There could scarcely be a more appropriate setting for a study day on the theme of Thomas Becket than Canterbury Cathedral, the location of the archbishop’s martyrdom nearly 850 years ago on the 29th December 1170. In the Cathedral Library and Archives, just metres from the site of Becket’s murder in the North West Transept, experts from universities, museums and Canterbury heritage organisations gathered to discuss the saint’s life and cult.
Category Archives: Conferences
CfP: CITIZEN CATHEDRALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES; Templa Winter School 2017
Please, see the call for papers of the Templa Winter School, “Citizen Cathedrals in the Middle Ages. Image, institutions, networks” (Girona, December 18th-19th 2017), organized by members of our Research Team (V. Debiais, X. Granero, A. Moreno, G. Boto). It is addressed mainly to young researchers whose studies are focused on medieval Cathedrals related toContinue reading “CfP: CITIZEN CATHEDRALS IN THE MIDDLE AGES; Templa Winter School 2017”
CONF: WerkStattWissen – The Work of Art (Bern, 31 May – 2 Jun 17)
The Work of Art – Material and Technology in Sources and Workshop Practice The variety of traditional sources poses a challenge to accessing practical knowledge in historical workshops. Texts and pictorial representations provide information on the production of materials and art works, but are not always reliable. What was their audience and purpose? Does the source result from hands-on experience, doesContinue reading “CONF: WerkStattWissen – The Work of Art (Bern, 31 May – 2 Jun 17)”
Colloque – Les marges
Le jeudi 18 mai 2017 se tiendra la journée thématique annuelle de l’IRHT consacrée aux marges. Ce thème, qui se trouve au carrefour des sciences du texte, rassemble toutes les sections du laboratoire, en ce qu’il touche aussi bien à la philologie, la lexicographie, l’histoire, la paléographie, qu’à la codicologie. Autour du texte, dimension essentielleContinue reading “Colloque – Les marges”
CONF: Riemenschneider In Situ (Rothenburg/Wuerzburg, 21-24 Jun 17)
Rothenburg and Würzburg, 21. – 24.06.2017 Conference Program In 1980, Michael Baxandall introduced the sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider and his artistic milieu to English-speaking art historians — specialists and non-experts alike — with his book The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany. This publication appeared just a year prior to the first major exhibition of Riemenschneider’s early works in Würzburg’s Mainfränkisches Museum (1981). InContinue reading “CONF: Riemenschneider In Situ (Rothenburg/Wuerzburg, 21-24 Jun 17)”
CONF: Streets, Routes, Methods I (Florence, 5-6 May 17)
Florence, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai, Via dei Servi 51, May 5 – 06, 2017 Streets, Routes, Methods I: Reflections on Paths, Spaces and Temporalities International Conference A cooperation of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute and eikones – NCCR Iconic Criticism, University of Basel Organized by Hannah Baader, Adam Jasper, Stefan Neuner, Gerald WildgruberContinue reading “CONF: Streets, Routes, Methods I (Florence, 5-6 May 17)”
Conference: Seeking Transparency, Florence, 19-20 May 2017
Seeking Transparency: The Medieval Rock Crystals International Conference Florence, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai, Via dei Servi 51, May 19 – 20, 2017 Organized by Avinoam Shalem (Riggio Professor, Arts of Islam, Department of art history and Archaeology, Columbia University, NYC) and Cynthia Hahn (Professor of Art History, Department of Art and Art History, Hunter College,Continue reading “Conference: Seeking Transparency, Florence, 19-20 May 2017”
CONF: Chivalry Reimagined (Cambridge, 22 May 17)
The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, May 22, 2017 Armour Study Day University of Cambridge, 22 May 2017 “Chivalry Reimagined: Collecting and Displaying Renaissance Armour in the Late 19th Century” When: Monday, 22 May 2017, 9:00-4:30pm Where: Museum Seminar Room, Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Who: Open to all, £25 registration fee (includes lunch and tea/coffee) InContinue reading “CONF: Chivalry Reimagined (Cambridge, 22 May 17)”
Colloque – Familles, pouvoirs et foi en Bretagne et dans l’Europe de l’Ouest à l’époque médiévale (Ve-XIIIe siècle)
Familles, pouvoirs et foi en Bretagne et dans l’Europe de l’Ouest à l’époque médiévale (Ve-XIIIe siècle) Universités de Bretagne Sud, Toronto, Paris-Sorbonne Au travers de la notion de famille, biologique ou spirituelle, il s’agira de saisir combien la fides-foi – un terme recouvrant tout autant la notion de foi religieuse que celle de fidélité personnelleContinue reading “Colloque – Familles, pouvoirs et foi en Bretagne et dans l’Europe de l’Ouest à l’époque médiévale (Ve-XIIIe siècle)”
CONF: Topographie und Infrastruktur juedischer Wohnquartiere (Erfurt, 11-12 May 17)
Erfurt, 11. – 12.05.2017 Registration deadline: May 2, 2017 3. Workshop der Arbeitsgruppe Mittelalter im „Netzwerk Jüdisches Kulturerbe“ INTER JUDEOS – TOPOGRAPHIE UND INFRASTRUKTUR JÜDISCHER WOHNQUARTIERE 1 Veranstaltet von der Arbeitsgruppe Mittelalter im Netzwerk Jüdisches Kulturerbe und der Stadt Erfurt in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Historicum – Zentrum für Geschichte und Archäologie der LMU München (Prof. Dr. Bernd Päffgen) und der BetContinue reading “CONF: Topographie und Infrastruktur juedischer Wohnquartiere (Erfurt, 11-12 May 17)”
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