The Editorial Board of the peer-reviewed Metropolitan Museum Journal invites submissions of original research on works of art in the Museum’s collection.
Author Archives: Roisin Astell
Conference: Objects of Law in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds (Universität Bern, 29-30 August 204)
The international conference “Objects of Law in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds” proposes to reflect on the artistic practices that shaped the materiality, iconography, and texts of legal objects in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.
CFP: Queer(ing) Medieval Art: New Horizons (International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo 2025), deadline 15 September 2024
Papers are invited for the Kalamazoo 2025 session ‘Queer(ing) Medieval Art: New Horizons’. Deadline for abstracts are 15 September 2024.
Online Lecture: ‘Food for Thought: Reconsidering Late Medieval English Cadaver Monuments’ with Morgan Ellis Leah, Tuesday 30 July 2024, 5.30pm-6.30pm (BST)
Join the National Churches Trust for an online lecture that will reconsider the long-standing misconception that transi effigies present the body in a ‘late stage of decay.’
CFP: British Archaeological Association post-grad conference 2024, deadline 31 August 2024
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.
CFP: ‘IBERSAINTS: Making and Remaking Saints in the Iberian Peninsula and Beyond during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period c. 600 – 1600’, University of Salamanca, Spain (deadline 30 June 2024)
Paper and poster proposals are now invited for an in-person international conference hosted by the University of Salamanca in collaboration with the Museum of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain. This international conference seeks to explore the means of constructing and reconstructing saints in and beyond the Iberian Peninsula.
Conference: Glass in the Islamic World, Europäisches Romanik Zentrum, Merseburg, Thursday 4 – Sunday 7 July 2024
The upcoming ‘Glass in the Islamic World’ explores the transformative role of glass in Islamic art and architecture.
Romanesque Research Award/Prix de recherche de l‘Art roman 2024, deadline 17 July 2024
Applications are invited for the European Romanesque Center (Europäisches Romanik Zentrum, ERZ) awards in the field of Romanesque scholarship.
New Publication: ‘Secret Spaces: Sacred Treasuries in England 1066–1320’, by Lesley Milner
Discover this new book ‘Secret Spaces: Sacred Treasuries in England 1066–1320’ by Lesley Milner, which explores the architectural and cultural significance of medieval treasure houses.
Conference: ‘Texture in the Medieval World’, University of York, 1-2 June 2024
This two-day conference focuses on the visual, conceptual and haptic qualities of textual and visual material and their importance and use in the medieval world.
Medieval Art Research 