Koç University – Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Center For Late Antique and Byzantine Studies (CLABS) will grant two post-doctoral fellowships in Byzantine Art History and Archaeology. Fellowships include accomodation, travel, field trips and stipend. Fellows will be able to take advantage of the university facilities and the libraries connected to the university. Fellowships will be forContinue reading “Fellowships: Late Antique and Byzantine Studies at Koç University, Turkey (Deadline 1 March 2015)”
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Call for Papers: Darkness and Illumination: the Pursuit of Knowledge in the Medieval and Early Modern World (Durham, 15-17 July 2015)
Medieval and Early Modern Student Association, Durham University Ninth Annual Postgraduate Conference 15-17th July 2015 “Darkness and Illumination: the Pursuit of Knowledge in the Medieval and Early Modern World” The pursuit of knowledge has had an essential and constant influence upon the shaping of society. The means of its acquisition, interpretation, and dissemination informs the wayContinue reading “Call for Papers: Darkness and Illumination: the Pursuit of Knowledge in the Medieval and Early Modern World (Durham, 15-17 July 2015)”
Sister Act: Female Monasticism and the Arts across Europe ca. 1250 – 1550
London, The Courtauld Institute of Art, March 13 – 14, 2015 Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN 13.45 – 18.30, Friday 13 March 2015 (with registration from 13.15) 09.30 – 16.30, Saturday 14 March 2015 (with registration from 09.00) Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld InstituteContinue reading “Sister Act: Female Monasticism and the Arts across Europe ca. 1250 – 1550”
Fellowships at the Rijksmuseum (Deadline 15 March)
The Rijksmuseum houses the world’s largest collection of Dutch artistic and historical treasures, and the most complete library on Dutch art. The museum re-opened its doors to the public in April 2013 following a ten-year renovation that completely transformed the institution. For the first time in its history, the paintings, sculpture, decorative arts and historicalContinue reading “Fellowships at the Rijksmuseum (Deadline 15 March)”
Donald Bullough Fellowship in Mediaeval History, St Andrews (deadline 30 April 2015)
The St Andrews Institute of Mediaeval Studies invites applications for the Donald Bullough Fellowship in Mediaeval History, to be taken up during either semester of the academic year 2015-2016. The Fellowship is open to any academic in a permanent university post with research interests in mediaeval history. The financial aspect of the fellowship is aContinue reading “Donald Bullough Fellowship in Mediaeval History, St Andrews (deadline 30 April 2015)”
Call for Papers: The Influences of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages (Oxford, 10-12 September 2015)
CFP DEADLINE: 1st March 2015 From the modest group of St Dominic and his sixteen followers, the Dominican Order grew rapidly in the first century of its existence, establishing itself across Europe as a learned Order of Preachers. This interdisciplinary conference will seek to explore the influences of the Dominican Order on all aspects ofContinue reading “Call for Papers: The Influences of the Dominican Order in the Middle Ages (Oxford, 10-12 September 2015)”
Medieval Conferences in Paris, December 2014
Originally posted on Róisín Astell:
Sculpture of Saint Louis, photograph taken by myself at the Saint Louis Exhibition This December, Paris will host two exciting Medieval conferences, with esteemed historians travelling to the capital to give papers. Not only will these be great opportunities to meet fellow art historians and hear interesting talks, but they are…
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)”
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