The religious of medieval Europe were in a privileged position for studying humanity’s interaction with the natural world, whether this was considering the nature of celestial bodies and the cosmos, or deepening their pharmaceutical knowledge to aid patients in the infirmary. This conference asks what unique contributions the religious made to the applied arts andContinue reading “Call for Papers: Monastic Sciences: Medicina, Mechanica, Philosophia (Leeds University, 8-9 May 2015)”
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Call for papers: Graduate Student Conference on Byzantine Studies (Brookline, MA, 18 April 2015)
The Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture and the Michael G. and Anastasia Cantonis Chair of Byzantine Studies at Hellenic College invite proposals for the 2015 Graduate Student Conference on Byzantine Studies, which will be held at Hellenic College Holy Cross in Brookline, MA on April 18, 2015. Brookline is located just outsideContinue reading “Call for papers: Graduate Student Conference on Byzantine Studies (Brookline, MA, 18 April 2015)”
Call for Papers: Urbanity and Society in the Medieval World (York, 22-23 May 2015)
Urbanity and Society in the Medieval World: An Interdisciplinary Conference on Urban Society and Life Across the Medieval Period c.600-1500 King’s Manor, University of York 22nd -23rd May 2015 Urban Studies is a sub-field with a long and distinguished history of its own. Those who investigate urban environments have, however, largely been seen as workingContinue reading “Call for Papers: Urbanity and Society in the Medieval World (York, 22-23 May 2015)”
Call for papers: International Postgraduate Workshop on Religious Architecture (Leifers, 4-8 June 2015)
The workshop addresses postgraduate students, who are preparing a thesis on any topic related to medieval church architecture between the 9th and 14th century. It aims to be a platform for the discussion of individual research projects and current results. The circle of participants is intended to include art historians and building researchers as wellContinue reading “Call for papers: International Postgraduate Workshop on Religious Architecture (Leifers, 4-8 June 2015)”
Call for Papers: Seals and Status 800 – 1700 (British Museum 4-6 Dec 2015)
Quo asserente se sigillum habere, subridens vir illustris, ‘Moris’, inquit, ‘antiquitus non erat quemlibet militulum sigillum habere, quod regibus et precipuis tantum competit personis…’ He answered that he had a seal. The great man smiled. ‘It was not the custom in the past’, he said, ‘for every petty knight to have a seal. They areContinue reading “Call for Papers: Seals and Status 800 – 1700 (British Museum 4-6 Dec 2015)”
CFP: The Fifteenth-Century Conference (University of Kent, Canterbury 10-12 September 2015), deadline 1 February 2015
The annual Fifteenth Century Conference has been the UK’s premier academic conference for late medieval historians for more than forty years. Submissions for papers are now invited for the 2015 Conference which will be held at the University of Kent. Papers concerned with any aspect of fifteenth-century studies are welcome.
Call For Papers: Reconsidering the Origins of Portraiture (The Institute of Art History, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 16-18 April 2015)
Deadline for sending abstracts: 15 January, 2015 Thanks to extensive research and exhibitions in recent years our knowledge and understanding of portraiture in the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance has deepened significantly. Many detailed studies have problematised this genre and departed from a portrait’s simple equation with a mimetically accurate likeness. Current interpretations showContinue reading “Call For Papers: Reconsidering the Origins of Portraiture (The Institute of Art History, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 16-18 April 2015)”
Call for papers: Between Heaven and Earth: Ecclesiastical Patronage in Europe, 1400-1600 (Courtauld Institute of Art, 9 May 2015)
Deadline for CFP, 2 February 2015 Third Annual Renaissance Symposium at the Courtauld Institute of Art In recent years, the artistic commissions of ecclesiastic and lay patrons – both individual and collective – have been a fruitful area of scholarship. Research addressing issues of sacred space, devotional practice, and the materiality of extant objects hasContinue reading “Call for papers: Between Heaven and Earth: Ecclesiastical Patronage in Europe, 1400-1600 (Courtauld Institute of Art, 9 May 2015)”
Call for papers: Villes/Cities – 12th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society, Paris (25 -27 June 2015)
Villes/Cities 12th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society, Paris Dates: 25 -27 June 2015, Paris, France Deadline for Abstracts: 30 January 2015 UPDATE: Programme now available Centre Malher, 9 rue Malher, 75004 Paris, France, June 25 – 27, 2015 Registration deadline: Jun 12, 2015 Villes/Cities 12th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society (Paris), presented inContinue reading “Call for papers: Villes/Cities – 12th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society, Paris (25 -27 June 2015)”
CFP: Agency of Things: New Perspectives on European Art of the Fourteenth–Sixteenth Centuries (Warsaw, 11 – 12 June 2015)
Call for Papers: Agency of Things: New Perspectives on European Art of the Fourteenth – Sixteenth Centuries Warsaw, 11 – 12 June 2015 Deadline: 30 November 2014 Co-organized by Institute of History of Art, University of Warsaw and National Museum in Warsaw. Invited speakers: Prof. Susie Nash (The Courtauld Institute of Art, London) Prof. AndrewContinue reading “CFP: Agency of Things: New Perspectives on European Art of the Fourteenth–Sixteenth Centuries (Warsaw, 11 – 12 June 2015)”
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