The Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts at the University of Pennsylvania is seeking to hire the inaugural Elizabeth A. R. Brown archivist.
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Oxford Medieval Manuscripts Group, Hilary Term 2025, Fridays 5pm (BST)
Check out the upcoming events and visits with the Oxford Medieval Manuscripts Group this Hilary Term 2025.
Murray Seminar: ‘Charles of Luxembourg as a visitor at the papal court in Avignon’, Dr Alexandra Gajewski, 21 January 2025 (5-6.30pm GMT)
The next Murray Seminar at Birkbeck University is given by Dr Alexandra Gajewski, focusing on the Charles of Luxembourg at the papal court in Avignon.
British Archaeological Association Study Day: Coventry (Friday 21 March 2025), deadline 7 February 2025
Join the British Archaeological Association for their upcoming study day in Coventry, where you will visit St Mary’s Guildhall, Holy Trinity Church, and St Michael’s Cathedral.
Essay competition: Church Monuments Society Essay Competition, deadline 31 January 2025
The Council of the Church Monuments Society offers a biennial prize of £500 called the Church Monuments Essay Prize, to be awarded with a certificate for the best essay submitted in the relevant year.
New Publication: ‘The Abbey Church of Cluny, The Context and Creation of the Surviving Great Transept’ by C. Edson Armi
In this new publication, C. Edson Armi examines the innovative artistry of Cluny’s surviving transept, exploring its refined design within a rich artistic context. Blending archaeology, architecture, and sculpture, Armi uncovers diverse influences, analyses aesthetics and function, and provides inclusive photography to capture the monument’s power and nuance.
New Publication: ‘The Visual Culture of al-Andalus in the Christian Kingdoms of Iberia’, edited by Inés Monteira
This new book addresses the reception of Islamic visual culture by the northern Iberian kingdoms, by systematically comparing works of art from both sides and fleshing out their historical context.
Fellowship: Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History, British Archaeological Association, deadline 31 December 2024
The British Archaeological Association are inviting applications for the inaugural Jill Franklin Fellowship in Romanesque Architectural History at the British School at Rome.
Online Lecture: ‘Inscribing Sacred Matter: Reading and Writing Inscriptions on Byzantine Relics’, with Brad Hostetler, 5 December 2024, 12:00 PM (EST)
This online lecture brings together literary and material sources that speak to the act of reading and writing inscriptions in situ, focusing on those that were attached to relics and reliquaries.
Online Conference: ‘Refinement and/or Reduction Revisited: Gothic Art, Architecture and Culture, c. 1250 to 1350’, 6 December 2024, 10am-5pm (GMT)
This one-day conference organised by the Architecture, Space and Society Centre aims at an interdisciplinary reassessment of Gothic art and architecture between c. 1250 and 1350 in a broad European perspective.
Medieval Art Research 