This conference, coordinated by Martin Schwarz and Daniel Tischler, is organized in conjunction with the exhibition Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features key sheets from the Basel Goldschmiedrisse.
Category Archives: Conferences
Harlaxton Medieval Symposium 2026: ‘The Rural Parish in Late Medieval England’, 17-20 August 2026
The Harlaxton Medieval Symposium 2026, focusing on ‘The Rural Parish in Late Medieval England,’ will be held from August 17-20 at Madingley Hall, Cambridge, with deadlines for bookings approaching in late June.
Conference: ‘The Gigantic in Medieval and Early Modern Art’, University of Vienna, 18-20 June 2026
The conference at the University of Vienna from June 18-20, 2026, explores the cultural significance and visual representations of giants in medieval and Early Modern art, examining themes such as scale, the marvellous, and political imagery.
Conference: ‘The Bayeux Tapestry Now’, Swedenborg House, London, 7 November 2026
Join The Medieval Dress And Textile Society for an insightful one-day symposium titled “The Bayeux Tapestry Now,” on November 7, 2026, at Swedenborg House, London.
Conference: ‘‘Filth and health’: hygiene and sanitation in the Middle Ages’, Great Hall at Barts Hospital, London, Friday 26 Jun 2026
The British Archaeological Association, the Friends of Barts Heritage and the Friends of Great St Bartholomew are delighted to invite you to this event on Friday, 26 June 2026 in aid of the fundraising campaign for new loos at the church of Great St Bartholomew and in memory of Professor Peter Fergusson.
Conference Programme: ‘Dancing Women, Performing Bodies. Sensual Culture, Experience and Images (10th–17th Centuries)’, Campus Condorcet, Paris, 5-7 May 2026
Exploring the intersection of gender, movement, and sensory history, the ‘Dancing Women, Performing Bodies’ conference (Paris, 5–7 May 2026) investigates the cultural significance of the female body in dance from the 10th to the 17th centuries.
Conference: ‘Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis’, British Library, 19 June 2026
The British Library is hosting an interdisciplinary conference, titled “Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis,” to celebrate the launch of newly digitised images of the Cotton Genesis manuscript, which unveil previously unseen details and foster new research opportunities.
Conference: Courtauld Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium: ‘Memory and Medieval Material Culture’, Friday 6 March 2026
Join the Courtauld Institute of Art for their annual Postgraduate Colloquium on Friday 6 March 2026.
Conference: ‘When Materials Meet: Intermateriality in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period’, Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2-4 March 2026
The Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture Studies (IMAREAL, University of Salzburg), announces the international conference “When Materials Meet. Intermaterialität in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit”, to be held from 2 to 4 March 2026 at Krems an der Donau, Austria.
Online workshop: ‘Beyond the Visible: Medieval Roofs and the Making of Sacred Architecture in Italy’, 9 March 2026, 17:30-20:00 (UTC+2)
This workshop marks the conclusion of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie project Cataloguing Medieval Roofs, coordinated by the University of Cyprus. On this occasion, the volume Behind the Scenes of Medieval Roofs. An Overview of the Roofing Systems of Italian Churches (edited by Angelo Passuello and Michalis Olympios, L’Erma di Bretschneider, 2026) will be presented.
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