The Making of the Humanities IV, Rome, 16-18 October 2014 http://makingofthehumanities.blogspot.com The fourth conference on the history of the humanities, “The Making of the Humanities IV”, will take place in Rome from 16 till 18 October 2014. Goal of the Conference This is the fourth of a biennially organized conference that brings together scholars and historians interested inContinue reading “Call for Papers: The Making of the Humanities IV, Rome, 16-18 October 2014”
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Medieval Romance in Britain
Registration for the fourteenth biennial Medieval Romance in Britain Conference (11-13 April, Clifton Hill House, University of Bristol) is now open. For details of the programme and to access the on-line registration form, please visit the conference website at http://www.bris.ac.uk/arts/birtha/events/medievalromance/ This is the 14th biennial conference on medieval romance in Britain. The conference is devoted to the study ofContinue reading “Medieval Romance in Britain”
Conference: The Culture of the Upper Rhine Valley in the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
SOUTH GERMANY The Culture of the Upper Rhine Valley in the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance 21 March 2014 at the Warburg Institute Organised by: Cornelia Linde (German Historical Institute), Nigel F. Palmer (Oxford), Stephen Mossman (Liverpool) and Peter Mack (Warburg Institute) Speakers: Martina Backes (Freiburg), Sigrid Harbodian (Tubingen), Nikolaus Henkel (Hamburg), Stephen Mossman (Liverpool), BalázsContinue reading “Conference: The Culture of the Upper Rhine Valley in the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance”
Byzantine Studies Symposium, Knowing Bodies, Passionate Souls: Sense Perceptions in Byzantium
“Knowing Bodies, Passionate Souls: Sense Perceptions in Byzantium” Byzantine Studies Symposium | April 25-27, 2014 Symposiarchs: Susan Ashbrook Harvey, Brown University and Margaret Mullett, Dumbarton Oaks. Byzantine culture was notably attuned to a cosmos of multiple domains: material, immaterial; bodily, intellectual, physical, spiritual; human, divine. Despite a prevailing discourse to the contrary, the Byzantine world foundContinue reading “Byzantine Studies Symposium, Knowing Bodies, Passionate Souls: Sense Perceptions in Byzantium”
Conference: Moving Body Parts: Their Transcendence of Time and Space in Pre-Modern Europe
Moving Body Parts: Their Transcendence of Time and Space in Pre-Modern Europe Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, April 11 – 12, 2014 Organizers Urte Krass (Institut für Kunstgeschichte der LMU München) Romedio Schmitz-Esser (Historisches Seminar der LMU München) Münchner Forschungszentrum Fundamente der Moderne According to Jean-Claude Schmitt, “the dead have no existence other than that which the living imagine for them”Continue reading “Conference: Moving Body Parts: Their Transcendence of Time and Space in Pre-Modern Europe”
Conference: The Paradigm of Vasari. Reception, Criticism, Perspectives
Conference: The Paradigm of Vasari. Reception, Criticism, Perspectives Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence (Max-Planck-Institut) 14-16 February, 2014 Organized by Fabian Jonietz und Alessandro Nova The ‘Lives’ of Giorgio Vasari, published in 1550 and 1568 respectively, must be acknowledged as an inevitable center of all European art-historiographical discourses of both the early modern period and modernity. As aContinue reading “Conference: The Paradigm of Vasari. Reception, Criticism, Perspectives”
Symposium: Christians and Muslims: Early Encounters
Christians and Muslims: Early Encounters A Symposium at Brown University Sunday, February 23, 2014|2-6pm|RI Hall108 The seventh-century rise of Islam opened a new era of religious “pluralism” in the Middle East. Yet, it would be more than a century before early Muslim scholars recorded the first Arabic accounts of the changes taking place. Syriac andContinue reading “Symposium: Christians and Muslims: Early Encounters”
Conference: Power and Authority: Orthodoxy, Heresy and Dissent in the Middle Ages
The London Medieval Society Colloquium, Power and Authority: Orthodoxy, Heresy and Dissent in the Middle Ages Saturday 22nd February from 10.15 – 6pm (followed by a wine reception until 7pm). There could be a better line-up to discuss medieval power, authority, dissent and heresy: Robert I Moore, Bernard Hamilton, Brenda Bolton and, over from the States Jay Rubenstein,Continue reading “Conference: Power and Authority: Orthodoxy, Heresy and Dissent in the Middle Ages”
Conference: Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean
Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean Saturday 12th – Sunday 13th April 2014, Naxos Chora Background The Norwegian Institute at Athens has carried out field work on Naxos at the 7th century Byzantine urban fortress of Kastro Apalirou in collaboration with The 2nd Ephoria of Byzantine Antiquities since 2010. The project has recently been widened toContinue reading “Conference: Naxos and the Byzantine Aegean”
Call for Stahl and Forsyth Lecture Nominations
Call for Stahl and Forsyth Lecture Nominations The International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) seeks proposals for Stahl and Forsyth Lectures to be held under the sponsorship of the organization in 2014-2015. Please suggest the name(s) of appropriate speakers and indicate your willingness to host the event at your institution; joint proposals are welcome, asContinue reading “Call for Stahl and Forsyth Lecture Nominations”
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