Proposals are invited for the session: ‘Contested Boundaries: Blurring the Sacred and the Secular in Late Medieval Visual Culture’ at the International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo next year.
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New Publication: ‘Germigny-l’Exempt ou les Trois Deniers de Gaspard’ by Emmanuel Legeard
This book aims to situate the art and architecture of the French medieval church of Germigny-l’Exempt within the global historical context of the formation of France in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Conference: ‘The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies and Rituals’, Università di Padova, 21-23 September 2022
Check out the full programme for the up-coming conference ‘The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies and Rituals’ at the Università di Padova.
Conference: ‘Book Ornament and Luxury Critique’, Institute of Art History, Zurich, 16-17 September 2022
The research group “Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament” is organizing a two-day international conference on “Book Ornament and Luxury Critique”.
Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association Programme of Meetings 2022-2023
The British Archaeological Association holds regular monthly lectures on the first Wednesday of each month between October and May in the rooms of the Society of Antiquaries of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BE. The lectures are open to all and provide an opportunity for professionals, students and independent scholars to present research thatContinue reading “Lecture Series: British Archaeological Association Programme of Meetings 2022-2023”
Franklin Research Grants, deadlines October 3 2022 & December 1 2022
The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the costs associated with fieldwork; or laboratory research expenses.
CFP: ‘The Concertina-Fold Book, Across Premodern Cultures’, IMC Leeds 2023, deadline 12 September 2022
This session seeks papers that consider the contents and mechanics of concertinas in various cultural contexts. By taking a comparative approach, we aim to identify commonalities that may signal formal imperatives whilst sharpening our understanding of particularities preserved in different traditions.
CFP: ‘African Networks and Entanglements in a “Medieval World”’, IMC 2023, deadline 19 Sep 2022
Seeking to utilise the special thematic strand of “Networks and Entanglements” of the 2023 International Medieval Congress in Leeds, we aim to put together a series of sessions that address the topic and question of “African Networks and Entanglements in a ‘Medieval World’”.
CFP: ‘Intersections and Entanglements: Objects of Mobility in the Ancient and Early Modern Periods’, CAA Annual Conference 2023, deadline 31 August 2022
From ceramic vessels to elaborate textiles, the ancient and early modern periods are rich with portable objects. This session seeks to discuss approaches such as pilgrimage, itinerancy, trade, phenomenology, cartography, encounters, and memory, among others.
CFP: ‘Questioning ‘Gregorian Reform Art’ (11th–12th c.): Challenges, Strategies, and New Approaches’, Kalamazoo ICMS 2023, deadline 15 September 2022
The Italian Art Society invites proposals for their session ‘Questioning ‘Gregorian Reform Art’ (11th–12th c.): Challenges, Strategies, and New Approaches’ for next years International Congress on Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo.
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