Call for Papers Rethinking Medieval Maps I and II 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 14-17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2015 Rethinking Medieval Maps I: The Unmapped, Marginalized and Fictitious This panel is devoted to the cartography of spaces that are far—either geographically or conceptually—from the umbilicus terrae at Jerusalem and the seeminglyContinue reading “CFP: Rethinking Medieval Maps I and II (Kalamazoo 2015)”
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CFP: Kalamazoo 2015: Slavery and the Slave Trade in Medieval Mediterranean Society
The Malta Study Center of the Hill Monastic Library will be sponsoring a session entitled “Slavery and the Slave Trade in Medieval Mediterranean Society” at the The 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies to take place on May 14-17, 2015. This session will focus on the role slavery as an economic force linking disparate religiousContinue reading “CFP: Kalamazoo 2015: Slavery and the Slave Trade in Medieval Mediterranean Society”
CFP: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture Special session, 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, 14-17May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2015 During the central and later Middle Ages, there existed a complex set of typologies for understanding male beauty. Although often problematized, physical beauty could be seen as a positive trait inContinue reading “CFP: Figurations of Male Beauty in Medieval Culture (Kalamazoo 2015)”
CFP: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary Co-sponsored by the Syon Abbey Society and the Hagiography Society 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, 14–17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 This year, the Syon Abbey Society and the Hagiography Society are teaming up to offer a multidisciplinary panel devoted to SaintContinue reading “CFP: Multidisciplinary Saint Bridget: In Honor of Syon Abbey’s 600th Anniversary (Kalamazoo 2015)”
CFP: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art Special Session at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, 14–17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 Organizer: Maeve Doyle, Bryn Mawr College, mkdoyle@brynmawr.edu Figural representations of specific, contemporary people served numerous purposes in medieval societies, from commemorative and memorial functions to assertions of political power or social status, markers of ownershipContinue reading “CFP: Approaching Portraiture Across Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)”
CFP: The Eye of the Dragon: Viewing a Medieval Iconography from the Other Side (Kalamazoo 2015), deadline 15 September 2014
This panel calls for papers that will look at the slayer iconography from the position of the slain rather than the slayer. It seeks papers that will approach the image visually and conceptually from bottom up and explore alternative and innovative interpretations.
Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500 (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500 ICMA-sponsored session at the International Congress on Medieval Studies Kalamazoo, Michigan, 14-17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 As we examine medieval works of art like manuscripts, reliquaries, and jewels, today anchored and spotlighted in their museum vitrines, it is easy to imagine these sumptuous objects atContinue reading “Call for Papers: Moving Women, Moving Objects 300-1500 (Kalamazoo 2015)”
Call for Papers: Epigrams on Art in Byzantium (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Epigrams on Art in Byzantium 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, 14-17 May 2015 Deadline: 15 September 2014 Organizer and presider: Dr. Ivan Drpić, University of Washington, Seattle Sponsor: Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture Papers are invited for Epigrams on Art in Byzantium, a Mary Jaharis CenterContinue reading “Call for Papers: Epigrams on Art in Byzantium (Kalamazoo 2015)”
CFP: Fluctuating Networks: The Constructive Role of Broken Bonds in the Medieval Mediterranean and Beyond (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: Fluctuating Networks: The Constructive Role of Broken Bonds in the Medieval Mediterranean and Beyond Kalamazoo, MI, 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 14-17 May 2015 Deadline: September 15, 2014 The Medieval Studies Research Group at the University of Lincoln (UK), seeks papers for one sponsored panel at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies atContinue reading “CFP: Fluctuating Networks: The Constructive Role of Broken Bonds in the Medieval Mediterranean and Beyond (Kalamazoo 2015)”
CFP: The Cross in Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)
Call for Papers: The Cross in Medieval Art International Center of Medieval Art Sponsored Session (Kalamazoo 2015) Deadline: 15 September 2014 Recent art-historical research has brought us new understandings of the central symbol of Christianity, the Cross, in different places, at different times, in different media, and with different theoretical and conceptual foci. The Cross,Continue reading “CFP: The Cross in Medieval Art (Kalamazoo 2015)”
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