RSA-Session ‘Arts in Quattrocento Pisa I-II’ Berlin, 26-28 March 2015 Deadline: 12 June 2014 The Quattrocento was a dramatic century for Pisa. The Tuscan town, formerly a leading “Maritime Republic” and one of the wealthiest and most splendid Mediterranean centers in the Middle Ages, lost its independence in 1406 and fell under the dominion of Florence. The political,Continue reading “CFP: RSA-Session ‘Arts in Quattrocento Pisa I-II’ (Berlin, 26-28 March 2015)”
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CFP: Gotische Skulptur um 1300 (Berlin, 7-8 May 2015), deadline 8 June 2014
Gotische Skulptur um 1300 in Frankreich und Deutschland Tagung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin im Bode-Museum Die in den Jahrzehnten um 1300 in Frankreich und den angrenzenden Territorien des Deutschen Reichs entstandene, deutlich von wechselseitigen Bezügen geprägte gotische Skulptur wurde lange kontrovers diskutiert. Ziel der meisten Debatten war die Erstellung einer Chronologie der wichtigsten ObjekteContinue reading “CFP: Gotische Skulptur um 1300 (Berlin, 7-8 May 2015), deadline 8 June 2014”
CFP: Out of the Margins: New Ideas on the Boundaries of Medieval Studies, University of Cambridge (19-20 September 2014), deadline 31 May 2014
The Marginalia Committee (Journal of the Medieval Reading Group, University of Cambridge) are delighted to announce that they will be holding a Tenth Anniversary Conference on September 19th and 20th, 2014. The conference is entitled ‘Out of the Margins: New Ideas on the Boundaries of Medieval Studies’ and our confirmed speakers include Professor Mary Carruthers, Professor Helen Cooper and Dr Máire Ní Mhaonaigh.
Call for papers: Reading, Scholarship and the Art of the Book at Reading Abbey, 1121-1539
Founded by King Henry I in 1121, the abbey dedicated to the Virgin and St John Evangelist at Reading flourished throughout the Middle Ages. Amongst its famous treasures was the arm of St James, a popular object of pilgrimage. Less well-known are its manuscript treasures, but from the twelfth century the abbey boasted a richContinue reading “Call for papers: Reading, Scholarship and the Art of the Book at Reading Abbey, 1121-1539”
Call for papers: Coping with Copia: Epistemological Excess in Early Modern Art and Science, Montreal
Call for papers for a conference in Montreal, May 14-16, 2015 We are living in an era of unprecedented information overload. This is one of the most common clichés defining the early 21st century, both in academic circles and in general public imagery. And, as clichés often do, this one encapsulates some elements of truth.Continue reading “Call for papers: Coping with Copia: Epistemological Excess in Early Modern Art and Science, Montreal”
Call for Papers: Medieval Roofing between the Loire and the Meuse, images and techniques
Papers in French, English and Dutch are invited for the international conference ‘Les couvertures monumentales au Moyen Âge entre Loire et Meuse : images et techniques’, Tournai, 22-23 January, 2015. Abstracts and CVs to yves.felix.desmet@spw.wallonie.be by 25 April 2015. 2ème Colloque international Les couvertures monumentales au Moyen Âge entre Loire et Meuse: images et techniquesContinue reading “Call for Papers: Medieval Roofing between the Loire and the Meuse, images and techniques”
Call for papers: Exhibiting the Renaissance
Exhibiting art objects has certainly increased over the past decades. There are more and more large scale exhibitions, some of which able to attract masses of people. What is the driving force behind this multitude of exhibitions? Does Renaissance, once a classical topic, still play a significant role? In order to understand the outreach ofContinue reading “Call for papers: Exhibiting the Renaissance”
Call for papers: Material culture and diplomatic relations between the Latin West, Byzantium, and the Islamic East, Liege
Material culture and diplomatic relations between the Latin West, Byzantium, and the Islamic East (11th-16th c.) / Culture matérielle et contacts diplomatiques entre l’Occident latin, Byzance et l’Orient islamique (XIe-XVIe siècle). Submissions are invited for this international conference to be held at the University of Liege (Belgium) on 27-28 April 2015. The deadline for submissions isContinue reading “Call for papers: Material culture and diplomatic relations between the Latin West, Byzantium, and the Islamic East, Liege”
CFP: Art Out of Time, deadline 30 April 2014
Art Out Of Time invites academics, curators and artists to challenge periodization anxiety apparent in the recent trend for inviting contemporary artists into museums to create interventions in early
modern displays; or for juxtaposing medieval and modern art in current publications.
Replacement speaker: English and Scottish Art Patronage in Late Medieval France
A replacement speaker is sought for the following panel at Leeds International Medieval Congress this July: “English and Scottish Art Patronage in Late Medieval France: Book Illumination in Times of War” (July 8, 9am-10.30am) Late Medieval book production was characterised by a high degree of cultural and artistic exchange between England, Scotland, and the Continent,Continue reading “Replacement speaker: English and Scottish Art Patronage in Late Medieval France”
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