CFPs: Bibliography Among the Disciplines Conference, Philadelphia, October 12-15, 2017

Call for Papers: Bibliography Among the Disciplines Conference, Philadelphia, October 12-15, 2017 Deadline: October 25, 2016 For more information on panels, round-tables, short presentations and working groups, and for submission guidelines, see: http://rarebookschool.org/bibliography-conference-2017/ Bibliography Among the Disciplines, a four-day international conference to be held in Philadelphia from 12 to 15 October 2017, will bring togetherContinue reading “CFPs: Bibliography Among the Disciplines Conference, Philadelphia, October 12-15, 2017”

Conference: Minority Influences in Medieval Society, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, 25-26 November 2016

Friday 25 November 9.45 Welcome (Nora Berend) Session 1. 10-11.15 Nikolas Jaspert (Heidelberg) Influences of mudejar spirituality on majority Christian religious life Teresa Shawcross (Princeton) Ethno-religious Minorities and the Shaping of Byzantine Society during the Crusades COFFEE Session 2. 11.30-12.45 Annette Kehnel (Mannheim) Minority language, minority culture, minority tradition: Who exactly cares? Amira Bennison (Cambridge)Continue reading “Conference: Minority Influences in Medieval Society, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, 25-26 November 2016”

International Workshop: Relics @ the Lab, KIK-IRPA, Brussels, October 27-28 2016.

International Workshop: Relics @ the Lab, KIK-IRPA, Brussels, October 27-28 2016. Over the past decade the scientific interest in relics and kindred artifacts has grown enormously. Without any doubt relics as well as relic shrines and associated objects have played a prominent role in European history since the introduction of Christianity. While in the pastContinue reading “International Workshop: Relics @ the Lab, KIK-IRPA, Brussels, October 27-28 2016.”

Conference: Heraldic Badges: From Miniature to Monumental, 1300–1500, Courtauld Institute of Art, Thursay 29 September, 2016

Conference: Heraldic Badges: From Miniature to Monumental, 1300–1500, Courtauld Institute of Art, Thursay 29 September, 2016 The question of how to represent a person was of great importance to artists and patrons in the later Middle Ages. While much attention has focused on the development of facial likeness in portraiture, the concurrent fashion for expressingContinue reading “Conference: Heraldic Badges: From Miniature to Monumental, 1300–1500, Courtauld Institute of Art, Thursay 29 September, 2016”

Conference: Obra congrua: Girona Cathedral, 1416-2016, University of Girona, October 19-21, 2016

Conference: Obra congrua: Girona Cathedral, 1416-2016, University of Girona, October 19-21, 2016 Programme: Wednesday 19 October 2016 09:00h  Opening of the symposium. Institutional introductions. 09:30h  Opening lecture: La nave de la Catedral de Girona y la cultura del gótico meridional. Pere Freixas. 10:30h  Presentation of the Thematic Network: DOCOGOTHIC Network for documentation of late Gothic architectureContinue reading “Conference: Obra congrua: Girona Cathedral, 1416-2016, University of Girona, October 19-21, 2016”

Conference: Fatimids and Umayyads: Competing Caliphates, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 23-25 September 2016

Conference: Fatimids and Umayyads: Competing Caliphates, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 23-25 September 2016 Relations between the Fatimid caliphate and its neighbour and opponent, the Umayyad caliphate of al-Andalus constitute a field of study that merits careful and extensive consideration. Scholarship has tended to study both dynasties separately and the existing entanglements between the twoContinue reading “Conference: Fatimids and Umayyads: Competing Caliphates, The Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, 23-25 September 2016”

Conference: Greek Manuscripts in the British Library, British Library Conference Centre, 19 September 2016

Click here for the Conference Programme To mark the completion of the third phase of the Greek Manuscripts Digitisation Project and the launch of the Greek Manuscripts Online web resource, the British Library is hosting a one-day conference devoted to Greek Manuscripts on 19 September, 2016. Confirmed participants include Sebastian Brock (Oxford), Charalambos Dendrinos (RoyalContinue reading “Conference: Greek Manuscripts in the British Library, British Library Conference Centre, 19 September 2016”

Conference Review: International Bridges Group in Prague 2016

This year, the delegates of the International Bridge Group assembled in Prague for their annual symposium. Held over three days, the delegates enjoyed tours of medieval monuments, a day of papers at Vila Lanna, and a day trip to study medieval bridges outside of Prague. The event was a spectacular introduction to medieval Bohemia and – via the none-too-shy monumental decoration of the Charles Bridge in Prague – provided a fascinating insight into the socio-economic ramifications of the campaign of stone bridge construction in the Middle Ages.

CONF: Journeys of the Soul: Multiple Topographies in the Camposanto of Pisa (Pisa, 1–2 September 2016)

Conference: Journeys of the Soul: Multiple Topographies in the Camposanto of Pisa Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore September 1-2 2016 Palazzo della Carovana, piazza dei Cavalieri 7, Sala Azzurra Organizers: Michele Bacci (Université de Fribourg), David Ganz (Universität Zürich), Rahel Meier (Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz) The construction of the Camposanto in Pisa, begun in the late 1270s,Continue reading “CONF: Journeys of the Soul: Multiple Topographies in the Camposanto of Pisa (Pisa, 1–2 September 2016)”

CFP: Light and Darkness in Medieval Art, 1200–1450, ICMS, Kalamazoo, May 2017

Call for Papers: Light and Darkness in Medieval Art, 1200–1450 (I–II) International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 11-14 May 2017 Sponsored by the International Center of Medieval Art (Convenors: Stefania Gerevini and Tom Nickson) Light has occupied an increasingly prominent role in medieval studies in recent years. Its perceptual and epistemic significance in the period 1200-1450Continue reading “CFP: Light and Darkness in Medieval Art, 1200–1450, ICMS, Kalamazoo, May 2017”