with Xavier BARRAL I ALTET, Université de Rennes 2 y Ca’ Foscari de Venecia Susana CALVO CAPILLA, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Vincent DEBIAIS, CNRS–Université de Poitiers/CESCM Rosa RODRÍGUEZ PORTO, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Bissera PENTCHEVA, Stanford University. California Michele BACCI, Universität Freiburg – Suiza Herbert l. KESSLER, Johns Hopkins University Click here for furtherContinue reading “The experience of sacred places: times and settings (Aguilar de Campo, Spain, Sept 26-28 2014)”
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Call for participants: Koç University RCAC’s Summer Programs 2014
1. Being the center of magnificent empires through time, İstanbul is calling you to discover its rich cultural heritage by following the footmarks of saints, sultans and angels in this enriching summer seminar. Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations is excited to invite you to have a taste of İstanbul with its intellectual, in-depthContinue reading “Call for participants: Koç University RCAC’s Summer Programs 2014”
Re-opening: National Archaeological Museum, Madrid
The important medieval collections of the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid are finally accessible again after the museum re-opened after six years of restoration. http://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/IDIOMAS/9/Presidente/News/2014/20140331_Archaeological_Museum_reopening.htm
Medieval Art and Architecture on TV
Currently, there are a number of shows airing on television and available online that feature medieval art and architecture: How to Get Ahead: At Medieval Court: ‘Writer and broadcaster Stephen Smith finds out what it took to get ahead at the court of Richard II, who presided over the first truly sophisticated and artistic court inContinue reading “Medieval Art and Architecture on TV”
Seminar: “IMAGENS E LITURGIA EM PORTUGAL NA IDADE MÉDIA”
Seminário Internacional | International Seminar Imagens e Liturgia em Portugal na Idade Média Images and Liturgy in Portugal in the Middle Age 29 Março – 2014| March 29 – 2014 14h00 / 2pm Museu Arquelógico do Carmo |Carmo Archaeological Museum, Lisbon ENTRADA LIVRE* | FREE ADMISSION* Official languages: portuguese, spanish, french and english OContinue reading “Seminar: “IMAGENS E LITURGIA EM PORTUGAL NA IDADE MÉDIA””
Conference: Textilien & Inventare (Vienna, 27-28 March 2014)
WORKSHOP Inventories of Textiles – Textiles in Inventories (Late Medieval and Early Modern Period) PROGRAM March 27 (Late Middle Ages) CHAIR: Thomas Ertl 14.00: Opening Remarks 14.15: Christiane M. Elster, Inventories and Textiles of the Papal Treasury around 1300. Concepts of Papal Representation in written and material media 15.00: Sarah-Grace Heller, Revisiting the Inventories of Artois: MahautContinue reading “Conference: Textilien & Inventare (Vienna, 27-28 March 2014)”
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Hulme University Fund and John Fell OUP Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
University of Oxford – Humanities Division and Brasenose College Grade 7: £29,837 p.a. The University of Oxford’s Humanities Division, in association with Brasenose College, is offering a Postdoctoral Fellowship from 1 October 2014 on a full-time fixed-term contract for 3 years. The fellowship is designed to support a promising academic who has completed her or his doctorateContinue reading “Postdoctoral Fellowship: Hulme University Fund and John Fell OUP Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities”
Call for Participants: Roots and Routes III – Sociability and Material/Digital Mediterranean (26 May – 3 June 2014, Toronto)
Format: Unlike traditional academic conferences, the Roots & Routes Summer Institute features a combination of informal presentations, seminar-style discussions of shared materials, hands-on workshops on a variety of digital tools, and small-group project development sessions. The institute welcomes participants from a range of disciplines with an interest in engaging with digital scholarship; technical experience isContinue reading “Call for Participants: Roots and Routes III – Sociability and Material/Digital Mediterranean (26 May – 3 June 2014, Toronto)”
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Bates College
The Department of History, Bates College, in Lewiston, Maine, invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellow, with a particular emphasis on pedagogical innovation. The fellowship is funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and begins August 1, 2014. Candidates must complete the Ph.D. by September 1, 2014, and should be no more than three years outContinue reading “Postdoctoral Fellowship, Bates College”
Conference: Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean
Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th April 2014, The Ursuline School, Naxos Chora The Norwegian Institute at Athens in collaboration with the 2nd Ephorate of Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Antiquities, and the Demos of Naxos and The Small Cyclades wishes to announce the forthcoming conference. Background The Norwegian Institute at Athens has carried out field workContinue reading “Conference: Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean”