The 16th-17th June 2017 was the third annual MEMS Festival, a two-day celebration of all things Medieval and Early Modern at the University of Kent. Papers covered all kinds of topics, from art and literature to politics, identity, and everyday life from the entire period. The range of material meant that lots of different areasContinue reading “Looking back: Medieval & Early Modern Festival, University of Kent, June 2017”
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Conference: Seeking Transparency, Florence, 19-20 May 2017
Seeking Transparency: The Medieval Rock Crystals International Conference Florence, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai, Via dei Servi 51, May 19 – 20, 2017 Organized by Avinoam Shalem (Riggio Professor, Arts of Islam, Department of art history and Archaeology, Columbia University, NYC) and Cynthia Hahn (Professor of Art History, Department of Art and Art History, Hunter College,Continue reading “Conference: Seeking Transparency, Florence, 19-20 May 2017”
Conference: Towards an Art History of the Parish Church, 1200-1399, The Courtauld Institute of Art, 2-3 June 2017
Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art Organised by: Dr James Alexander Cameron: The Courtauld Institute of Art Meg Bernstein: University of California, Los Angeles / The Courtauld Institute Kress Fellow, 2015-2017 Ticket / entry details: £26 (general admission to both days) £16 (students and over-60s) Limited free places available for current Courtauld students (bookingContinue reading “Conference: Towards an Art History of the Parish Church, 1200-1399, The Courtauld Institute of Art, 2-3 June 2017”
Conference: Minority Influences in Medieval Society, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, 25-26 November 2016
Friday 25 November 9.45 Welcome (Nora Berend) Session 1. 10-11.15 Nikolas Jaspert (Heidelberg) Influences of mudejar spirituality on majority Christian religious life Teresa Shawcross (Princeton) Ethno-religious Minorities and the Shaping of Byzantine Society during the Crusades COFFEE Session 2. 11.30-12.45 Annette Kehnel (Mannheim) Minority language, minority culture, minority tradition: Who exactly cares? Amira Bennison (Cambridge)Continue reading “Conference: Minority Influences in Medieval Society, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, 25-26 November 2016”
Conference: Greek Manuscripts in the British Library, British Library Conference Centre, 19 September 2016
Click here for the Conference Programme To mark the completion of the third phase of the Greek Manuscripts Digitisation Project and the launch of the Greek Manuscripts Online web resource, the British Library is hosting a one-day conference devoted to Greek Manuscripts on 19 September, 2016. Confirmed participants include Sebastian Brock (Oxford), Charalambos Dendrinos (RoyalContinue reading “Conference: Greek Manuscripts in the British Library, British Library Conference Centre, 19 September 2016”
Conference: International Bridges Group in Prague, Neo-Renaissance Villa Lanna in Prague, 8 – 10 July 2016
The International Bridges Group will meet in Prague for our second symposium. The Charles Bridge in Prague, with its spectacular gate tower, makes the city an excellent choice, and will be a major topic of discussion. In addition to that, we have also planned a one day trip to Písek, a charming medieval town outside of Prague and the home of the oldest standing bridge in the Czech Republic.
Conference: Nearness|Rift: Art and Time in the Textiles of Medieval Britain, University of Chicago, 16 April 2016
Nearness | Rift: Art and Time in the Textiles of Medieval Britain will gather a multidisciplinary group of scholars to address a range of historiographical and methodological problems implicit in the study of textiles, and to discuss new case studies from medieval Britain.
Conference: Window on a Parish: The Stained Glass of St Laurence, Ludlow, 25 June 2016
Speakers:Dr Jasmine Allen, The Stained Glass Museum, ElyProfessor Tim Ayers, University of YorkSarah Brown, The York Glaziers TrustBridget Cherry, Independent ScholarDr Christian Liddy, University of DurhamEmma Woolfrey, University of York Tickets including refreshments and lunch:standard £50members of supporting organisations £45local residents £45Ludlow Palmers £40 Book at http://ludlowglass.eventbrite.co.uk or send a cheque made out to CTSLLContinue reading “Conference: Window on a Parish: The Stained Glass of St Laurence, Ludlow, 25 June 2016”
Conference: Pilgrimage: Location and Imagination in Medieval England, Wolfson College, Cambridge, 16 April 2016
The Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust in association with Cambridge University announce the programme of their 2016 conference: 09.30am Registration 10.00am Welcome and Introduction 10.05am Indulgences, Images and Pilgrimage, with Dr Jessica Berenbeim (Magdalen College, Oxford) 11.00am Coffee 11.25am Over The Edge: Medieval travel and the experience of elsewhere, with Miguel Ayres de Campos (Courtauld InstituteContinue reading “Conference: Pilgrimage: Location and Imagination in Medieval England, Wolfson College, Cambridge, 16 April 2016”
Conference: Late Romanesque Sculpture in European Cathedrals: Stages, Narratives and Materiality (18-20 November 2015, Tarragona)
The TEMPLA research group has convened a conference to discuss the usefulness of traditional stylistic terminology, and consider the questions posed by the categorisation of medieval European artistic production, specifically as this affects our understanding of work from the second half of the 12th century. Nowadays it is still difficult to grasp with any subtletyContinue reading “Conference: Late Romanesque Sculpture in European Cathedrals: Stages, Narratives and Materiality (18-20 November 2015, Tarragona)”
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