Programme for Seals and Status 800-1700, a major conference at the British Museum, 4-6 December 2015. Book tickets at the official site. £50 (£25 students and concessions) Friday 4 December 08.30 Coffee and registration 09.30 Introduction Jonathan Williams, British Museum 09.45 Keynote 1 Status: an impression Brigitte Bedos-Rezak, New York University 10.45 Break 11.00 SessionContinue reading “Conference programme: Seals and Status 800-1700 (British Museum, 4-6 Dec 2015)”
Category Archives: Conferences
Use of Models in Gothic Art (Geneva, 4-5 Nov 2016)
Call for Papers University of Geneva, November 4 – 05, 2016 Deadline: Dec 15, 2015 The University of Geneva’s Art History Unit and the University of Strasbourg’s Institute of Art History are organizing an international conference: Supposed Models, Identified Models: Their Uses in Gothic Art The topic of models, whose use is inherent to theContinue reading “Use of Models in Gothic Art (Geneva, 4-5 Nov 2016)”
Call for Papers: Dialogue and Difference in the Middle Ages (Bristol 25-26 Feb 2016)
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies – 22nd annual postgraduate conference Thursday 25th – Friday 26th February 2016 Call for Papers Dialogue and Difference is an interdisciplinary conference bringing together scholars from all fields to explore the ways in which cultural, social, political, religious, scientific and intellectual exchange and interaction unfolded throughout the Middle Ages. DialoguesContinue reading “Call for Papers: Dialogue and Difference in the Middle Ages (Bristol 25-26 Feb 2016)”
Typical Venice? Venetian Commodities, 13th-16th centuries (3-6 March 2016)
Call for Papers Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice, Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, March 3 – 06, 2016 Deadline: Oct 31, 2015 Organizer: Dr. Philippe Cordez (ENB-Nachwuchsforschergruppe “Premodern Objects”, Department Kunstwissenschaften, LMU Munich) and PD Dr. Romedio Schmitz-Esser (Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice) What are “Venetian” commodities? More than any other medieval or early modern city, Venice lived off ofContinue reading “Typical Venice? Venetian Commodities, 13th-16th centuries (3-6 March 2016)”
Medieval Charm: Illuminated Manuscripts for Royal, Aristocratic, and Ecclesiastical Patronage (Florence,
ISI Florence, International Studies Institute, Via della Vigna Nuova 18, 50123 Firenze, October 20, 2015 Medieval Charm: Illuminated Manuscripts for Royal, Aristocratic, and Ecclesiastical Patronage // Fascino medievale: manoscritti miniati per i sovrani, l’aristocrazia e il clero International Conference // Convegno Internazionale Organized by Stefano U.Baldassarri, Francesca Marini, Florence Moly Among the main goals ofContinue reading “Medieval Charm: Illuminated Manuscripts for Royal, Aristocratic, and Ecclesiastical Patronage (Florence,”
Call for Papers: Juridical Circulations and Artistic, Intellectual and Cultural Practices in Medieval Europe (13th-15th Centuries) International Conference (Lisbon, 25-27 February 2016)
Call for Papers The International Conference Medieval Europe in Motion 3 continues the series of scientific meetings launched in 2013 by the Institute of Medieval Studies (IMS) of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Nova University of Lisbon (FCSH/UNL) – devoted to the topic of social, cultural, and artistic mobility in Medieval Europe (https://sites.google.com/site/medievaleuropeinmotion2013/home).Continue reading “Call for Papers: Juridical Circulations and Artistic, Intellectual and Cultural Practices in Medieval Europe (13th-15th Centuries) International Conference (Lisbon, 25-27 February 2016)”
Conference: Medieval Architecture Outside the Lines (University of Georgia, USA, 24 October 2015)
University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art Medieval Architecture Outside the Lines October 24, 2015 Long-time and much loved professor Thomas E. Polk II (retired 2006) died in 2014. Using funds donated to the School in his memory, the art history area is organizing a one-day conference on medieval architecture. By honoring Professor Polk’sContinue reading “Conference: Medieval Architecture Outside the Lines (University of Georgia, USA, 24 October 2015)”
‘Transforming Male Devotional Practices’ from the Medieval to the Early Modern (Hudderfield, 16-17 September 2015)
Extended call-for-papers submission deadline: July 20th, 2015 Conference date(s): September 16, 2015 – September 17, 2015 This conference is co-hosted with the Universities of Reading and Liverpool Hope. It aims to explore the social, economic and spatial factors underpinning the changing way ordinary men demonstrated their commitment to God and the church(es) in a periodContinue reading “‘Transforming Male Devotional Practices’ from the Medieval to the Early Modern (Hudderfield, 16-17 September 2015)”
Taking architectural history to the bridge: International Bridges Group inaugural meeting report
The study of architecture largely focuses on the study of buildings: constructions with their most essential function as shelter for the human body. But architectural history can forget that constructions with other functions are also ripe for interpretation of their structure and ideologies. This is what the ambitiously-named International Bridges Group intends to promote for crossingsContinue reading “Taking architectural history to the bridge: International Bridges Group inaugural meeting report”
CfP: Netherlandish Art and Luxury Goods in Renaissance Spain (Leuven, 4-6 Feb 2016)
Call for Papers deadline 1 Oct 2015 University of Leuven, Belgium, 4-6 February 2016 International conference Initiated and organized by Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art | KU Leuven In 2010, Illuminare – Centre for the Study of Medieval Art (KU Leuven) acquired the archive of the eminent Belgian art historian professorContinue reading “CfP: Netherlandish Art and Luxury Goods in Renaissance Spain (Leuven, 4-6 Feb 2016)”
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