Call for Papers: Mobility and Space in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe Oxford University, 23 June 2017 Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2017 The application of spatial paradigms to the study of late medieval and early modern societies is now well underway. In contrast, the so-called ‘mobility turn’ has struggled to find its way fromContinue reading “CFP: Mobility and Space in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, University of Oxford, 23 June 2017”
Category Archives: Call for Papers
CFP: Power of the Bishop III: Bishops as Diplomats 1000-1400 (Cardiff University, 1-2 June 2017)
Power of the Bishop III: Bishops as Diplomats 1000-1400 (Cardiff University, 1-2 June 2017) Deadline for Abstracts: 20 February 2017 This two-day conference will explore the importance of diplomacy in a bishop’s career. How bishops responded to situations was often crucial to building or destroying their reputations, and, sometimes, their very lives depended on theirContinue reading “CFP: Power of the Bishop III: Bishops as Diplomats 1000-1400 (Cardiff University, 1-2 June 2017)”
CFP: State-Rooms of Royal and Princely Palaces in Europe (14th-16th c.): Spaces, Images, Rituals – Lisbon/Sintra, 16-18 March 2017
State-Rooms of Royal and Princely Palaces in Europe (14th-16th c.): Spaces, Images, Rituals – Lisbon/Sintra, 16-18 March 2017 Deadline: before 15 December 2016 From the fourteenth to the sixteenth century, European monarchies saw a gradual centralisation of power. This was accompanied by the dissemination of political ideas that contributed to the making of a newContinue reading “CFP: State-Rooms of Royal and Princely Palaces in Europe (14th-16th c.): Spaces, Images, Rituals – Lisbon/Sintra, 16-18 March 2017”
CFP: Second Fiddles in Medieval Rituals (Trondheim 20-22 September 2017)
Call for Papers Deadline 31 March 2017. International Conference Second Fiddles in Medieval Rituals Department for historical studies NTNU, Trondheim 20-22 September 2017 This conference addresses the role, status and performance of secondary actors in medieval rituals, thus enabling us to diversify and deepen our understanding of rituals in pre-modern societies. Although peripheral to the engineeringContinue reading “CFP: Second Fiddles in Medieval Rituals (Trondheim 20-22 September 2017)”
CFP: CEMS International Graduate Conference (Budapest, 1-3 Jun 17)
Budapest, Central European University, June 1 – 03, 2017 Deadline: Jan 31, 2017 The Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS) at Central European University and its junior members are proud to announce the forthcoming Fifth International Graduate Conference on Building, Bending, and Breaking Boundaries in the Eastern Mediterranean World. This three-day conference invites graduate students of Late Antique, Islamic,Continue reading “CFP: CEMS International Graduate Conference (Budapest, 1-3 Jun 17)”
CFP: The Origins of the Islamic State: Sovereignty and Power in the Middle Ages (London, Feb 2017)
CfP: The Origins of the Islamic State: Sovereignty and Power in the Middle Ages February 16th-17th 2017, University College London Deadline for abstracts: December 4th 2016. Organiser: Corisande Fenwick (UCL) The medieval roots of the Islamic state have never been more relevant or misunderstood. Early Islamic history is used to bolster Daesh propaganda of establishing aContinue reading “CFP: The Origins of the Islamic State: Sovereignty and Power in the Middle Ages (London, Feb 2017)”
CFP: Concealment and Revelation in the Art of the Middle Ages (Nicosia, 22-24 september 2017)
International Conference: Concealment and Revelation in the Art of the Middle Ages Nicosia, 22-24 September 2017 CFP Deadline: 30 April 2017 ‘To reveal art and conceal the artist is art’s aim’ – thus Oscar Wilde in his aphoristic Preface to The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891). In the western intellectual tradition, art has repeatedly beenContinue reading “CFP: Concealment and Revelation in the Art of the Middle Ages (Nicosia, 22-24 september 2017)”
CFP: Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
COMITATUS: A JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES, published annually under the auspices of the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, invites the submission of articles by graduate students and recent PhDs in any field of medieval and Renaissance studies. SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR VOLUME 48 (2017): 1 FEBRUARY 2017. The Comitatus editorial board willContinue reading “CFP: Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies”
CFP: The Black Prince and Canterbury Cathedral (16-17th November 2017), deadline 30 January 2017
Proposals for papers are invited for the two day conference ‘The Black Prince and Canterbury Cathedral’ (working title) to be held at Canterbury Cathedral on the 16th and 17th November 2017. The conference is part of a wider project to preserve and research the material culture of the Black Prince held at Canterbury Cathedral andContinue reading “CFP: The Black Prince and Canterbury Cathedral (16-17th November 2017), deadline 30 January 2017”
CFP: Iconoclasm and Iconophilia (Rijeka, 1-3 Jul 17)
Rijeka, Croatia, July 1 – 03, 2017 Deadline: Jan 30, 2017 Call for Papers for the Eleventh International Conference of Iconographic Studies on the topic: ICONOCLASM AND ICONOPHILIA Center for Iconographic Studies – University of Rijeka (Croatia) in collaboration with: University of Sapienza in Rome (Italy) The Hebrew University in Jerusalem (Israel) Study of Theology in Rijeka, University of ZagrebContinue reading “CFP: Iconoclasm and Iconophilia (Rijeka, 1-3 Jul 17)”