[1] Venice, Materiality, and the Byzantine World [2] De-Centering the Romanesque [3] Creative Modes of Activating the Early Medieval Manuscript [4] Creative Strategies of Intellectual Engagement with Tradition and the Auctores [5] “Manuscripts in the Curriculum”: New Perspectives on Using Medieval Manuscripts in the Undergraduate Classroom from Special Collection Librarians, Faculty, and Booksellers (A Roundtable)Continue reading “6 CfP for ICMS Kalamazoo 2018”
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Conference: Mendicant Orders in the Eastern Mediterranean: Art, Architecture and Material Culture (13th-16th c.), Nafplion, Wednesday 19th-Sunday 23rd April 2017
Conference: Mendicant Orders in the Eastern Mediterranean: Art, Architecture and Material Culture (13th-16th c.), Nafplion, Wednesday 19th-Sunday 23rd April 2017 Free, booking required: http://mendicants.weebly.com/registration.html Conference website: http://mendicants.weebly.com/ Programme: Wednesday, 19 April 2017 9:30 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 – 10:30 Welcoming Addresses 10:30 – 11:00 Ioanna Christoforaki (Academy of Athens) Mendicant Orders in theContinue reading “Conference: Mendicant Orders in the Eastern Mediterranean: Art, Architecture and Material Culture (13th-16th c.), Nafplion, Wednesday 19th-Sunday 23rd April 2017”
Seminar: Medieval Textiles: Meaning and Materiality, 25th November 2016
Birkbeck Medieval Seminar: Medieval Textiles: Meaning and Materiality On the occasion of the V&A Museum’s unprecedented exhibition of opus anglicanum, this one-day interdisciplinary conference brings together leading and emerging scholars working on questions of meaning and materiality in medieval textiles, both real and imaginary. The conference is organised by Birkbeck Medieval Seminar and the History of Art Department withContinue reading “Seminar: Medieval Textiles: Meaning and Materiality, 25th November 2016”
New Publications: Body-Worlds: Opicinus de Canistris and the Medieval Cartographic Imagination
Body-Worlds: Opicinus de Canistris and the Medieval Cartographic Imagination Author: K. Whittington Brepols Publishers In 1334, an Italian priest named Opicinus de Canistris fell ill and experienced a divine vision of continents and oceans transformed into human figures, a vision which inspired numerous drawings. While they relate closely to contemporary maps and seacharts, religious iconography,Continue reading “New Publications: Body-Worlds: Opicinus de Canistris and the Medieval Cartographic Imagination”
CFP: In Search of Wisdom: Knowledge Spaces and Networks across the Mediterranean Sea November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 2016
In Search of Wisdom: Knowledge Spaces and Networks across the Mediterranean Sea 10th COMPLUTENSE CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL ART NOVEMBER 2nd, 3rd, AND 4th 2016 RESEARCH PROJECT: “Al-Andalus, the Hispanic Kingdoms and Egypt: Art, Power and Knowledge in the Medieval Mediterranean. Exchange Networks and their impact on the Visual Culture”(HAR2013-45578-R) The aim of this conference is toContinue reading “CFP: In Search of Wisdom: Knowledge Spaces and Networks across the Mediterranean Sea November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 2016”
Talk: The Making of the British Museum’s ‘Sicily’ Exhibition 1st June 2016
The Making of the British Museum’s Sicily Exhibition Dr Dirk Booms, Department of Greek and Roman, British Museum, in conversation with Dr Caroline Goodson. Dr. Booms, the curator of the current landmark exhibtion Sicily: Culture and Conquest, will discuss the process of developing this exhibition, from first concept to final installation. 6 pm, 1 JuneContinue reading “Talk: The Making of the British Museum’s ‘Sicily’ Exhibition 1st June 2016”
Tour of V&A’s Collection of Medieval Ironwork Thursday 12th May 2016
On Thurs 12 May Jane Geddes has kindly offered to lead a tour of the V&A’s unparalleled collection of medieval ironwork. Prof Geddes is the world expert on medieval ironwork and this promises to be a wonderful opportunity to learn about an often neglected aspect of medieval material culture. We will meet at the information desk atContinue reading “Tour of V&A’s Collection of Medieval Ironwork Thursday 12th May 2016”
CFP: Mediterranean Cities in Transition (7-11 June 2017: Glasgow)
Proposals are being sought for “Mediterranean Cities in Transition,” a session at the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) Conference to be held in Glasgow, on 7-11 June 2017. Co-chairs: D. Fairchild Juggles, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Department of Landscape Architecture, Champaign, IL 61820 Nikolai Bakirtzis, The Cyprus Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus Mediterranean cities with long histories preserve the physical evidence ofContinue reading “CFP: Mediterranean Cities in Transition (7-11 June 2017: Glasgow)”
Lecture: ‘The Seal Makes the Man – or Woman: London in the Thirteenth Century ’ 23rd May 2016
London Record Society ‘The Seal Makes the Man – or Woman: London in the Thirteenth Century ’ a talk by Dr John McEwan, Centre for Digital Humanities, Saint Louis University, Missouri Monday 23 May 2016 at 6.30pm at The Priory Church of St Bartholomew the Great West Smithfield London EC1A 9DS Free lecture All welcome
CFP: Revealing Records VII (Friday, May 6th, 2016)
Deadline: Friday, 19 February 2016 Now in its seventh year, the Revealing Records conference series brings together postgraduate researchers working with a wide range of sources from across the medieval world to share challenges and approaches through the presentation of their research. This year marks the first year of Revealing Records as a combined effort of King’sContinue reading “CFP: Revealing Records VII (Friday, May 6th, 2016)”
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