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Conference: ‘‘Filth and health’: hygiene and sanitation in the Middle Ages’, Great Hall at Barts Hospital, London, Friday 26 Jun 2026

The British Archaeological Association, the Friends of Barts Heritage and the Friends of Great St Bartholomew are delighted to invite you to this event on Friday, 26 June 2026 in aid of the fundraising campaign for new loos at the church of Great St Bartholomew and in memory of Professor Peter Fergusson.

Conference Programme: ‘Dancing Women, Performing Bodies. Sensual Culture, Experience and Images (10th–17th Centuries)’, Campus Condorcet, Paris, 5-7 May 2026

Exploring the intersection of gender, movement, and sensory history, the ‘Dancing Women, Performing Bodies’ conference (Paris, 5–7 May 2026) investigates the cultural significance of the female body in dance from the 10th to the 17th centuries.

Conference: ‘Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis’, British Library, 19 June 2026

The British Library is hosting an interdisciplinary conference, titled “Multispectral Gaze: New Approaches to the Cotton Genesis,” to celebrate the launch of newly digitised images of the Cotton Genesis manuscript, which unveil previously unseen details and foster new research opportunities.

Conference: ‘When Materials Meet: Intermateriality in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period’, Krems an der Donau, Austria, 2-4 March 2026

The Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Material Culture Studies (IMAREAL, University of Salzburg), announces the international conference “When Materials Meet. Intermaterialität in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit”, to be held from 2 to 4 March 2026 at Krems an der Donau, Austria.

Conference: ‘Art and Proof in the Ninth Century’, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University, 5-6 December 2025

The conference “Art and Proof in the Ninth Century,” hosted by Princeton University’s Index of Medieval Art on December 5-6, 2025, will explore the significance of images in the Carolingian world, examining their role as proof and the complexities surrounding their representation across various cultures and regions.

Conference: ‘Sanguis Christi: Visual Culture / Visionary Culture (13th–18th Centuries)’, Université Catholique de Louvain, 3-5 December 2025

The conference ‘Sanguis Christi: Visual Culture / Visionary Culture (13th–18th Centuries)’ will be held from December 3 to 5, 2025, in Louvain-la-Neuve. It focuses on the relationship between devotion to the Holy Blood of Christ and the development of visual culture in Europe during the Middle Ages through the 18th century.

Conference: ‘Zooming In and Out: Reconsidering Hans Memling’, Musea Brugge, Bruges, 20-21 November 2025

To celebrate its opening in 2025, BRON Research Centre (Musea Brugge), in collaboration with the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIK-IRPA, Brussels), is organising a two-day conference on new and ongoing research on the oeuvre of Early Netherlandish painter Hans Memling.

In-person/online conference: ‘The Challenge of Historical Distance Historicism and Anachronism in the Study of Art’, 6-7 November 2025

Join the international conference “The Challenge of Historical Distance: Historicism and Anachronism in the Study of Art” to honour Prof. Gervase Rosser.