Villes/Cities 12th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society, Paris Dates: 25 -27 June 2015, Paris, France Deadline for Abstracts: 30 January 2015 UPDATE: Programme now available Centre Malher, 9 rue Malher, 75004 Paris, France, June 25 – 27, 2015 Registration deadline: Jun 12, 2015 Villes/Cities 12th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society (Paris), presented inContinue reading “Call for papers: Villes/Cities – 12th Annual Symposium of the International Medieval Society, Paris (25 -27 June 2015)”
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Conference: Religion, Art and Conflict: Disputes, destruction and creation (Courtauld Institute, 5-6 December 2014)
Although not a medieval conference per se, we think our readers will enjoy these two days on Religion, Art and Conflict at the Courtauld Institute in December, with sessions on manuscripts, historiographical reception of medieval art, and more besides. Tickets (£26, £16 students, Courtauld staff/students and concessions) can be ordered here. Throughout history religion andContinue reading “Conference: Religion, Art and Conflict: Disputes, destruction and creation (Courtauld Institute, 5-6 December 2014)”
CFP: Agency of Things: New Perspectives on European Art of the Fourteenth–Sixteenth Centuries (Warsaw, 11 – 12 June 2015)
Call for Papers: Agency of Things: New Perspectives on European Art of the Fourteenth – Sixteenth Centuries Warsaw, 11 – 12 June 2015 Deadline: 30 November 2014 Co-organized by Institute of History of Art, University of Warsaw and National Museum in Warsaw. Invited speakers: Prof. Susie Nash (The Courtauld Institute of Art, London) Prof. AndrewContinue reading “CFP: Agency of Things: New Perspectives on European Art of the Fourteenth–Sixteenth Centuries (Warsaw, 11 – 12 June 2015)”
CFP: Domestic Devotions in the Early Modern World, 1400-1800 (Cambridge, 9-11 July 2015)
Call for Papers: Domestic Devotions in the Early Modern World, 1400-1800. University of Cambridge, 9-11 July 2015 Deadline: 7 January 2015 Across faiths and regions and throughout the world, the home was a centre for devotion in the early modern period. Holy books, prayer mats, candlesticks, inscriptions, icons, altars, figurines of saints and deities, paintings, prints and textilesContinue reading “CFP: Domestic Devotions in the Early Modern World, 1400-1800 (Cambridge, 9-11 July 2015)”
Conference: Faltbilder/Foldable Pictures (Zürich, 21-22 November 2014)
Conference: Faltbilder. Medienspezifika klappbarer Bildträger. Foldable Pictures. Implications of Mediality. University of Zürich, 21-22 November 2014 Organisation David Ganz (Universität Zürich) Marius Rimmele (NCCR Mediality, Universität Zürich) Book pages, diptychs, and triptychs were popular formats for the presentation of images in the medieval and early modern periods. In addition to their ubiquity, these objects also share oneContinue reading “Conference: Faltbilder/Foldable Pictures (Zürich, 21-22 November 2014)”
CFP: Monastic Europe, Landscape and Settlement (Ennis, 22-25 August 2015)
Call for Papers: Monastic Europe: Landscape and Settlement. International Conference Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland, 22-25 August 2015 Deadline: 28 November 2014 The Irish Research Council-funded Monastic Ireland: Landscape and Settlement project is a research partnership between the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Trinity College Dublin, the Discovery Programme and the Department ofContinue reading “CFP: Monastic Europe, Landscape and Settlement (Ennis, 22-25 August 2015)”
Workshop: The Iconicity of Script in Manuscripts from Asia, Africa, America and Europe (Hamburg, 31 October – 1 November 2014)
Workshop: The Iconicity of Script in Manuscripts from Asia, Africa, America and Europe Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Hamburg 31 October -1 November 2014 Outline Scripts and writing systems are more than neutral transmitters of the words that are encoded by them. When words that were previously spoken and transmitted orally are writtenContinue reading “Workshop: The Iconicity of Script in Manuscripts from Asia, Africa, America and Europe (Hamburg, 31 October – 1 November 2014)”
Conference: Microarchitecture and Miniaturized Representation of Buildings (INHA, Paris 8-10 Dec 2014)
Micro-architecture et figures du bâti au Moyen-Âge : l’échelle à l’épreuve de la matière Institute national d’historie de l’art 8 – 10 December 2014 Auditorium de la Galerie Colbert 6 rue des Petits-Champs ou 2, rue Vivienne 75002 Paris Free entry This conference organized by the National Institute of Art History, University of Nantes andContinue reading “Conference: Microarchitecture and Miniaturized Representation of Buildings (INHA, Paris 8-10 Dec 2014)”
Conference: Society, Rule and Their Representation in Medieval Britain (13-14 November 2014)
13-14 November 2014 German Historical Institute London • 17 Bloomsbury Square • London WC1A 2NJ ATTENDANCE IS FREE; THERE IS NO NEED TO REGISTER. Official page THURSDAY, 13 NOVEMBER 14:00-14:15 WELCOME 14:15-15:45 SESSION 1: IDENTITY (CHAIR: KATHERINE HARVEY, BIRKBECK) Torben Gebhardt (Münster): Self-Categorisation of Medieval Rulers between 1016-1138 – A Comparison between England and theContinue reading “Conference: Society, Rule and Their Representation in Medieval Britain (13-14 November 2014)”
Conference: The Art and Archaeology of Lusignan and Venetian Cyprus, Nicosia,12-15 December 2014
The Art and Archaeology of Lusignan and Venetian Cyprus (1192-1571):Recent Research and New Discoveries Archaeological Research Unit, University of Cyprus, 12 Gladstonos Str, Nicosia, 12-14 December 2014 Friday, 12 December 9:00 – 9:30 Registration 9:30 – 9:50 Welcome Addresses SESSION I: VISUAL CULTURE IN THE LUSIGNAN PERIODChair: Michalis Olympios 10:00 – 10:20 Justine Andrews (University of New Mexico),Continue reading “Conference: The Art and Archaeology of Lusignan and Venetian Cyprus, Nicosia,12-15 December 2014”
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