The International Medieval Society invites paper proposals for their upcoming 18th annual conference (July 3-5, 2025). This year’s theme is “Medieval Communities.”
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Murray Seminar: ‘The Market for Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts c. 1890-1929 and its Consequences’, with Dr Laura Cleaver, Birkbeck, 4 December 2024 (5-6.30pm GMT)
The next Murray Seminar at Birkbeck University is given by Dr Laura Cleaver, focusing on the The Market for Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts.
CFP: ‘Medieval Art on the Move’, PhD colloquium on medieval art, Courtauld Institute of Art, deadline 20 January 2025
This year’s PhD colloquium on medieval art at the Courtauld Institute of Art centres on the theme ‘Medieval Art on the Move’. Submissions for papers are now invited.
Symposium: ‘Records of Care: informing approaches to the conservation of Britain’s wall paintings’, Courtauld Institute of Art, 31 January 2025 (9.30-18.30 GMT)
Hosted in partnership with colleagues at The Church of England, Icon, and English Heritage, this symposium marks the culmination of the first major phase of a grant-funded digitisation project to make the National Wall Paintings Survey publicly accessible through a dynamic new online database.
CFP: ‘Who Ruled the World? Queen Urraca and Her Contemporaries in the Early Twelfth Century’, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, 3–5 March 2026 (deadline 1 April 2025)
Organizer: Therese Martin, Instituto de Historia, CSIC, Madrid Research Grant: Intersections of Gender, Transculturalism, and Identity in Medieval Iberia: The Recycling and Long Life of Objects and Textiles (Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities, PID2023-151143NA-I00, 2024-2027), PI: Verónica Carla Abenza Soria, Universidad Complutense, MadridPlace: Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid This conference marks the 900th anniversaryContinue reading “CFP: ‘Who Ruled the World? Queen Urraca and Her Contemporaries in the Early Twelfth Century’, Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid, 3–5 March 2026 (deadline 1 April 2025)”
Lecture: ‘Hands That Heal, Looks That Kill: Towards a Fabulous History of Marian Architecture’ with Matthew Reeve, Paul Mellon Centre, London, 4 December 2024 (5pm–7pm GMT)
Join the Paul Mellon Centre for a lecture that focuses on Marian devotion during the Middle Ages with Matthew Reeve.
Conference: The Jeweled Materiality of Late Antique/Early Medieval Objects and Texts: From Cloisonné to Stained Glass to Experimental Poetry (4th–9th Centuries), 11–12 November 2024
Explore the interplay of material, visual, and literary cultures from the 4th to the 9th century at this conference on November 11–12, 2024, focusing on the jeweled aesthetics of late antiquity.
Conference: SMA Student Colloquium 2024, University of Leicester, 4-6 November 2024
The Society for Medieval Archaeology, in association with the School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, is pleased to announce this year’s annual Student Colloquium.
New Publication: ‘The Ponte Vecchio: Architecture, Politics, and Civic Identity in Late Medieval Florence’ by Theresa Flanigan
Drawing upon new documentary research, this is the first in-depth modern scholarly study of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence.
Mmmonk School 2024: Webinars on Medieval Books
Join Mmmonk and Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies (UGent) for their interdisciplinary practice-focused programme about medieval Flemish manuscripts. Experts introduce the main concepts, skills and methods of their given field of expertise. The lessons are online, free and open to everyone.
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