Thursday 22nd May 2014, 5.30pm in Room B104 (Brunei Building): Eduardo Manzano Moreno (CSIC, Madrid) Delivering the Caliphate. The circulation of wealth and valuables in Umayyad Cordoba at the 10th/4th century Broad views of “convivencia” as the main feature that pervades Umayyad Cordoba in the 10th/4th century have usually fostered a number of myths and misconceptionsContinue reading “Upcoming events: Research Seminars in Islamic Art, SOAS, London”
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Conference: FLAWS Medieval Research Conference, UCL
The London Medieval Graduate Network is pleased to announce that its annual conference will take place at UCL on 29th May 2014 with the theme of ‘Flaws.’ This inter-disciplinary conference examines how deliberate or mistaken defects, errors, limitations and imperfections have been perceived across the medieval period. Flaws are something all researchers have to dealContinue reading “Conference: FLAWS Medieval Research Conference, UCL”
Lectures: Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar, Oxford
Trinity Term 2014, Thursdays 11-12:30 St John’s College, New Seminar Room 1 May Prof. Wolfgang Hahn (University of Vienna; OCBR Visiting Professor), Some remarks on the Byzantine issues of the Roman mint during the 8th century 8 May Prof. Andrew Wilson (All Souls), The nymphs and palms of late Roman Aphrodisias 15 MayContinue reading “Lectures: Late Antique and Byzantine Archaeology and Art Seminar, Oxford”
Conference: Fifty Years After Panofsky’s Tomb Sculpture. New Approaches, new Perspectives, New Material, London
The Courtauld Institute of Art is holding this one-day conference in 2014 to mark the 50th anniversary of the publication of Erwin Panofsky’s Tomb Sculpture: Four Lectures on its Changing Aspects from Ancient Egypt to Bernini, comprising the lectures delivered originally in the fall of 1956 at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York. Panofsky’sContinue reading “Conference: Fifty Years After Panofsky’s Tomb Sculpture. New Approaches, new Perspectives, New Material, London”
Conference: Visualising the Late Antique City, London
Saturday 7th June 2014, Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly We are pleased to announce the Visualisation of the Late Antique City conference 2014, which presents the results of the Leverhulme-funded research project by the University of Kent. The conference will explore all aspects of the urban experience in Mediterranean cities AD 300 – 600, includingContinue reading “Conference: Visualising the Late Antique City, London”
Event: Chat with an Editor, Kalamazoo
“Chat with an Editor,” a long-standing offering at MLA conferences, is happening at Kalamazoo for the first time! As an extension of the MAA GSC’s mentorship program, several editors of journals in medieval studies are available to meet with graduate students and postgraduate scholars in an effort to meet the needs of aspiring academic authors.Continue reading “Event: Chat with an Editor, Kalamazoo”
Conference: Subterranean, York
‘Subterranean’ is a two-day interdisciplinary conference, organised for the 17 and 18 of May, 2014 at the University of York. It is not an overstatement to suggest that much of the material culture associated with the medieval world (including artefacts, objects and spaces), are identified with the ground in some way. From the famed graveContinue reading “Conference: Subterranean, York”
The experience of sacred places: times and settings (Aguilar de Campo, Spain, Sept 26-28 2014)
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)”
Conference: Misericordia International Conference (León, 29th May – 1st June 2014)
Misericordia International Conference Choir Stalls in Architecture and Architecture in Choir Stalls León, 29th May – 1st June 2014 Misericordia International was founded by Elaine C. Block (1925-2008) as an association dedicated to the research, awareness and study of choir stalls, and their relationship to other artistic expressions during the Middle Ages. Since its creation,Continue reading “Conference: Misericordia International Conference (León, 29th May – 1st June 2014)”
Lecture: Deserts, Rivers and Mountains: Nature and Divinity in Byzantine Pilgrimage Art, Brookline, MA
Dr. Anastasia Drandaki (Benaki Museum) considers the role of natural landscape in Byzantine pilgrimage art. A pilgrimage was born of the believer’s longing to be in a locus sanctus (holy place), to see and touch and imitate holy persons, treading in their very footsteps. Pilgrims themselves express this in their journals, describing step by stepContinue reading “Lecture: Deserts, Rivers and Mountains: Nature and Divinity in Byzantine Pilgrimage Art, Brookline, MA”
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