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”

CFP: ‘Autodidacts, Workshops, Academies – Architectural Education 1400 -1850,’ Sixth Colloquium on Architectural Theory at the Werner Oechslin Library, Einsiedeln, April 20 – 23, 2017

Call for Papers: Autodidacts, Workshops, Academies – Architectural Education 1400 -185o, Sixth Colloquium on Architectural Theory at the Werner Oechslin Library, Werner Oechslin Library, Einsiedeln, April 20 – 23, 2017 Deadline: 5 October 2016 Before the establishment of the major schools of architecture in the nineteenth century, there were various ways to become an architect,Continue reading “CFP: ‘Autodidacts, Workshops, Academies – Architectural Education 1400 -1850,’ Sixth Colloquium on Architectural Theory at the Werner Oechslin Library, Einsiedeln, April 20 – 23, 2017”

CFP: Towards an Art History of the Parish Church, 1200-1399, The Courtauld Institute of Art (2-3 June 2017), deadline 15 December 2016

Towards an Art History of the Parish Church, 1200-1399, to be held on 2-3 June, 2017 at The Courtauld Institute of Art, will gather scholars to revisit the question of the parish church and its relationship to medieval visual culture. Participants will contribute to a vibrant discussion of the Gothic parish church, its utility as an object of study, and the insights offered on the subject by diverse methodologies.

CFP: Reconsidering the Concept of Decline and the Arts of the Palaiologan Era

CFP: Reconsidering the Concept of Decline and the Arts of the Palaiologan Era, One day and a half Symposium & Worshop, University of Birmingham, February, 24-25, 2017. Deadline: 30 September 2016   Organisers: Andrea Mattiello – University of Birmingham Maria Alessia Rossi – The Courtauld Institute of Art Keynote Speakers: Niels Gaul – University ofContinue reading “CFP: Reconsidering the Concept of Decline and the Arts of the Palaiologan Era”

CFP: IV. FORUM KUNST DES MITTELALTERS, Berlin and Brandenburg, September 20–23, 2017

Call for Papers: IV. FORUM KUNST DES MITTELALTERS, Berlin and Brandenburg, September 20–23, 2017. Deadline: 31 October 2016 Organisers: Christian Freigang und Antje Fehrmann (Freie Universität Berlin), Kai Kappel und Tina Zürn (Humboldt-Universität Berlin), other partners in Berlin and Brandenburg Sektion 1: Immobil – Mobil? Bezugsräume bau- und kontextgebundener Kunstgattungen Organisation: Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften –Continue reading “CFP: IV. FORUM KUNST DES MITTELALTERS, Berlin and Brandenburg, September 20–23, 2017”

CFP: Topographies of devotion. Visual cultures of pilgrimage in the 14th and 15th century @International Medieval Congress 2017, Leeds, 3-6 July 2017

CFP: Topographies of devotion. Visual cultures of pilgrimage in the 14th and 15th century @International Medieval Congress 2017, Leeds, 3-6 July 2017 Organiser: Isabella Augart, University of Hamburg, Department of Art History Deadline: 10th September 2016. The medieval pilgrimage routes were spaces of cultural and material exchange upon which diverse travellers set off on aContinue reading “CFP: Topographies of devotion. Visual cultures of pilgrimage in the 14th and 15th century @International Medieval Congress 2017, Leeds, 3-6 July 2017”

CFP: In Search of Crusader Art: Current Approaches and New Perspectives, 4th Forum Medieval Art, Berlin (20-23 September 2017), deadline 31 October 2016

Although the concept of crusader art is effortlessly understood by scholars, its precise definition is notoriously elusive. Crusader art has traditionally been described as the figural art and architecture produced for the Crusaders in the Holy Land.

Call for Contributions: Of Man Eating Men: Medieval and Early Modern Cannibalism (edited volume)

Call for papers: Edited volume: Of Man Eating Men: Medieval and Early Modern Cannibalism, edited by Sarah Lambert, under consideration with the series Explorations in Medieval Culture (Brill). The “headline” idea of cannibalism evokes images of depraved killers feasting on the flesh of their victims, Sweeny Todd-style. Modern society has been fascinated by cases of murderContinue reading “Call for Contributions: Of Man Eating Men: Medieval and Early Modern Cannibalism (edited volume)”