Author Archives: Roisin Astell

Lecture: ‘The Fabrication of Borders: Tailoring and Cartography in Early Modern Europe’, with Emanuele Lugli, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, 12 February 2026 (5:15 – 6:30 pm EST)

Join the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies for Emanuele Lugli’s lecture, “The Fabrication of Borders”. Professor Lugli will explore the interconnected evolution of fashion and cartography in early modern Europe.

CFP: ‘Material Memory and the Provenances of Medieval Artefacts’ (Berlin, 3-4 September 2026), deadline 15 March 2026

The conference ‘Material Memory and the Provenances of Medieval Artefacts’ invites papers that explore how medieval objects and materials retain and convey memories of their origins, incorporating perspectives on provenance, material agency, and the relationships between humans and their environments.

Grant: Call for Proposals, AVISTA START Grant, deadline 15 March 2026

The AVISTA START Grant offers up to $3,000 in seed funding for Ph.D.-holding researchers working on projects at the intersection of science, technology, and art in the medieval world, with applications due by March 15, 2026.

Lecture: ‘Eastern Europe in Focus: Medieval Art, Cultural Heritage, and Global Conflicts’ with Alice Isabella Sullivan, Temple University and Zoom, 6 February 2026, 16:30-18:00 (EST)

In this lecture, Alice Isabella Sullivan examines the intricate history and artistic influences of Eastern Europe during the Middle Ages, highlighting the region’s cultural heritage amidst shifting traditions and conflicts.

Conference: ‘When Materials Meet: Intermateriality in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period’, Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2-4 March 2026

The Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture Studies (IMAREAL, University of Salzburg), announces the international conference “When Materials Meet. Intermaterialität in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit”, to be held from 2 to 4 March 2026 at Krems an der Donau, Austria.

Online workshop: ‘Beyond the Visible: Medieval Roofs and the Making of Sacred Architecture in Italy’, 9 March 2026, 17:30-20:00 (UTC+2)

This workshop marks the conclusion of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project Cataloguing Medieval Roofs, coordinated by the University of Cyprus. On this occasion, the volume Behind the Scenes of Medieval Roofs. An Overview of the Roofing Systems of Italian Churches (edited by Angelo Passuello and Michalis Olympios, L’Erma di Bretschneider, 2026) will be presented.

Murray Seminar: ‘‘Lion Madonnas’ and Nations: Nationalising Late Medieval Art in Early-Twentieth-Century Silesia’ with Robert Maniura, 27 January 2026, Birkbeck, 17:00—18:30 (GMT)

Please join Birkbeck on 27 Jan for the Murray Seminar by Robert Maniura. In this seminar, Robert Maniura will share their research on ‘Nationalising Late Medieval Art in Early-Twentieth-Century Silesia’

CFP: ‘Different Differentiations. Logiche e pratiche della differenziazione sociale attraverso i secoli’, deadline 15 February 2026

The conference invites young scholars to engage in interdisciplinary discussions on social differentiation from historical, archaeological, and art-historical perspectives, exploring its complexities and implications across various research areas such as history, archaeology, and art history.

Talk: ‘Sainthood & Gender Variance in the Middle Ages’, with Roland Betancourt at The Met Cloisters, 14 January 2026, 6-7 pm (EST)

Join Roland Betancourt at The Met Cloisters, for a discussion on how medieval art depictions of holy figures challenge gender concepts in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire, in relation to the exhibition “Spectrum of Desire.”