Author Archives: Roisin Astell

Murray Seminar: ‘‘Lion Madonnas’ and Nations: Nationalising Late Medieval Art in Early-Twentieth-Century Silesia’ with Robert Maniura, 27 January 2026, Birkbeck, 17:00—18:30 (GMT)

Please join Birkbeck on 27 Jan for the Murray Seminar by Robert Maniura. In this seminar, Robert Maniura will share their research on ‘Nationalising Late Medieval Art in Early-Twentieth-Century Silesia’

CFP: ‘Different Differentiations. Logiche e pratiche della differenziazione sociale attraverso i secoli’, deadline 15 February 2026

The conference invites young scholars to engage in interdisciplinary discussions on social differentiation from historical, archaeological, and art-historical perspectives, exploring its complexities and implications across various research areas such as history, archaeology, and art history.

Talk: ‘Sainthood & Gender Variance in the Middle Ages’, with Roland Betancourt at The Met Cloisters, 14 January 2026, 6-7 pm (EST)

Join Roland Betancourt at The Met Cloisters, for a discussion on how medieval art depictions of holy figures challenge gender concepts in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire, in relation to the exhibition “Spectrum of Desire.”

Student scholarships: British Archaeological Association’s Toulouse Romanesque Conference, deadline 31 January 2026

The British Archaeological Association are excited to announce that they have a number of Student scholarships for those wishing to attend the ninth biennial International Romanesque Conference. Deadline for applications is 31st January 2026.

Murray Seminar: ‘Like himself and no other: The Story of Morgante Nano at the Florentine Court of Cosimo I de’ Medici’ with Sarah McBryde, 9 December 2025, Birkbeck, 17:00—18:30 (GMT)

Please join Birkbeck on 9 December 2025, at Birkbeck and online, for the Murray Seminar by Sarah McBryde. In this seminar, Sarah McBryde will share her research on ‘Like himself and no other: The Story of Morgante Nano at the Florentine Court of Cosimo I de’ Medici’.

Online Lecture: ‘Learning Late Antiquity: The Quarry Church at Deir al-Ganadla and the Lost Timber Nave’, with Mikael Muehlbauer, 9 December 2025, 12:00–1:30 pm (Eastern Standard Time, UTC -5)

The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtot Chair of Armenian Studies at Harvard University is hosting an online lecture by Mikael Muehlbauer on December 9, 2025, focusing on the Quarry Church at Deir al-Ganadla and its significance for understanding Late Antique architecture in Egypt and the Mediterranean.

Online Lecture: ‘Worshipping the Mother Goddess: An Underground Cult Complex in Late Antique Aphrodisias’ with Ine Jacobs, 2 December 2025, 12:00–1:30 pm (Eastern Standard Time, UTC -5)

Ine Jacobs from the University of Oxford will discuss the discovery of a well-preserved underground cult complex dedicated to the mother goddess Kybele in Late Antique Aphrodisias, exploring its architecture, cultic artifacts, and the persistence of pagan worship until the 7th century, during a lecture hosted by the Mary Jaharis Center on December 2, 2025.

Lecture: ‘The Many Lives of the Asante Ewer’ with Lloyd de Beer, British Archaeological Association, 3 December 2025, online and Society of Antiquaries, 5.30pm (GMT) 

Join the British Archaeological Association for the December lecture by Lloyd de Beer on ‘The Many Lives of the Asante Ewer’. This will be followed by a celebratory drinks reception for a new volume honouring Professor Sandy Heslop.