Author Archives: Roisin Astell

Online Conference: ‘New Perspectives on Personifications in Roman, Late Antique and Early Byzantine Art’, LMU Munich, 26-27 January 2024

An international conference on ‘New Perspectives on Personifications in Roman, Late Antique and Early Byzantine Art (200-800 AD)’ takes place at LMU Munich on January 26th and 27th, 2024.

New Publication: ‘ Représenter et nommer la Grèce et les Grecs (XIVe-XVIe siècle)’, edited by Catherine Gaullier-Bougassas

Discover how Western European authors and artists of the 14th-16th centuries perceived Greece in the new book ‘Representing and Naming Greece and the Greeks’.

New Publication: ‘Out of Bounds: Exploring the Limits of Medieval Art’, Edited by Pamela A. Patton and Maria Alessia Rossi

Explore the evolution of medieval art studies in ‘Out of Bounds’, challenging traditional boundaries to reshape modern scholarly discourse.

CFP: ‘Wisdom as Purpose: Ways of Learning, Skill Acquisition, and Knowledge Visualisation in the Middle Ages’, deadline 31 January 2024

Submissions are invited for the upcoming conference on knowledge and learning in the Middle Ages.

Lecture: ‘The Power of Blue: Didactic models in text and image in Christine de Pizan’s Epistre Othea’, Dr Charlotte Cooper-Davis, University of York, Wednesday 6 December 2023, 6-7pm (GMT)

Discover the empowering blue-hued imagery of female figures in Christine de Pizan’s ‘Epistre Othea’, in this lecture with Dr Charlotte Cooper-Davis.

CFP: ‘Connecting stucco in the Mediterranean (c. 300 BCE – 1200 CE): Methodological approaches and the state of research’, deadline 31 January 2024

Submissions are invited for the conference ‘Connecting stucco in the Mediterranean (c. 300 BCE – 1200 CE): Methodological approaches and the state of research’.

Conference: ‘New Developments in Dendrochronology and its impact on the study of Vernacular Architecture’, Vernacular Architecture Group, Leicester, 6-7 January 2024

Join the Vernacular Architecture Group winter conference to explore groundbreaking dendrochronological techniques and their impact on building studies.

Conference: ‘The Many Lives of Medieval Manuscripts Symposium’, The Library of Trinity College Dublin, 30 November to 1 December 2023

The Library of Trinity College Dublin is hosting a symposium across two days showcasing manuscripts digitised as part of the ‘Manuscripts for Medieval Studies’.

CFP: ‘Creating Holiness: Books, Scrolls and Icons as Carriers of Sacredness’, deadline 15 December 2023

Submissions are invited for this conference that will explore the sacredness in texts and icons across cultures , delving into materiality, rituals, and scribe roles in religion.