7–9 July 2016 Large-scale digitization has lent urgency to an old and persistent question: the typology of liturgical books. The inadequacy of both medieval and modern labels to describe complex liturgical book types has rendered their succinct and accurate description in printed and online catalogues and repertories difficult, and this in turn has impeded systematicContinue reading “Conference: Zur Typologie liturgischer Bücher des westlichen Mittelalters – Interdisziplinäres Symposium”
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Seminar: ‘Talking Back to Power? Art and Political Opinion in Early Fourteenth-Century England’ with Dr Laura Slater, Murray Research Seminar at Birkbeck, 29 June 2016, 17.50pm
‘Spin’ and reputation management were an established part of medieval politics. Laura Slater explores the role of art and architecture in challenging political ideas and opinions in early fourteenth-century England, focussing on the activities of Queen Isabella of France during the 1320s. Successful in invading England, deposing her husband Edward II and establishing herself asContinue reading “Seminar: ‘Talking Back to Power? Art and Political Opinion in Early Fourteenth-Century England’ with Dr Laura Slater, Murray Research Seminar at Birkbeck, 29 June 2016, 17.50pm”
Tenth International Conference of Iconographic Studies Rijeka, Croatia 2-3 June 2016.
Marian Iconography East and West The Tenth International Conference of Iconographic Studies will be held in Rijeka, Croatia 2-3 June 2016. Full details of the programme can be found below: Marian Iconography Conference programme
CFP: Trecento Art beyond Italy Deadline 28th May 2016
Panel Session at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Society of America, Chicago, 30 March – 1 April, 2017 Trecento Art beyond Italy (session sponsored by the IAS at the Chicago RSA): There is a great corpus of scholarship regarding the debts of Trecento visual culture to Byzantine, Gothic, and Islamic art or architecture. There remainsContinue reading “CFP: Trecento Art beyond Italy Deadline 28th May 2016”
Illuminating the Past: A Workshop on the Making and Meaning of Gothic Colour 16th June 2016
Eastridge Hospital Canterbury, 16th June 2016 Illuminating the Past is an informal sharing of research. Included in the day’s activities are a series of exciting talks led by graduates and early career scholars, demonstrations on the making and use of medieval colour, an exhibition including objects from The Beaney and interactive activities. It’s hard to think of a better settingContinue reading “Illuminating the Past: A Workshop on the Making and Meaning of Gothic Colour 16th 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”
Call for Applications: Dante and the Visual Arts: a Summer Symposium at UCLA and the J. Paul Getty Museum (August 22 – 24, 2016)
The UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) invites applications from graduate students and post-doctoral scholars to attend the Dante and the Visual Arts Summer Symposium. The symposium, organized by CMRS and the journal Dante e l’Arte in conjunction with the J. Paul Getty Museum, will take place August 22–24, 2016Continue reading “Call for Applications: Dante and the Visual Arts: a Summer Symposium at UCLA and the J. Paul Getty Museum (August 22 – 24, 2016)”
CFP: Espacio, Tiempo y Forma, Issue: Treasures of the Sea
Deadline: Oct 31, 2016 We invite all members of the global medieval academic community to submit original manuscripts for the FIFTH issue of Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII. Historia del Arte, New Era. Submissions in English are welcome for the themed dossier. The deadline for submissions is October 31, 2016. THEMED DOSSIER: “Treasures of theContinue reading “CFP: Espacio, Tiempo y Forma, Issue: Treasures of the Sea”
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)”
CFP: Marian Iconography East and West (Rijeka, 2-4 June 2016)
Deadline: Mar 30, 2016 Tenth International Conference of Iconographic Studies Center for Iconographic Studies – University of Rijeka (Croatia) in collaboration with: Study of Theology in Rijeka, University of Zagreb (Croatia) University of Thessaly (Greece) University of Ljubljana (Slovenia) Gregorian Pontifical University Rome (Italy) The conference seeks to explore and discuss recent development in the dialogue betweenContinue reading “CFP: Marian Iconography East and West (Rijeka, 2-4 June 2016)”
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