Grant: Call for Proposals, AVISTA START Grant, deadline 15 March 2026

The AVISTA START Grant offers up to $3,000 in seed funding for Ph.D.-holding researchers working on projects at the intersection of science, technology, and art in the medieval world, with applications due by March 15, 2026.

CFP: ‘Enchanted Environs: Architecture, Automata, and the Art of Mechanical Performance’, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 10-13 May 2018

Call for Papers: Enchanted Environs: Architecture, Automata, and the Art of Mechanical Performance, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 10-13 May, 2018. Deadline: 15 September 2017. Sponsored by AVISTA (The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Technology, Science, and Art). Organized by Zachary Stewart (Texas A&M University) and Amy Gillette (The BarnesContinue reading “CFP: ‘Enchanted Environs: Architecture, Automata, and the Art of Mechanical Performance’, International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 10-13 May 2018”

CFP: Ritual, Performance, and the Senses (AVISTA Medieval Graduate Student Symposium, March 23-24, 2017)

Call for Papers: Ritual, Performance, and the Senses AVISTA Medieval Graduate Student Symposium University of North Texas March 23-24, 2017 Deadline: 1 February 2017 The proliferation of images painted onto monumental structures, the illuminations of manuscripts, the intricacies of ivory carvings and the construction of architectural sculpture in the Medieval Period evince a highly visual culture.Continue reading “CFP: Ritual, Performance, and the Senses (AVISTA Medieval Graduate Student Symposium, March 23-24, 2017)”