6-8pm in Seminar Room 3 on Thursday 13 March at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN The principal text we’ve selected for the Reading Group is the introduction and first chapter of Joanna Cannon’s new book Religious Poverty, Visual Riches (London, 2013). As this reading is somewhat focused, if the material is unfamiliar it mightContinue reading “Medieval Reading Group, Courtauld Institute”
Category Archives: Upcoming Events
Power and Authority: Orthodoxy, Heresy and Dissent in the Middle Ages
London Medieval Society Februrary Colloquium – http://www.the-lms.org/colloquia.html Saturday, 22 February 2014 from 10:15 to 18:45 (GMT) Joseph Rotblat Building Charthouse Square EC1M6BQ London United Kingdom To book your seat, please use the Eventbrite website and click here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-and-authority-orthodoxy-heresy-and-dissent-in-the-middle-ages-tickets-5367008868
Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies Lecture: thirteenth-century Scotland
The next event with the Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies takes place next week, Tuesday 25 February 2014, 18.00-20.00. Alice Taylor (History, KCL) will be giving a lecture on ‘Disputes and legal procedure in thirteenth-century Scotland’. The lecture will take place in the Council Room (K2.29), King’s Building, Strand Campus (map: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/campuslife/campuses/download/KBLevel2forweb.pdf). All welcome! If you wish toContinue reading “Centre for Late Antique & Medieval Studies Lecture: thirteenth-century Scotland”
Bard Graduate Center: The Material Text in Pre-Modern and Early Modern Europe
Upcoming symposium at the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) that might be of interest, The Material Text in Pre-Modern and Early Modern Europe, to take place on March 5. This symposium will consider inscribed texts from antiquity to the modern period with the aim of articulating shared problems or issues related to materiality, legibility, and literacy andContinue reading “Bard Graduate Center: The Material Text in Pre-Modern and Early Modern Europe”
NEW PERSPECTIVES ON LATE MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE CYPRUS Location: Council Room King’s building Strand campus, King’s College When: 28/02/2014 (10:00-18:00) Contact This event is open to everyone and free to attend. Registration is not required. Please direct enquiries to Thomas Kaffenberger or Tassos Papacostas. A Graduate workshop on History and Visual Culture. The complex society of late medieval CyprusContinue reading
47th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies: The Emperor in the Byzantine World
Cardiff University, 25-27 April 2014 Programme Friday 25th April 2.00-3.00 Registration, John Percival Building, Café (Ground Floor) 3.00-3.15: Welcome and Introduction (John Percival Building, Lecture Theatre 2.01) 3.15-5.15 Session 1 (John Percival Building, 2.01) Dynasty: Imperial Families 3.15-3.45: Mark Humphries (Swansea), Family, Dynasty, and the Construction of Legitimacy: The Roman Background 3.45-4.15: Mike Humphreys (Cambridge), The Heraclians:Continue reading “47th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies: The Emperor in the Byzantine World”
Seminar: Sedilia in English Churches at the Mellon
James Alexander Cameron (Courtauld Institute of Art) Sedilia in English Churches: Challenges and Discoveries in the Study of Parish Church Architecture James will be talking about his PhD on medieval sedilia at the Mellon Institute at Bedford Square (Russell Square/Holborn tube) at 12:30 on Friday 22nd February. The spring programme of research lunches is gearedContinue reading “Seminar: Sedilia in English Churches at the Mellon”
‘A World Full of Talk: Religious Debate and Discussion in the Sixth Century’
Lecture by Professor Dame Averil Cameron (Oxford) ‘A World Full of Talk: Religious Debate and Discussion in the Sixth Century’ Strand Campus — Nash Lecture Theatre (K2.31) Thursday 20 February, 18:00-19:30 Contact: All welcome, no need to book. Averil Cameron was Warden of Keble College from 1994-2010, and before that Professor of Late Antique and Byzantine History at King’sContinue reading “‘A World Full of Talk: Religious Debate and Discussion in the Sixth Century’”
Conference: The Augustinian Canons in Britain – Architecture, Archaeology, Art and Liturgy (Nov 7-9, 2014)
The Augustinian Canons in Britain – Architecture, Archaeology, Art, and Liturgy 1100-1540 Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford Fri 7 to Sun 9 Nov 2014 The Augustinian canons are very much the Cinderellas of medieval monastic history. In Britain, despite their prolific numbers, the not inconsiderable quantity and quality of their archives, and the fameContinue reading “Conference: The Augustinian Canons in Britain – Architecture, Archaeology, Art and Liturgy (Nov 7-9, 2014)”
Call for Papers: “Muslim Subjects and Clients in the Pre-Modern Christian Mediterranean,”
The Mediterranean Seminar is seeking proposal for two proposed panels, on “Muslim Subjects and Clients in the Pre-Modern Christian Mediterranean,” organized by Abigail Balbale [Bard Graduate Center/University of Massachusetts Boston] and Brian Catlos [Religious Studies, CU Boulder/Humanities, UC Santa Cruz] to be submitted for consideration for the annual meeting of the Middle East Studies Association to be held November 22-25 inContinue reading “Call for Papers: “Muslim Subjects and Clients in the Pre-Modern Christian Mediterranean,””
Medieval Art Research 