hold the eighth in its series of biennial International Romanesque conferences in Valladolid from 8-10 April, 2024. The theme of the conference is Romanesque and the Monastic Environment, and the aim is to examine how and why monastic spaces were created, embellished and used in the 11th and 12th centuries. While a particularContinue reading “CFP: Romanesque and the Monastic Environment, International Romanesque Conference, Deadline: 30th June 2023”

Call for Sessions: Association for Art History 2024 Annual Conference, Deadline: 30th June 2023

2024 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Association for Art History. We are delighted to announce that next year’s conference will be held in collaboration with the History of Art department at the University of Bristol. The Association for Art History’s Annual Conference brings together international research and critical debate about art history and visual culture.Continue reading “Call for Sessions: Association for Art History 2024 Annual Conference, Deadline: 30th June 2023”

Call for Papers: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 7th Forum Medieval Art, Deadline: 29th May 2023

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 7th Forum Medieval Art/Forum Kunst des Mittelalters, Jena, September 25–28, 2024. The biannual colloquium is organized by the Deutsche Verein für Kunstwissenschaft e.V. The theme for the 7th Forum Medieval Art is Light: Art, MetaphysicsContinue reading “Call for Papers: Mary Jaharis Center Sponsored Panel, 7th Forum Medieval Art, Deadline: 29th May 2023”

Call for Submissions: Fenestella – Inside Medieval Art, Deadline: 30th June 2023

Fenestella is a scholarly and peer-reviewed open access journal. It is published by Milano University Press on OJS. Fenestella publishes scholarly papers on medieval art and architecture, between Late Antiquity and c. 1400, covering the Latin West, the Byzantine East and medieval Islam. The journal aims to consider medieval artefacts from within, as if seen through a fenestellaContinue reading “Call for Submissions: Fenestella – Inside Medieval Art, Deadline: 30th June 2023”