Call for Papers:Pilgrimage, Exploration, and TravelSession sponsored by Hortulus at the International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, May 14-17, 2015Deadline: 15 September 2015 Hortulus will sponsor a session on “Pilgrimage, Exploration, and Travel,” a theme selected by our readers, at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo,Continue reading “CFP: Pilgrimage, Exploration, and Travel (Kalamazoo 2015)”
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Workshop: Winter School in Greek Paleography and Codicology (Rome, January 2015)
Workshop:Winter School in Greek Paleography and CodicologyRome, The American Academy in Rome and the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 5-16 January 2015Deadline: 15 October 2014 In January 2015, with the kind collaboration of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Vatican Library, BAV), the American Academy in Rome will offer its first Winter School in Greek Paleography and Codicology. The twoContinue reading “Workshop: Winter School in Greek Paleography and Codicology (Rome, January 2015)”
CFP: The Empire of the Palaiologoi: Ruin or Renewal? (Leeds 2015)
Call for Papers:The Empire of the Palaiologoi: Ruin or Renewal?Session at Leeds International Medieval Congress, 6–9 July 2015Deadline: 31 August 2014 The entry of Michael VIII Palaiologos into Constantinople in 1261 seemed to herald a new beginning for the Byzantine empire, consigning the shattering experience of the Fourth Crusade to the past. Initial hopes were soon dashed asContinue reading “CFP: The Empire of the Palaiologoi: Ruin or Renewal? (Leeds 2015)”
CFP: Rethinking Medieval Maps I and II (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers Rethinking Medieval Maps I and II 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 14-17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2015 Rethinking Medieval Maps I: The Unmapped, Marginalized and Fictitious This panel is devoted to the cartography of spaces that are far—either geographically or conceptually—from the umbilicus terrae at Jerusalem and the seeminglyContinue reading “CFP: Rethinking Medieval Maps I and II (Kalamazoo 2015)”
Postgraduate Study Course: Textos, libros y lectores: Una introducción a la cultura manuscrita de la Península Ibérica durante la Baja Edad Media (Madrid, 13-17 October 2014)
Postgraduate Study Course: Textos, libros y lectores: Una introducción a la cultura manuscrita de la Península Ibérica durante la Baja Edad Media Madrid, 13-17 October 2014 Deadline: 30 September El objetivo de este curso es ofrecer una introducción al estudio de la cultura manuscrita peninsular durante la Baja Edad Media, en la que tenga cabidaContinue reading “Postgraduate Study Course: Textos, libros y lectores: Una introducción a la cultura manuscrita de la Península Ibérica durante la Baja Edad Media (Madrid, 13-17 October 2014)”
CFP: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture Special session, 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, 14-17May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2015 During the central and later Middle Ages, there existed a complex set of typologies for understanding male beauty. Although often problematized, physical beauty could be seen as a positive trait inContinue reading “CFP: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture (Kalamazoo 2015)”
CFP: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary Co-sponsored by the Syon Abbey Society and the Hagiography Society 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 14–17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 This year, the Syon Abbey Society and the Hagiography Society are teaming up to offer a multidisciplinary panel devoted to SaintContinue reading “CFP: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary (Kalamazoo 2015)”
CFP: The Myth of Origins. The (Re-)Making of Medieval Sacral Space through Liturgical Reform (Leeds 2015)
Call for Papers for three joint sessions to be submitted for the International Medieval Congress, Institute of Medieval Studies, Leeds 6-9 July 2015 (special thematic strand: Reform & Renewal) The Myth of Origins. The (Re-)Making of Medieval Sacral Space through Liturgical Reform Deadline: 10 September 2014 Organizers: Ivan Foletti, Universities of Brno and Lausanne Elisabetta Scirocco,Continue reading “CFP: The Myth of Origins. The (Re-)Making of Medieval Sacral Space through Liturgical Reform (Leeds 2015)”
CFP: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art Special Session at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, 14–17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 Organizer: Maeve Doyle, Bryn Mawr College, mkdoyle@brynmawr.edu Figural representations of specific, contemporary people served numerous purposes in medieval societies, from commemorative and memorial functions to assertions of political power or social status, markers of ownershipContinue reading “CFP: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)”
Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean (Lincoln, July 2015)
Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean Fourth biennial conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean University of Lincoln, 13-15 July 2015 Deadline: 18 October 2014 We are pleased to announce that the fourth biennial conference of the Society for the Medieval Mediterranean will take place at the University ofContinue reading “Call for Papers: Law, Custom and Ritual in the Medieval Mediterranean (Lincoln, July 2015)”