The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection.
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Conference: ‘Un art mamlouk: évolutions et questions d’attributions’, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 23 June 2025, 9am-5.30pm (CEST)
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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.
Murray Seminar: ‘African coastlines, the Manueline Style and Changing Perceptions of Nature’ with Scott Nethersole, Birkbeck, 10 June 2025, 5-6.30pm (BST)
Please join Birkbeck for the final Murray Seminar of this academic year with Scott Nethersole, ‘mai non vidi la più bella costa de quel che me parse questa: African coastlines, the Manueline style and changing perceptions of nature’.
Scholarship: The Dowley/Retford Studentship in History of Art, Birkbeck University of London, deadline 16 June 2025
Birkbeck, University of London, invites application for the their Dowley/Retford Studentship in History of Art.
CFP: BAA Post-Graduate Conference, deadline 31st July 2025
The BAA invites proposals by postgraduates and early career researchers in the field of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology. Papers can be on any aspect of the medieval period, from antiquity to the Later Middle Ages, across all geographical regions.
Medieval Art Research 