The IX Congreso Internacional ‘O Camiño do Medievalista’ in Santiago de Compostela invites submissions from PhD students and recent graduates on various aspects of Medieval Studies, with proposals due by December 1, 2025.
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Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture, Courtauld, statement of intent deadline 17 November 2025
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
Murray Seminar: ‘Imago Dei, Imago Mundi: Matthew Paris’s saints, relics, maps and wonders’ with Paul Binski, Birkbeck, 17 November 2025, 17:00-18:30 (GMT)
Please join Birkbeck on 17 November, at Birkbeck and online, for the Murray Seminar by Paul Binski. In this seminar, Paul Binski will share his research on ‘Imago Dei, Imago Mundi: Matthew Paris’s saints, relics, maps and wonders’.
Online lecture: ‘Mediating Touch: Ivory Pyxides and the Eucharist’, with Evan Freeman, 17 November 2025, 12–1:30 pm (EST, UTC -5)
In this lecture, Evan Freeman, Simon Fraser University, will consider the use of ivory pyxides for receiving Communion in church. A large body of these round ivory boxes survive from late antiquity. Several boxes display motifs associated with the Eucharist.
Lecture: ‘A Spectrum of Desires: Queering Medieval Art at The Met Cloisters’, with Nancy Thebaut, 17 Dec 2025, 17:30-19:00 (GMT), Courtauld Institute of Art
In this lecture, Dr Nancy Thebaut will discuss their co-curated exhibition “Spectrum of Desire” at The Met Cloisters, which explores medieval perspectives on love, sex, and gender, with a focus on a tapestry of the Queen of Sheba and Solomon.
CFP: ‘Memory and Medieval Material Culture’, Courtauld Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium, deadline 14 December 2025
The Courtauld Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium invites PhD candidates to submit proposals exploring the intricate relationship between memory and medieval material culture, with a focus on artworks, buildings, and the socio-political agendas surrounding them, by December 14, 2025.
Online Lecture: ‘Creating Christian Sacred Spaces: The Armenian Case (4th–7th Centuries)’, with Nazénie Garibia, 4 November 2025, 12:00 PM (EST, UTC -5)
The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Mashtot Chair of Armenian Studies at Harvard University are pleased to announce the first lecture in the 2025–2026 East of Byzantium lecture series.
Conference: ‘Zooming In and Out: Reconsidering Hans Memling’, Musea Brugge, Bruges, 20-21 November 2025
To celebrate its opening in 2025, BRON Research Centre (Musea Brugge), in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels), is organising a two-day conference on new and ongoing research on the oeuvre of Early Netherlandish painter Hans Memling.
New Publication: ‘The Social Lives of Medieval Rings’, edited by Jitske Jasperse
“The Social Lives of Medieval Rings,” edited by Jitske Jasperse, explores the intricate roles of medieval rings as social artifacts that connect people, places, and cultural practices from 1100 to 1500 across Europe, revealing their significance in historical and contemporary contexts.
In-person/online conference: ‘The Challenge of Historical Distance Historicism and Anachronism in the Study of Art’, 6-7 November 2025
Join the international conference “The Challenge of Historical Distance: Historicism and Anachronism in the Study of Art” to honour Prof. Gervase Rosser.
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