Author Archives: Roisin Astell

Online Conference: ‘Fragments and Frameworks: Illuminated Manuscripts and Illustrated Books in Digital Humanities’, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, 11am–4pm (EDT), 1 October 2021

This conference will discuss fragments and frameworks, actual and conceptual, in art history and related disciplines, and address emerging questions in digital humanities.

CFP: ‘Rethinking Royal Manuscripts in a Global Middle Ages’, ICMA sponsored session at AAH conference London 2022, deadline 1 November 2021

This panel sets out to examine and compare the impact of royal patronage on the visual, material, and textual features of manuscripts produced across Africa, Asia, Mesoamerica and Europe during the ‘Global Middle Ages.’

Fellowship: Thomson Curatorial Fellowship in European Art, Art Gallery of Ontario, deadline 5 November 2021 *updated

The Art Gallery of Ontario welcomes applications for the Thomson Curatorial Fellowship in European Art, a two-year position beginning in 2022.

New Publication: ‘Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, 800–1500’, by Jeffrey F. Hamburger & Joshua O’Driscoll

‘Imperial Splendor’ accompanies the exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum with the same title. This book presents in beautiful colour the fascinating history of book production and use within the Holy Roman Empire over the course of 700 years.

Online workshop: ‘Getting to grips with medieval manuscripts online’, Trinity College Dublin, 24 September 2021, 18:00–20:00 (BST)

Do you want to learn more about medieval manuscripts? Join Trinity College Dublin for this interactive workshop on European Researchers’ Night where you can find out more about Trinity’s Digital Collections and transcribe a manuscript!

Online Conference: ‘The Lay Experience of the Medieval Cathedral’, Ecclesiological Society Annual Conference, 10:00–17:15 (BST), 2 October 2021

Get your tickets now for the Ecclesiological Society online Annual Conference, which takes place on 2nd October 2021.

Online Lecture: ‘Globalising Anglo-Saxon Art’ with Professor Jane Hawkes, University of York History of Art department, 3 November 2021, 4.00pm (GMT)

Join Professor Jane Hawkes for the online lecture ‘Globalising Anglo-Saxon Art’.

Online Conference: ‘The Illuminated Legal Manuscript from the Middle Ages to the Digital Age: Forms, Iconographies, Materials, Uses and Cataloguing’, IUS ILLUMINATUM, 22-25 September 2021

To commemorate the third year of ‘IUS ILLUMINATUM’, the research team are organising an international Conference on the topic: “The Illuminated Legal Manuscript from the Middle Ages to the Digital Age: Forms, Iconographies, Materials, Uses and Cataloguing” on 22–25 September 2021.