Now in its fourth year, MEMS Summer Festival is a two-day celebration of the Medieval and Early Modern periods, including the study of religion, politics, history, art, drama, literature, and domestic culture from c. 400 – 1800. The festival, hosted at the University of Kent, is designed to bring together scholars from a range ofContinue reading “Call for Papers: University of Kent Medieval and Early Modern Studies Summer Festival 15-16/06/2018, Deadline 23/03/2018”
Category Archives: Conferences
Conference: “Bells and Smells: Sensory Experiences of the Medieval Liturgy”, Senate House, University of London, 24/02/2018
The five senses occupied an ambiguous place in medieval religious life. For generations of theologians and pastoral writers, the senses were gateways for sin to enter body and soul. And yet, in the rarefied environment of liturgical performance, they became the means by which mortals could apprehend the Almighty. Imagery, music, incense, touch and evenContinue reading “Conference: “Bells and Smells: Sensory Experiences of the Medieval Liturgy”, Senate House, University of London, 24/02/2018″
Conference: Mediterranean Artistic Interaction, University of Malta (9 March 2018), Registration Deadline 7 March 2018
The Dynamics of Mediterranean Artistic Interaction in the Late Medieval and Renaissance PeriodsInternational Conference – Department of Art and Art History, University of Malta Convener: Dr Charlene Vella 13:30 – 14:00Registration 14:00Welcome First session (14:15 – 16:00) — chaired by Keith Sciberras 14:15 – 14:45Mario Buhagiar (University of Malta): The Siculo-Byzantinesque ‘Virgin of St Luke’Continue reading “Conference: Mediterranean Artistic Interaction, University of Malta (9 March 2018), Registration Deadline 7 March 2018”
Conference L’architecture gothique, entre réception et invention. Impact, continuité et réinterprétation (xiie – xxe siècle) Journée doctorale du Centre Chastel 10/03/2018
Cette journée doctorale du Centre André Chastel est consacrée à une réflexion sur la réception de l’architecture gothique comme langage flexible, à même de créer de nouvelles formes artistiques. L’ objectif de la rencontre est de faire dialoguer des jeunes chercheurs de formations et de pays divers autour de la portée et de l’influence de ceContinue reading “Conference L’architecture gothique, entre réception et invention. Impact, continuité et réinterprétation (xiie – xxe siècle) Journée doctorale du Centre Chastel 10/03/2018”
Call for papers; Conference; Influence of the Arts in the Middle Ages Reflections on the Aquitanian Ms. Paris, BnF, Latin 1139 Paris / 19-21 March 2019 DEADLINE 31 May 2018
The manuscript Paris, BnF, lat. 1139 is a composite manuscript whose origins are not precisely known. It was preserved in the library of the abbey Saint-Martial de Limoges, one of the most prestigious book collections of the Middle Ages, since the mid-thirteenth century. The manuscript includes the first expressions of a new way of singingContinue reading “Call for papers; Conference; Influence of the Arts in the Middle Ages Reflections on the Aquitanian Ms. Paris, BnF, Latin 1139 Paris / 19-21 March 2019 DEADLINE 31 May 2018”
Conference: 23rd Annual Medieval Postgraduate Student Colloquium: ‘Collecting (in) the Middle Ages’, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London 16 February 2018
The Courtauld Institute of Art’s 23rd Annual Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium invites speakers to consider the nature of medieval collections, the context of their creation and fruition, and their legacy – or disappearance – in the present.
Conf: La famosa muraglia (Berlin, 16 Feb 18)
Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und Historische Urbanistik – Fachgebiet Kunstgeschichte, Technische Universität, Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 150/152, Architekturgebäude, Raum A 060, 16.02.2018 La famosa muraglia. Aktuelle Forschungen zu Architektur und Stadtraum in Florenz um 1450 Organisation: Andreas Huth Freitag, 16. Februar 2018, 14 (s.t.)-18.30 Uhr
CONF: Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (Milton Keynes, 23-24 Feb 18)
The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK, February 23 – 24, 2018 The Open University will be hosting their annual two-day conference on Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places The conference will examine life in buildings, institutions and broader geographical areas from a variety of perspectives and will consider the following questions: How were medieval and early modernContinue reading “CONF: Medieval and Early Modern Spaces and Places (Milton Keynes, 23-24 Feb 18)”
CFP: Step by Step Towards the Sacred (Brno, 16-17 May 18)
Hans Belting Library, Brno, Czech Republic, May 16 – 17, 2018 Deadline: Feb 25, 2018 Step by Step towards the Sacred Ritual, Movement and Images in the Middle Ages Organizers: Veronika Tvrzníková, Masaryk University in Brno Martin Lešák, Masaryk University in Brno and Université de Poitiers The conference aims to reflect on the ways medieval images – ranging fromContinue reading “CFP: Step by Step Towards the Sacred (Brno, 16-17 May 18)”
CONF: New Directions in the Study of Medieval Sculpture (Leeds, 16-17 Mar 18)
Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK, March 16 – 17, 2018 NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE REGISTRATION NOW OPEN The focus on the materiality of medieval sculpture has proven crucial to its study and has expanded our historical understanding of sculpture itself. Whether monumental relief sculpture in stone, wooden sculptures in the round, sculpted altarpieces, ivory plaques or enamelledContinue reading “CONF: New Directions in the Study of Medieval Sculpture (Leeds, 16-17 Mar 18)”
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