Seminar: Light made and light received: Architectural polychromy in northern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries

Wednesday 14 February 2018 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Research Forum Seminar Room, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London, WC2R 0RN Light in the Gothic period (twelfth and thirteenth centuries) has been the subject of numerous studies. These have drawn heavily on the writings of abbot Suger and focus particularly on stainedContinue reading “Seminar: Light made and light received: Architectural polychromy in northern France in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries”

Birkbeck Medieval Seminar: The Productive Medieval Body

The Birkbeck Medieval Seminar is an annual event. It is free and open to all scholars of the Middle Ages. It is designed to foster conversation and debate on a particular topic within medieval studies by providing the opportunity to hear new research from experts in the field. We are a welcoming and inclusive environment.Continue reading “Birkbeck Medieval Seminar: The Productive Medieval Body”

Lecture: Un trésor de l’Arsenal : la Bible de Saint-Jean d’Acre

6 février 2018 – 18h15-19h30 Galerie Colbert, auditorium Institut national d’histoire de l’art 2, rue Vivienne ou 6 rue des Petits Champs 75002 Paris Lorsque Saint Louis s’installe à Saint-Jean d’Acre entre 1250 et 1254, la cité cosmopolite où se côtoient chrétiens, juifs et musulmans, est la ville la plus florissante du Royaume latin de Jérusalem. MaisContinue reading “Lecture: Un trésor de l’Arsenal : la Bible de Saint-Jean d’Acre”

Re-opening the Workshop: Medieval to Early Modern (London, 31 Jan-27 Jun 18)

Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB, January 31 – June 27, 2018 Re-opening the Workshop: Medieval to Early Modern Workshop and workshop practices represent a core and dynamic research strand in the history of art. This strand encompasses the study of canonical artists but equally of the anonymous producers whose activities can be deduced from the survivingContinue reading “Re-opening the Workshop: Medieval to Early Modern (London, 31 Jan-27 Jun 18)”

Seminar-Workshop “Medieval Royal Imagery: Politics or Religion ?”

University of Fribourg March 12th 2018 Room MIS04 Jäggi Prof. Michele Bacci (University of Fribourg) Prof. Ludger Körntgen (University of Mainz) Prof. Knut Görich (University of Munich) Dr. Mirko Vagnoni (University of Fribourg)

Lecture: Felipe Pereda, ‘Images’ Oblivious Memory: Funerary Laments from Ancient Greece to El Greco’. Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 4pm, Thursday 25th January, 2018

Felipe Pereda (Harvard), will give the inaugural lecture for the 2018-19 Coll & Cortes Medieval Spain Seminar Series at 4pm on Thursday 25th January in the Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. An old narrative tradition going back to Ancient Egypt but documented across the Mediterranean – from the MiddleContinue reading “Lecture: Felipe Pereda, ‘Images’ Oblivious Memory: Funerary Laments from Ancient Greece to El Greco’. Courtauld Institute of Art, London, 4pm, Thursday 25th January, 2018”

The Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminars (Oxford, 18 Jan-8 Mar 18)

Oxford, January 18 – March 8, 2018 Deadline: Mar 8, 2018 The Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar Hilary Term 2018, weeks 1–8 Thursdays 11–12:30 Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles’, Oxford First Floor Seminar Room

Seminaires de la Chaire europeenne du College de France (Paris, 25 Jan-4 Jun 18)

Amphithéâtre Marguerite de Navarre, 11, place Marcelin-Berthelot, 75005 Paris, January 25 – June 4, 2018 Prof. Victor Stoichita, invité de la Chaire européenne du Collège de France Année académique 2017-2018 Cours les vendredis à 10h00, suivi du séminaire à 11h00 (ouverture 2 février 2018). Leçon inaugurale, jeudi 25 janvier, 18 heures sur : «Textes, textures, images»

Murray Seminars on Medieval and Renaissance Art at Birkbeck: Spring 2018

All this term’s seminars take place in the History of Art Department at Birkbeck (43, Gordon Sq., London WC1H 0PD) in Room 114 (The Keynes Library) at 5pm.  Talks finish by 5.50pm (allowing those with other commitments to leave) and are then followed by discussion and refreshments. This term’s papers are as follows : 17 January: Carol Richardson  BritonsContinue reading “Murray Seminars on Medieval and Renaissance Art at Birkbeck: Spring 2018”