Conference: Textilien & Inventare (Vienna, 27-28 March 2014)

WORKSHOP  Inventories of Textiles – Textiles in Inventories (Late Medieval and Early Modern Period) PROGRAM March 27 (Late Middle Ages) CHAIR: Thomas Ertl 14.00: Opening Remarks 14.15: Christiane M. Elster, Inventories and Textiles of the Papal Treasury around 1300. Concepts of Papal Representation in written and material media 15.00: Sarah-Grace Heller, Revisiting the Inventories of Artois: MahautContinue reading “Conference: Textilien & Inventare (Vienna, 27-28 March 2014)”

Postdoctoral Fellowship: Hulme University Fund and John Fell OUP Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities

University of Oxford – Humanities Division and Brasenose College Grade 7: £29,837 p.a. The University of Oxford’s Humanities Division, in association with Brasenose College, is offering a Postdoctoral Fellowship from 1 October 2014 on a full-time fixed-term contract for 3 years. The fellowship is designed to support a promising academic who has completed her or his doctorateContinue reading “Postdoctoral Fellowship: Hulme University Fund and John Fell OUP Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities”

Debate at King’s College, London, Department of Greek and Latin Office

The King’s Classics Department and Institute of Classical Studies are delighted to announce a lecture by Prof. Luca Giuliani (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), with response by Prof. Dyfri Williams (Université libre de Bruxelles): The Warren Cup: A piece of mimetic craftsmanship around 1900? The ‘Warren Cup’ – a small, silver drinking cupContinue reading “Debate at King’s College, London, Department of Greek and Latin Office”

37th Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies

University of Winchester Thursday 24 July – Monday 28 July 2014  Booking has now opened for the Battle conference at Winchester in July 2014. This will be handled via the University of Winchester; please visit their website, at http://store.winchester.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=10&catid=10&prodid=139, to register. The final date for booking is 7 July 2014. It is possible to book as Resident or non-ResidentContinue reading “37th Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies”

Summer Institute: The Invisible (Cologne, 15-23 July 2014)

Theaterwissenschaftliche Sammlung, Universität zu Köln, July 15 – 23, 2014 Deadline: Apr 2, 2014 Cologne University’s international interdisciplinary summer institute 2014 will take place from 15th to 23rd of July 2014. After last year’s founding event on “Techniques of Imagination”, participants and faculty of 2014 will focus on historiographical perspectives on “The Invisible”. We invite graduate and postgraduate students from Art History,Continue reading “Summer Institute: The Invisible (Cologne, 15-23 July 2014)”

Call for Participants: Roots and Routes III – Sociability and Material/Digital Mediterranean (26 May – 3 June 2014, Toronto)

Format: Unlike traditional academic conferences, the Roots & Routes Summer Institute features a combination of informal presentations, seminar-style discussions of shared materials, hands-on workshops on a variety of digital tools, and small-group project development sessions. The institute welcomes participants from a range of disciplines with an interest in engaging with digital scholarship; technical experience isContinue reading “Call for Participants: Roots and Routes III – Sociability and Material/Digital Mediterranean (26 May – 3 June 2014, Toronto)”

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Bates College

The Department of History, Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine, invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellow, with a particular emphasis on pedagogical innovation. The fellowship is funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and begins August 1, 2014. Candidates must complete the Ph.D. by September 1, 2014, and should be no more than three years outContinue reading “Postdoctoral Fellowship, Bates College”

Workshop: Early Modern Colour Practices II, 1450-1650

Early Modern Colour Practices II, 1450 – 1650, 21/22 March 2014 Main Conference Room, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstr. 22, 14195 Berlin Organisers: Sven Dupré, Max Planck Research Group Director / Freie Universität Berlin Karin Leonhard, MPIWG / Universität Bonn In recent years colour has become the focus of discussion forContinue reading “Workshop: Early Modern Colour Practices II, 1450-1650”

Conference: Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean

Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean  Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th April 2014, The Ursuline School, Naxos Chora  The Norwegian Institute at Athens in collaboration with the 2nd Ephorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Antiquities, and the Demos of Naxos and The Small Cyclades wishes to announce the forthcoming conference. Background  The Norwegian Institute at Athens has carried out field workContinue reading “Conference: Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean”

MAA GSC Graduate Student Mentoring at Kalamazoo International Medieval Congress 2014

The Graduate Student Committee of the Medieval Academy of America invites those attending the International Medieval Congress (8-11 May 2014, Western Michigan University) to participate in the MAA Graduate Student Mentorship Program. The program facilitates networking between graduate students and established scholars by pairing a student and scholar according to discipline. One need not beContinue reading “MAA GSC Graduate Student Mentoring at Kalamazoo International Medieval Congress 2014”