Conference: “Das Schönste ist auch das Heiligste” – Ästhetische Aspekte des Heiligen in den mittelalterlichen Bildkünsten und der islamischen Kalligraphie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, May 11-13, 2016 Programme Mittwoch, 11.5.2016, Wassersaal, Orangerie 19.00 Uhr Begrüßung Klaus HERBERS (Erlangen) 19.15 Uhr Jens KULENKAMPFF (Erlangen): Das Schöne und das Heilige. Ein Versuch Donnerstag, 12.5.2016, Sitzungssaal (2.012), AlteContinue reading “Conference: “The most beautiful is also the holiest”: aesthetic aspects of the sacred in medieval art and Islamic calligraphy”
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CFP: Durham University MEMSA Conference (July 2016)
MEMSA CONFERENCE 14-15 JULY 2016 MEMSA is pleased to announce its tenth annual conference on the theme of Identifying Identity: Ideas of Personal and Public Identity in the Medieval and Early Modern World. This interdisciplinary conference will invite postgraduate and early career researchers to speak on all aspects of identity. We welcome papers from all disciplinesContinue reading “CFP: Durham University MEMSA Conference (July 2016)”
CFP: Modelling Medieval Vaults symposium at the University of Liverpool in London, 14 July 2016.
Call for Papers: Modelling Medieval Vaults symposium University of Liverpool in London, Finsbury Square, July 14, 2016. Deadline: 30 April 2016 The use of digital surveying and analysis techniques, such as laser scanning, photogrammetry, 3D reconstructions or reverse engineering offers the opportunity to re-examine historic works of architecture. In the context of medieval vaults, this hasContinue reading “CFP: Modelling Medieval Vaults symposium at the University of Liverpool in London, 14 July 2016.”
CFP: International Postgraduate Workshop on Medieval Religious Architecture (28th September – 3rd October 2016)
Deadline: 29th of April 2016 After the success of the first workshop in 2015, we are glad to announce that in this year the second International Postgraduate Workshop on Medieval Religious Architecture will take place, again made possible with the generous support of the Elisabeth und Helmut Uhl Stiftung. This call for applications addresses postgraduate students as well as recentContinue reading “CFP: International Postgraduate Workshop on Medieval Religious Architecture (28th September – 3rd October 2016)”
‘The Matter of Objects’: Medieval and Renaissance Materiality in Contemporary Conversation (26th May 2016)
‘The Matter of Objects’: Medieval and Renaissance Materiality in Contemporary Conversation Queen Mary University of London 26th May 2016 Deadline for Proposals: 15th February 2016. Following the ‘Material Turn(s)’ of the last few decades the place of objects and their materiality has received invigorated attention within humanities research. Yet, approaches to the material often remain stifled by theContinue reading “‘The Matter of Objects’: Medieval and Renaissance Materiality in Contemporary Conversation (26th May 2016)”
CFP: “Representations of the Ordinary in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods.” North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (February 19 & 20, 2016)
Extended deadline for abstract submission: abstracts are now due on Thursday, January 14 Web Site: http://sites.duke.edu/representationsoftheordinary/ The 16th Annual North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies invites graduate students to submit proposals for twenty-minute paper presentations that investigate representations of everyday life––mimetic, descriptive, or prescriptive––from late antiquity through early modernity. How are the particularities of ordinary experienceContinue reading “CFP: “Representations of the Ordinary in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods.” North Carolina Colloquium in Medieval and Early Modern Studies (February 19 & 20, 2016)”
CFP: Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State-Rooms
Münster, Germany, March 16 – 18, 2016 Deadline: Dec 15, 2015 Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State-Rooms: Towards a Typology of Heraldic Programmes in Spaces of Self-Representation Heraldry was an ubiquitous element of state-rooms. Whether in palaces of kings and princes, castles of noblemen, residences of patricians, city halls or in cathedral chapters, heraldic display wasContinue reading “CFP: Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State-Rooms”
Wymondham Abbey: Medieval Architectural Design Uncovered
Fellow Roland Harris reported to Salon, the Society of Antiquaries newsletter, about the following discovery from Wymondham Abbey. Current work there, for construction of new buildings at the east end of the church, has been accompanied by excavation and building recording. As anticipated this has revealed more of the plan and detail of the Norman BenedictineContinue reading “Wymondham Abbey: Medieval Architectural Design Uncovered”
Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (Montréal, 19-20 March 2015)
Carrefour des Arts et des Sciences C-1017-2 Université de Montréal Pavillon Lionel-Groulx 3150, rue Jean-Brillant, Montréal, H3T 1N8 Inscription/Registration : ccmah2015@gmail.com Droit d’inscription : $15 étudiants ; $25 régulier (payable en espèces ou par chèque) Registration fee : Students $15 ; Regular $25 (payable by cash or cheque) Mercredi 18 mars / Wednesday, March 18thContinue reading “Canadian Conference of Medieval Art Historians (Montréal, 19-20 March 2015)”
Call for papers: ninth Medieval History Seminar, Washington, D.C., October 15 to 17, 2015
The German Historical Institutes in London and Washington, D.C., are pleased to announce the ninth Medieval History Seminar, to be held in Washington, D.C., from October 15 to 17, 2015. The seminar is designed to bring together Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2013-2014) in medieval history from American, British and German universities forContinue reading “Call for papers: ninth Medieval History Seminar, Washington, D.C., October 15 to 17, 2015”
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