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Art Fair: Les Enluminures at Masterpiece London 2017

Les Enluminures looks forward to welcoming you to the 2018 edition of Masterpiece London STAND B1 This year we are teaming up with Daniel Crouch Rare Books. Our joint display “A brief History of Time: from Matins to Mars” will explore methods of marking and keeping time throughout history. CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR FAIR HIGHLIGHTS On JulyContinue reading “Art Fair: Les Enluminures at Masterpiece London 2017”

New Publication: Les modèles dans l’art du Moyen Âge (XIIe-XVe siècles), edited by L. Terrier Aliferis & D. Borlée

Informations pratiques : Les modèles dans l’art du Moyen Âge (XIIe-XVe siècles), dir. L. Terrier Aliferis, D. Borlée, Turnhout, Brepols, 2018 (Les Études du RILMA, 10). 284 p., 150 b/w ill. + 54 colour ill., 210 x 297 mm. ISBN: 978-2-503-57802-6. Prix : 90 euros. Ce volume réunit, pour la première fois sur le sujet,Continue reading “New Publication: Les modèles dans l’art du Moyen Âge (XIIe-XVe siècles), edited by L. Terrier Aliferis & D. Borlée”

CFP: Windows into the Medieval Mediterranean

Call for Chapters               Windows into the Medieval Mediterranean Despite the excellent work done in the fields of Mediterranean history and studies, the Medieval period remains an area of less attention. Contributors are sought for an edited collection, under contract with publishers Taylor and Francis, that illuminates the many worlds of the Medieval Mediterranean, from 470Continue reading “CFP: Windows into the Medieval Mediterranean”

CFP: Teaching Race in the Renaissance

Deadline: Aug 1, 2018 Call for Contributors: A Volume on Teaching Race in the Renaissance Edited by Anna Wainwright, University of New Hampshire Matthieu Chapman, University of Houston Race is a hot button issue all over the globe. From Black Lives Matter and immigration policies in the US, to Germany announcing that multiculturalism has “failed,” toContinue reading “CFP: Teaching Race in the Renaissance”

Horse sessions at IMC 2018

A series of four horse sessions and a Round Table, organised by Anastasija Ropa and Timothy Dawson, will take place during the International Medieval Congress 2018. Palfreys and rounceys, hackneys and packhorses, warhorses and coursers, not to mention the mysterious ‘dung mare’ – they were all part of everyday life in the Middle Ages. EveryContinue reading “Horse sessions at IMC 2018”

Conf.: The Palace Unveiled The Royal Palace in Palermo and other centres of power in the medieval Mediterranean

Assamblea regionale siciliana and Fondazione Federico II announce International Conference The Palace Unveiled The Royal Palace in Palermo and other centres of power in the medieval Mediterranean    and the Arabo-Norman Cultural Week  Palermo, Palazzo Reale   26 June – 1 July 2018    Maria Andaloro Jeremy Johns Ruggero Longo William Tronzo IL PALAZZO DISVELATO_SETTIMANA_MAIL_INVITO

Conference: The 39th Fifteenth Century Conference, University of Reading, 6-8 September 2018

This year’s conference will be held at the University of Reading’s ICMA Centre from Thursday 6th September to Saturday 8th September. We have a very exciting programme including sessions covering a wide range of late medieval themes, from political to art-historical; and plenary lectures from Chris Briggs, Anne Curry, Chris Given-Wilson and Elizabeth New. We will also be celebrating the fifteenth volume of The Fifteenth Century at a reception jointly hosted by Boydell & Brewer and the ICMA Centre.

CFP: Ruling an Empire in a Changing World. Studies on Origin, Impact, and Reception of the Notitia Dignitatum

In the late 4th and the first half of the 5th century, administrative lists were compiled, which have become known under the name of Notitia Dignitatum. This collection of lists offers us nowadays a unique insight in the administrative and military structures of the Roman Empire, in both its Western and its Eastern part. TheContinue reading “CFP: Ruling an Empire in a Changing World. Studies on Origin, Impact, and Reception of the Notitia Dignitatum”

CFP: Animals: Theory, Practice, Representation (Leiden, 4-5 Apr 19)

Leiden, Netherlands, April 4 – 05, 2019 Deadline: Oct 1, 2018 <https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/2019/04/lucas-2019-graduate-conference-animals-theory-practice-representation&gt; Call for Papers Animals: Theory, Practice, Representation The field of human-animal studies has become a lively domain where diverse disciplines examine the divergences and convergences between humans and animals, their evolutions, demarcations, and entanglements. Not only do we conceptualize, historicize, and embody animals in our lives, butContinue reading “CFP: Animals: Theory, Practice, Representation (Leiden, 4-5 Apr 19)”