Call for Papers: Monumental Failures International Congress on Medieval Studies May 11-14, 2017 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan International Center for Medieval Art, Student Committee In 1284, part of the choir of Beauvais cathedral dramatically collapsed during construction. This event would go on to alter the plan of one of the most ambitious building projects of theContinue reading “CFP: Monumental Failures (Session, International Congress on Medieval Studies)”
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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)”
CFP: AAH Session, Ritual and Sensory Experience in Medieval Sculpture
AAH 2017 43rd Annual Conference & Art Book Fair Loughborough University 6th to 8th April 2017 Call for Papers: Ritual and Sensory Experience in Medieval Sculpture Fixed to the facades of great buildings, or nestled within an elaborate architectural surround, medieval sculpture has a reputation as being static, immovable and durable. This session seeks to challengeContinue reading “CFP: AAH Session, Ritual and Sensory Experience in Medieval Sculpture”
CFP: Power of the Bishop, Second Edited Volume
Deadline: 1 October 2016 The second volume ‘In the Hands of God’s Servants’: The Power of the Bishop and the Problem of Personality is being prepared, based on the conference Episcopal Personalities held at Cardiff University, 2015. We would like to invite submissions for this volume on the subject of personality and its impact in the formation, enhancementContinue reading “CFP: Power of the Bishop, Second Edited Volume”
CFP: Reconsidering the Concept of Decline and the Arts of the Palaiologan Era (University of Birmingham)
Deadline: 30 September 2016 One day and a half Symposium & Workshop 24 and 25 February 2017, held at the University of Birmingham This one day and a half conference combines a symposium and a workshop. The aim is to examine and contextualise the artistic and cultural production of the geopoliticalContinue reading “CFP: Reconsidering the Concept of Decline and the Arts of the Palaiologan Era (University of Birmingham)”
CFP: Picturing Death 1200-1600 (Edited Volume)
Deadline: 1 September 2016 Picturing Death 1200-1600 Proposals sought for chapters in a peer-reviewed edited volume The glut of pictures of and for death has long been associated with the Middle Ages in the popular imagination. In reality, however, these images thrived in Europe in a much more concentrated period of time that straddles the Middle Ages andContinue reading “CFP: Picturing Death 1200-1600 (Edited Volume)”
CFP: The Genesis of a Window: Methods, Preparations and Problems of Stained Glass Manufacture, University of York, King’s Manor (26 – 27 May 2016), deadline 8 May 2016
The University of York’s Stained Glass Research School will be hosting its annual PhD conference on 26th and 27th May 2016. From the early medieval period stained glass design and manufacture has evolved and reacted to changing tastes, styles and technological advances.
CFP: Durham University MEMSA Conference (July 2016)
MEMSA CONFERENCE 14-15 JULY 2016 MEMSA is pleased to announce its tenth annual conference on the theme of Identifying Identity: Ideas of Personal and Public Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern World. This interdisciplinary conference will invite postgraduate and early career researchers to speak on all aspects of identity. We welcome papers from all disciplinesContinue reading “CFP: Durham University MEMSA Conference (July 2016)”
CFP: Society of Architectural Historians (Glasgow, June 2017)
Society of Architectural Historians 2017 Annual International Conference June 7-11 | Glasgow, Scotland CALL FOR PAPERS CFP Society of Architectural Historians 2017 Glasgow Conference Deadline: June 6, 2016 Conference Chair: Sandy Isenstadt, SAH 1st Vice President-elect, University of Delaware The Society of Architectural Historians is now accepting abstracts for its 70th Annual International Conference in Glasgow,Continue reading “CFP: Society of Architectural Historians (Glasgow, June 2017)”
CFP: The Rood in Medieval Britain and Ireland c.900–c.1500 (University of York, 2–3 September 2016), deadline 18 April 2016
The rood – understood as the cross itself, and/or the image of Christ crucified – was central to the visual and devotional culture of medieval Christianity. By the late middle ages, a rood was present in monumental form, either painted or sculpted, at the east end of the nave of every church.
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