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CFP: Object Fantasies. Forms & Fictions (Munich, 7-9 October 2015)

CFP: Object Fantasies. Forms & Fictions (Munich, 7-9 Oct 15) Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, 7 – 9 October 2015 Deadline: 31 July 2014 Interdisciplinary Conference of the Junior Research Group “Premodern Objects. An Archaeology of Experience“ (Elite Network of Bavaria / Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich) In modern understanding, the word “object” signifies something material, spatially defined and functionally determined. These notions are accentuated by theContinue reading “CFP: Object Fantasies. Forms & Fictions (Munich, 7-9 October 2015)”

CFP: RSA-Session ‘Artists in Habits’ (Berlin, 26-28 March 2015)

RSA-Session ‘Artists in Habits’  Berlin, 26-28 March 2015 Deadline: 10 June 2014 This panel seeks papers that explore the dual identities of artists who were members of a religious order. More than fifteen years since seminal studies on the “frate-dipintore” by William Hood and Megan Holmes, on Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi respectively, we askContinue reading “CFP: RSA-Session ‘Artists in Habits’ (Berlin, 26-28 March 2015)”

New Publication: Special Issue of Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies on ‘Women’s Creativity’

  New Publication: Special Issue of Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies (vol. 6, no.  1, 2014) Julie A. Harris (ed) Women’s Creativity and the Three Faiths of Iberia / Reassessing the Roles of Women as ‘Makers’ of Medieval Art and Architecture     Julie A. Harris Finding a place for women’s creativity in medieval Iberia andContinue reading “New Publication: Special Issue of Journal of Medieval Iberian Studies on ‘Women’s Creativity’”

CFP: RSA-Session ‘Arts in Quattrocento Pisa I-II’ (Berlin, 26-28 March 2015)

RSA-Session ‘Arts in Quattrocento Pisa I-II’  Berlin, 26-28 March 2015 Deadline: 12 June 2014 The Quattrocento was a dramatic century for Pisa. The Tuscan town, formerly a leading “Maritime Republic” and one of the wealthiest and most splendid Mediterranean centers in the Middle Ages, lost its independence in 1406 and fell under the dominion of Florence. The political,Continue reading “CFP: RSA-Session ‘Arts in Quattrocento Pisa I-II’ (Berlin, 26-28 March 2015)”

21st International IRCLAMA Colloquium – Performing Power through Visual Narrativity

Performing Power through Visual Narrativity in Late Medieval Europe. An Interdisciplinary Approach, 29-31 May 2014 International Research Center for Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, University of Zagreb.   Organizing and scientific committee Xavier BARRAL I ALTET Alain Erlande BRANDENBURG Jean Pierre CAILLETNikola JAKŠIĆ Miljenko JURKOVIĆ Vinni LUCHERINI   ČETVRTAK, 29. svibanj / Thursday, MayContinue reading “21st International IRCLAMA Colloquium – Performing Power through Visual Narrativity”

The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction, 31 May 2014

Originally posted on Material Witness:
This event, the third of four plenary events in the AHRC-sponsored programme Material Witness, will explore the implications of Walter Benjamin’s influential and prescient essay The Work of Art in the Age of Technological Reproduction. This event is organised in collaboration with the AHRC Digital Transformations theme through Andrew Prescott’s Theme Leader Fellowship:…

Romanesque Virgin found inside walls of Spanish church

A carving of the Virgin Mary, dating to the late twelfth or early thirteeth century, has been found during works on the tower of Utande church, Guadalajara, in central Spain. The work contains much original polychrome, especially in the face. It is most likely it was originally a sedes sapientiae figure, with Christ sitting in herContinue reading “Romanesque Virgin found inside walls of Spanish church”

Conference: Architectures of Knowledge: Objects and Inventories in the Pre-modern World, Courtauld Institute, 15th May

Speaker(s): Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute), Joanna Cannon (The Courtauld Institute of Art), Donal Cooper (University of Cambridge), Philippe Cordez (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich), Stefania Gerevini (The Courtauld Institute of Art), Valentina Izmirlieva (Columbia University), Tom Nickson (The Courtauld Institute of Art), Judith Pfeiffer (University of Oxford), Giacomo Todeschini (University of Trieste) Ticket/entry details: £10 (£5 students, Courtauld staff/students, concessions). BOOKContinue reading “Conference: Architectures of Knowledge: Objects and Inventories in the Pre-modern World, Courtauld Institute, 15th May”

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This is only the beginning of the third academic term for this blog, but we are delighted by the postive response it has received. Just remember, it is intended as a totally free resource for all: if you have a medieval event coming up, whether it be an international conference or faculty reading group, pleaseContinue reading “Interact with us: follow us on social media and send in your medieval news and events”