Category Archives: Conferences

In-person/online conference: ‘The Challenge of Historical Distance Historicism and Anachronism in the Study of Art’, 6-7 November 2025

Join the international conference “The Challenge of Historical Distance: Historicism and Anachronism in the Study of Art” to honour Prof. Gervase Rosser.

Conference: ‘Boundaries and Encounters in Medieval Art and Architecture: A Conference in Memory of John McNeill’, Oxford, 12-14 December 2025 (Scholarship deadline 16 October)

In memory of our much-missed friend and inspiration, the British Archaeological Association will be holding a conference to celebrate our former secretary, John McNeill, on 12-14 December 2025.

Conference: ‘Communication – Cooperation – Confrontation: Queens, Noblewomen and Burgher Women in the Middle Ages’, 16-17 October 2025, Prague

The conference titled “Communication – Cooperation – Confrontation: Queens, Noblewomen and Burgher Women in the Middle Ages” will be held in Prague on 16-17 October 2025, focusing on the influence and roles of medieval women within various societal networks and exploring themes of patronage, social standing, and material culture.

Conference: 18th International Complutense Conference on Medieval Art, Madrid, 7–8 October 2025

This year’s conference International Complutense Conference on Medieval Art, titled Transculturality and Medieval Art in Dialogue: Negotiating New Identities, will once again offer a specialised forum for scholarly exchange. The conference organisers invite all members of the academic community to attend.

Online conference: British Archaeological Association Post-Graduate Online Conference, 27 Nov 2025, 12.20pm-17.30pm (GMT)

The British Archaeological Association are excited to present a diverse conference which includes postgraduates and early career researchers in the fields of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology. The British Archaeological Association postgraduate conference offers an opportunity for research students at all levels from universities across the UK and abroad to present their research and exchange ideas.

Conference: ‘Good Governance and the Built Environment of Late Medieval Cities (1200-1700)’, Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels, 3-5th September 2025

Join the Royal Library of Brussels to discuss and explore how the built environment of late medieval cities was conceptualized and physically shaped in relation to ideals of good governance.

Conference: ‘Un art mamlouk: évolutions et questions d’attributions’, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 23 June 2025, 9am-5.30pm (CEST)

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Conceived in conjunction with the Mamluks 1250-1517 exhibition, this study day offers a reinterpretation of Mamluk art through an interdisciplinary and transregional approach, drawing on art history, archaeology, and technical analysis.

Conference: ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting 1300-1350’, London, The National Gallery, 20 June 2025, 9am-5.45pm (BST)

Join the National Gallery in London to hear about the remarkable achievements of Siena’s artists and the significance of Sienese painting in the wider world during the late Middle Ages.

Symposium: ‘Concertina-Fold Books across Time, Space and Cultures’, Lambeth Palace Library, Friday 2 May 2025, 10am-5.30pm (GMT)

The symposium is part of programming for the Unfolding Time exhibition, on medieval ‘pocket’ calendars, which looks at the way the concertina format was deployed in late medieval Europe, with a focus on England. In-person attendees will have the opportunity to visit the exhibition and play with concertina facsimiles.