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Prize: Haboldt-Mutters Prize, Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, Deadline 31 December 2023

Simiolus is now accepting submissions for the annual Haboldt-Mutters Prize for young art historians. REQUIREMENTS Scholars who wish to compete for this award for the best original contribution on European art prior to 1950 should be younger than 35 at the time of submission and their paper should be limited to a maximum of 20,000Continue reading “Prize: Haboldt-Mutters Prize, Simiolus: Netherlands Quarterly for the History of Art, Deadline 31 December 2023”

CFP: “Monastic libraries and book collections in times of crisis, c. 1000-c. 1600,” International Medieval Congress, Leeds, Deadline 12 September 2023

The proposed session(s) focuses on religious communities’ responses to crisis in relation to convent libraries and book collections. We aim to investigate what happened to medieval convent libraries and book collections in times of peril during the Middle Ages, but also the early modern period and up until our time. At certain times, these changesContinue reading “CFP: “Monastic libraries and book collections in times of crisis, c. 1000-c. 1600,” International Medieval Congress, Leeds, Deadline 12 September 2023″

CFP: “Virgin Mary’s relics – Prestige, Rivalry, Forgery and Reproducibility,” International Congress on Medieval Studies (Online Session), Deadline 15 September 2023

This special online session wishes to analyze the power of the Virgin Mary’s relics as triggers not only to processions and pilgrimages but also to Marian cults competition. The scientific importance of the session lies in understanding how these devotional objects could be perceived as activators of civic prestige. The possession of these relics encouragedContinue reading “CFP: “Virgin Mary’s relics – Prestige, Rivalry, Forgery and Reproducibility,” International Congress on Medieval Studies (Online Session), Deadline 15 September 2023″

CFP: “Saints in Crisis: Emotional Responses to Sanctity in the Middle Ages,” International Medieval Congress (IMC 2024), University of Leeds, Deadline 12 September 2023

They were frightened and they hit in great pain their heads and hearts– How do people react when they encounter the sanctity of saints? How do they feel? Are they in crisis – crisis for whom? Does crisis change individuals? The proposed session focuses on the emotional responses of individuals/communities in relation to sanctity. SuggestedContinue reading “CFP: “Saints in Crisis: Emotional Responses to Sanctity in the Middle Ages,” International Medieval Congress (IMC 2024), University of Leeds, Deadline 12 September 2023″

CFP: New Perspectives on Personifications in Roman, Late Antique and Early Byzantine Art (200-800 AD), deadline 15 September 2023

This international workshop invites proposals exploring personifications in Roman, Late Antique, and Early Byzantine Art from 200-800 AD.

CFP: “Landscapes of Sanctity,” Leeds International Medieval Congress 2024, Deadline 31 July 2023

The AHRC-funded project “Liturgical and Literary Landscapes” welcomes applications from Early Career Researchers to participate in panels on ‘Landscapes of Sanctity’ to be put forward for the Leeds International Medieval Congress 2024. The four successful applicants will each be given a bursary of £450 towards the costs of attending the conference. ‘Liturgical and Literary Landscapes’,Continue reading “CFP: “Landscapes of Sanctity,” Leeds International Medieval Congress 2024, Deadline 31 July 2023″

CFP: “Superficies – Surfaces, Skins and Textures,” deadline 30 September 2023

The research group “Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament” (https://textures-of-scripture.ch) and the Chair of Medieval Art History at the University of Zurich invite paper proposals for an international conference on “Superficies – Surfaces, Skins, and Textures. Sensory encounters with books and related multi-layered objects”. The conference, funded by the SwissContinue reading “CFP: “Superficies – Surfaces, Skins and Textures,” deadline 30 September 2023″

CFP: British Archaeological Association post-grad conference 2023, deadline 31 July 2023

The BAA invites proposals by postgraduates and early career researchers in the field of medieval history of art, architecture, and archaeology.