CFP: Following the Paper Trail? Complexities, Implications and Problems in Interpreting Primary Sources for Artistic Production, Renaissance Sociey of America, 22 to 24 March 2018, New Orleans

CFP: Following the Paper Trail? Complexities, Implications and Problems in Interpreting Primary Sources for Artistic Production, Renaissance Society of America, 22 to 24 March 2018, New Orleans Organised by: Maggie Crosland, Saida Bondini and Costanza Beltrami, PhD Candidates, The Courtauld Institute of Art As (art) historians we often use documents as evidence. Indeed, what couldContinue reading “CFP: Following the Paper Trail? Complexities, Implications and Problems in Interpreting Primary Sources for Artistic Production, Renaissance Sociey of America, 22 to 24 March 2018, New Orleans”

CFP: Leo Steinberg’s Sexuality of Christ Revisited, New Orleans (22-24 March 2018), deadline 10 May 2017

Despite the controversy that it provoked more than thirty years ago, Leo Steinberg’s insight about ostentatio genitalium has become almost a commonplace. Through that motif, Steinberg claimed, artists created what was prominently preached from roughly 1400 to 1600, a theology of palpable Incarnationism.

CFP: Tardogótico Conference, 15 de maio de 2017

São aceites propostas de comunicação/póster no âmbito das áreas temáticas definidas para o congresso e sobre matérias correlacionadas com as mesmas. Os interessados deverão enviar um resumo, numa das seguintes línguas: português, espanhol, inglês, italiano ou francês (máximo de 300 palavras), incluindo o título, acompanhado de uma breve nota curricular (máximo de 200 palavras) eContinue reading “CFP: Tardogótico Conference, 15 de maio de 2017”

CFP: Association for Art History Annual Conference 2018 (London, 5-7 Apr 2018), deadline 1 May 2017

London, The Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College London Deadline: May 1, 2017 Association for Art History Annual Conference 2018, Call for Sessions ‘LOOK OUT!’ is the theme of the Association for Art History’s Annual Conference , co-hosted by the Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College London, from April 5 – April 7 2018. • Continue reading “CFP: Association for Art History Annual Conference 2018 (London, 5-7 Apr 2018), deadline 1 May 2017”

CFP: Final Conference of the BMBF Project “Portals as Places of Transformation” Bamberg, January 11 – 14, 2018

CFP: Final Conference of the BMBF Project “Portals as Places of Transformation” Bamberg, January 11 – 14, 2018 Deadline: 15 June 2017. The medieval church portal is in many respects a place of transformation. At the threshold of a church, various spheres converge and meet: secular – ecclesiastic, corporeal – spiritual, earthly – divine. IconographyContinue reading “CFP: Final Conference of the BMBF Project “Portals as Places of Transformation” Bamberg, January 11 – 14, 2018”

CFP: 4th International Conference the Middle Ages: A Global Context? (Portugal, Lisbon (Medieval Europe in Motion Research Group), 13-15 December 2017), deadline 15 June 2017

How to Apply: Proposals for either 3-paper sessions or individual papers will be equally welcome. Individual papers should be 20 minutes in length. Please submit an abstract of no more that 250 words and a brief CV to mem2017@fcsh.unl.pt Deadline: 15 June 2017. NB: Conference Registration Fees:• Participation with Paper: 75€ (Registration fee includes documentationContinue reading “CFP: 4th International Conference the Middle Ages: A Global Context? (Portugal, Lisbon (Medieval Europe in Motion Research Group), 13-15 December 2017), deadline 15 June 2017”

CFP: Bishops’ Identities, Careers and Networks, University of Aberdeen, 26 May and 27 May 2017

Call for Papers: Conference: Bishops’ Identities, Careers and Networks Centre for Scandinavian Studies, University of Aberdeen 26 May and 27 May 2017 Bishops were powerful individuals who had considerable spiritual, economic and political power. To be a bishop was to be a leader who might crown kings or foment rebellion. So who became bishops? What wereContinue reading “CFP: Bishops’ Identities, Careers and Networks, University of Aberdeen, 26 May and 27 May 2017”

CFP: Mobility and Space in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, University of Oxford, 23 June 2017

Call for Papers: Mobility and Space in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe Oxford University, 23 June 2017 Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2017 The application of spatial paradigms to the study of late medieval and early modern societies is now well underway. In contrast, the so-called ‘mobility turn’ has struggled to find its way fromContinue reading “CFP: Mobility and Space in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe, University of Oxford, 23 June 2017”

CFP: The Black Prince and Canterbury Cathedral (16-17th November 2017), deadline 30 January 2017

Proposals for papers are invited for the two day conference ‘The Black Prince and Canterbury Cathedral’ (working title) to be held at Canterbury Cathedral on the 16th and 17th November 2017. The conference is part of a wider project to preserve and research the material culture of the Black Prince held at Canterbury Cathedral andContinue reading “CFP: The Black Prince and Canterbury Cathedral (16-17th November 2017), deadline 30 January 2017”

CFP: Medieval Collaborations, The Courtauld Institute of Art’s 22nd Annual Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium (4 February 2017), deadline 25 November 2016

Saturday 4 February 2017. Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN In the earliest days of the discipline, medieval art historians were preoccupied with attempts to name and locate masters in anonymous works through formal analysis. In recent years, however, new approaches have favoured the proposal andContinue reading “CFP: Medieval Collaborations, The Courtauld Institute of Art’s 22nd Annual Medieval Postgraduate Colloquium (4 February 2017), deadline 25 November 2016”