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CFP: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture (Kalamazoo 2015)

Call for Papers: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture Special session, 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, 14-17May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2015 During the central and later Middle Ages, there existed a complex set of typologies for understanding male beauty. Although often problematized, physical beauty could be seen as a positive trait inContinue reading “CFP: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture (Kalamazoo 2015)”

CFP: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary (Kalamazoo 2015)

Call for Papers: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary Co-sponsored by the Syon Abbey Society and the Hagiography Society 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 14–17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 This year, the Syon Abbey Society and the Hagiography Society are teaming up to offer a multidisciplinary panel devoted to SaintContinue reading “CFP: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary (Kalamazoo 2015)”

CFP: The Myth of Origins. The (Re-)Making of Medieval Sacral Space through Liturgical Reform (Leeds 2015)

Call for Papers for three joint sessions to be submitted for the International Medieval Congress, Institute of Medieval Studies, Leeds 6-9 July 2015 (special thematic strand: Reform & Renewal) The Myth of Origins. The (Re-)Making of Medieval Sacral Space through Liturgical Reform Deadline: 10 September 2014 Organizers: Ivan Foletti, Universities of Brno and Lausanne Elisabetta Scirocco,Continue reading “CFP: The Myth of Origins. The (Re-)Making of Medieval Sacral Space through Liturgical Reform (Leeds 2015)”

CFP: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)

Call for Papers: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art Special Session at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, 14–17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 Organizer: Maeve Doyle, Bryn Mawr College, mkdoyle@brynmawr.edu Figural representations of specific, contemporary people served numerous purposes in medieval societies, from commemorative and memorial functions to assertions of political power or social status, markers of ownershipContinue reading “CFP: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)”

Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean (Lincoln, July 2015)

Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean Fourth biennial conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean University of Lincoln, 13-15 July 2015 Deadline: 18 October 2014 We are pleased to announce that the fourth biennial conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean will take place at the University ofContinue reading “Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean (Lincoln, July 2015)”

CFP: The Eye of the Dragon: Viewing a Medieval Iconography from the Other Side (Kalamazoo 2015), deadline 15 September 2014

This panel calls for papers that will look at the slayer iconography from the position of the slain rather than the slayer. It seeks papers that will approach the image visually and conceptually from bottom up and explore alternative and innovative interpretations.

Call for Papers: Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic and Technology (London, 10-12 July 2015)

Call for Papers: Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic and Technology London, Senate House, Institute of English Studies, 10-12 July 2015 Deadline: 1 September 2014 Papers are sought on all aspects of ‘Science, Magic and Technology’ in late medieval literature and culture and particularly within Chaucer studies. Approaches might include: The presentation of scientific ideas in mythContinue reading “Call for Papers: Biennial London Chaucer Conference: Science, Magic and Technology (London, 10-12 July 2015)”

CFP: Renewal in the Cults of Saints, 1050-1300 (Leeds 2015)

Call for Papers: Renewal in the Cults of Saints, 1050-1300 International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 6-9 July 2015 Deadline: 25 August 2014 We are seeking proposals for papers on the topic of renewal, reinvention and reinterpretation in the cults of saints in the period 1050-1300. Possible topics might include, but are not limited to: The reinvention ofContinue reading “CFP: Renewal in the Cults of Saints, 1050-1300 (Leeds 2015)”

Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500 (Kalamazoo 2015)

Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500 ICMA-sponsored session at the International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan, 14-17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 As we examine medieval works of art like manuscripts, reliquaries, and jewels, today anchored and spotlighted in their museum vitrines, it is easy to imagine these sumptuous objects atContinue reading “Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500 (Kalamazoo 2015)”

Call for Papers: Epigrams on Art in Byzantium (Kalamazoo 2015)

Call for Papers: Epigrams on Art in Byzantium 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, 14-17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 Organizer and presider: Dr. Ivan Drpić, University of Washington, Seattle Sponsor: Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture Papers are invited for Epigrams on Art in Byzantium, a Mary Jaharis CenterContinue reading “Call for Papers: Epigrams on Art in Byzantium (Kalamazoo 2015)”