This conference explores the themes of dispersion and unity in the context of artistic production, encompassing both the materiality of works and their contextual significance and reception.
Author Archives: Roisin Astell
New Publication: ‘The Medieval Mediterranean between Islam and Christianity: Crosspollinations in Art, Architecture, and Material Culture’, Edited by Sami Luigi De Giosa and Nikolaos Vryzidis
In this volume, thirteen international scholars explore various aspects of pan-Mediterranean Christian-Islamic encounters in material culture and art, from textiles to precious oils, and from metalwork to ceramics, covering most of the Mediterranean, as well as parts of its extended hinterland, from Spain and Italy to Egypt and Georgia.
Study day: ‘La sculpture monumentale médiévale à l’épreuve du musée: enjeux, conceptions, réceptions’, Musée du Louvre (30 June-1 July 2025) and Université de Toulouse (2-3 October 2025)
This study day, both at the Musée du Louvre and Université de Toulouse, focuses on how medieval sculpture is exhibited.
Call for submissions: Metropolitan Museum Journal, deadline 15 September 2025
The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection.
Conference: ‘Un art mamlouk: évolutions et questions d’attributions’, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 23 June 2025, 9am-5.30pm (CEST)
1,213 / 5,000
Conceived in conjunction with the Mamluks 1250-1517 exhibition, this study day offers a reinterpretation of Mamluk art through an interdisciplinary and transregional approach, drawing on art history, archaeology, and technical analysis.
Join the London Society for Medieval Studies seminar committee in 2025/2026, deadline 21 June 2025
The London Society for Medieval Studies (LSMS) is seeking new members to join its steering committee for the 2025/26 academic year.
New Publication: ‘Histoire du Berry’, by Emmanuel Legeard
A new study traces the longue durée of the Berry region from Celtic antiquity to modern memory, but it is the figure of Jean, Duke of Berry (1340–1416), who commands particular attention.
New Publication: ‘Unrepresented: The Suppression of Images in the Middle Ages’ by Robert Couzin
Robert Couzin’s Unrepresented: The Suppression of Images in the Middle Ages is a unique study of figures and attributes left out of the picture.
CFP: ‘“As stiffe twin compasses”: Allegory and Sciences, 1300-1700’, deadline 15 June 2025
Papers are invited for this upcoming conference that investigates the multifaceted roles of allegory within scientific and intellectual traditions from the Late Middle Ages to the Early Modern period in Europe.
Conference: ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350’, London, The National Gallery, 20 June 2025, 9am-5.45pm (BST)
Join the National Gallery in London to hear about the remarkable achievements of Siena’s artists and the significance of Sienese painting in the wider world during the late Middle Ages.
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