Call for Papers: Light and Darkness in Medieval Art, 1200–1450 (I–II) International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 11-14 May 2017 Sponsored by the International Center of Medieval Art (Convenors: Stefania Gerevini and Tom Nickson) Light has occupied an increasingly prominent role in medieval studies in recent years. Its perceptual and epistemic significance in the period 1200-1450Continue reading “CFP: Light and Darkness in Medieval Art, 1200–1450, ICMS, Kalamazoo, May 2017”
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CFP: Monumental Failures (Session, International Congress on Medieval Studies)
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)”
Call for Session Proposals for Kalamazoo: Italian Art Society
Kalamazoo, May 11 – 14, 2017 Deadline: Apr 15, 2016 The 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies takes place May 11-14, 2017. Each year, the Italian Art Society (http://www.italianartsociety.org) sponsors three linked sessions at the annual meeting of the International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS). The Congress is an annual gathering of more than 3,000 scholars interested in medieval studies, broadlyContinue reading “Call for Session Proposals for Kalamazoo: Italian Art Society”
Call for Session Proposal: Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture
As part of its ongoing commitment to Byzantine studies, the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture seeks proposals for a Mary Jaharis Center sponsored session at the 52nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, May 11–14, 2017. We invite session proposals on any topic relevant to Byzantine studies. Session proposalsContinue reading “Call for Session Proposal: Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture”
Application to join the ICMA Student Committee
Click here to apply to the ICMA Student Committee. The deadline for applications is April 1, 2016. About the Student Committee The Student Committee of the International Center for Medieval Art advocates for all members with student status and facilitates communication between both between ICMA student members and between student members and the ICMA. OurContinue reading “Application to join the ICMA Student Committee”
Pardon our Dust: Reassessing Iconography at the Index of Christian Art (Kalamazoo 2016 sessions)
The International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS) at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12 – 15, 2016 Deadline: Sep 15, 2015 Pardon our Dust: Reassessing Iconography at the Index of Christian Art 51st International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 12-15, 2016 Deadline: September 15, 2015 Organizers: Catherine Fernandez and Henry Schilb (Index of Christian Art, PrincetonContinue reading “Pardon our Dust: Reassessing Iconography at the Index of Christian Art (Kalamazoo 2016 sessions)”
Material Processes and Making In Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2016 session)
The International Congress on Medieval Studies (ICMS) at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, May 12 – 15, 2016 Deadline: Sep 15, 2015 Art historians traditionally focus on the finished work, yet attention to the creative process of making allows us to consider how medieval builders and artisans constructed monuments, made objects, and planned workflow for large-scale projects.Continue reading “Material Processes and Making In Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2016 session)”
“Reassessing Kantorowicz’s The King’s Two Bodies: Representations of Secular Power in Word and Image” (Kalamazoo 2016)
Since its publication in 1957, Ernst Kantorowicz’s The King’s Two Bodies has achieved canonical status in the field of medieval history. This sweeping account of medieval political theology describes how the king came to be perceived as a gemina persona, possessing both a “body natural” (material and mortal) and a “body politic” (immaterial and immortal).Continue reading ““Reassessing Kantorowicz’s The King’s Two Bodies: Representations of Secular Power in Word and Image” (Kalamazoo 2016)”
Crossing the Hanseatic Threshold and Beyond: Making Connections in Medieval Art, c. 1200-1500 (Kalamazoo 2016)
The Hanse, also known as the Hanseatic League, was a trade network of merchants and cities across the Northern and Baltic Seas that flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Due to its geographic reach, the Hanse provided a framework to connect distant towns, peoples, cultures, ideas, and materials together. This session aims to exploreContinue reading “Crossing the Hanseatic Threshold and Beyond: Making Connections in Medieval Art, c. 1200-1500 (Kalamazoo 2016)”
Picturing the present: Structuring the medieval beholder’s relation towards time (Kalamazoo 2016)
Armin Bergmeier (Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich) Andrew Griebeler (University of California, Berkeley) “What then is time?” asks Augustine, the fourth-century bishop of Hippo, “If no one asks me, I know, but if I wish to explain it, I do not know.” Although intimately familiar, time eludes simple description. For Augustine, it is a single, ever-moving point ofContinue reading “Picturing the present: Structuring the medieval beholder’s relation towards time (Kalamazoo 2016)”
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