Author Archives: Roisin Astell

Conference: Southeast European Silversmithing: Artisans, Donors, and the Concept of Piety during the Early Modern Period, Sofia, Bulgaria, 17-18 October 2024

On 17th and 18th October 2024 in Sofia (Bulgaria) will be held the international scientific conference “Southeast European Silversmithing: Artisans, Donors, and the Concept of Piety during the Early Modern Period.”

Lecture: Entangled Objects of Eurasia: Persian Metalwork along the Silk Road (Vienna /online, Wednesday 16 October 2024, 15:00-17:00 CET)

Coinciding with the 700th anniversary of the death of Marco Polo, this international research forum invites three distinguished art historians with particular expertise in non-European arts who will examine the modes and modalities of portable objects, other than silk textiles, from fresh perspectives.

Seminar series: IHR seminar in European History 1150-1550, 2024-2025

We are pleased to announce this year’s programme for the IHR seminar European History 1150-1550. All seminars take place on Thursdays at 5.30pm.

CFP: ‘Images of Dancing Women in the Middle Ages: Joy and Sorrow’, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 2025 (deadline 15 September 2024)

Proposals are welcome to this sponsored session that focuses on the close relationship that has been established since antiquity between the female body and choreographic movements.

CFP: ‘Jewish Women in the Middle Ages’, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo 2025 (deadline 15 September 2024)

Proposals are invited for this panel which focuses on any aspect of the lives of Jewish women in Ashkenaz, Sepharad, or Italy.

Grants: American Philosophical Society’s Franklin Research Grants, deadline 1 October and 1 December 2024

The American Philosophical Society welcomes applications for their Franklin Research Grants, which support the cost of research leading to publication in all areas of knowledge.

New Publication: ‘Zoomorphic Incense Burners of Medieval Khurasan: A study of Islamic metalwork’ by Elizabeth C. Kelly

This new book examines the role, function and meaning of medieval zoomorphic incense burners.

CFP: ‘The Living Dead and the Transmission of Otherworldly Knowledge in Medieval Texts and Images’, International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds 2025 (deadline 16 September 2024)

Submissions are welcomed for the 2025 International Medieval Congress panel ‘The Living Dead and the Transmission of Otherworldly Knowledge in Medieval Texts and Images’.